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Today on WBGO:
- 10AM-2PM Midday Jazz: Rhonda Hamilton celebrates the brithday of Dizzy Gillespie
- 2-6:30PM Afternoon Jazz: Rich Keith in for Michael Bourne
- 7:30-8PM SportsJam with Doug Doyle: Vince Gennaro is a Major League Baseball consultant, author of Diamond Dollars, Director of the Master of Science in Sports Management program at Columbia University and President of the Society for American Baseball Research
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October 21, 2015
WBGO Members Event
TD James Moody Jazz Festival, Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
Sunday, November 15, 3PM | Victoria Theatre, NJPAC
Join us for a wonderful fall afternoon of Jazz. WBGO Members will enjoy premium seating and a post-show reception.
Following an extensive international talent search, NJPAC will host performances by the five finalists in the third annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and Sassy Award, founded in honor of Newark’s “divine” jazz icon. They are Emma Lee Aboukasm, Lulu Fall, Angela Hagenbach, Arianna Neikrug and Nicole Zuraitis. This year’s judges include bassist and Jazz Night in America host Christian McBride, WBGO’s Michael Bourne, jazz singersVanessa Rubin and Cyrille Aimée and artist manager Edward Arrendell. The event is hosted by WBGO's Rhonda Hamilton.
Member Price: $40
For tickets or more information please call 973-624-8880, ext 232.
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Jazz Night In AmericaA nationally syndicated show from the WBGO studios in partnership with NPR and Jazz At Lincoln Center
Radio broadcast Sundays at 6pm and Wednesday at 6:30pm on WBGO 88.3FM and WBGO.org
Tune in tonight at 6:30PM (or click listen now) to hear....
Celebrating Billie Holiday's Centennial With Cassandra Wilson | Listen Now
Among the celebrations of Billie Holiday's centennial birthday anniversary is a new album from Cassandra Wilson, Coming Forth By Day. On the album Wilson salutes one of her idols, drastically rearranging the Holiday songbook. Jazz Night In America features Cassandra Wilson's blues, country and folk-tinged delivery as she performs her Billie Holiday tribute, and catches up with some key collaborators of both Wilson and Holiday.
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Great Interviews On Demand
WBGO announcers have been busy this past week bringing you interviews with great musicians. If you missed them on the air, you can hear them any time on the WBGO Blog. Click to hear:
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| The Mountain House at Mohonk |
| Jazz On The Mountain At Mohonk
January 15-18, 2016 | New Paltz, NY
For our sixth consecutive year, WBGO is pleased to extend to you an invitation to Jazz on the Mountain at the historic Mohonk Mountain House, January 15-18, 2016. Celebrating 17 years at Mohonk, WBGO’s Michael Bourne will host this stellar program – a four-day musical extravaganza over the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday featuring Scott Robinson, Helen Sung, Matt Wilson, Martin Wind,Dave Stryker and more. Whether you are planning a family outing, a romantic retreat, a weekend with friends or a self-exploration getaway, the Mountain House has activities for all! The WBGO package includes: bountiful breakfast, lunch and dinner buffets – or dinner as a traditional served meal, afternoon tea and cookies and all associated gratuities. Guests receive amenities such as wireless internet access, ice-skating, skiing, snowshoeing, snow tubing and use of the indoor heated swimming pool and comprehensive fitness center.
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Time travel around the globe as drummer Vince Ector traces the history of jazz from African roots to South America rhythms, New Orleans second line to soulful Blues, bebop to modern day jazz, and beyond!
The concert begins at noon and is free to all attending with a youth. Last concert of the season takes place October 31 with Brianna Thomas. Click for more info on the series.
Vince will be on the air at WBGO 88.3FM on Friday, October 23, at 2pm with Bill Daughtry.
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| Michael Feinstein |
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See What Your Member Card Can DoMembers Discount: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
Michael Feinstein: Sinatra Centennial Celebration
Saturday, October 24, 7:30, 8pm | Walt Whitman Theatre
The Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts will once again offer a 15 percent discount to WBGO members for selected performances during its 2015-16 season. This is the first program in the series.
Recognized as one of the world’s leading interpreters of the Great American Songbook, multi-platinum selling entertainer Michael Feinstein opens Brooklyn Center’s 61st season with an intimate tribute to Ol’ Blue Eyes himself in a celebration of the legendary singer’s 100th birthday. Running time: 90 minutes, no intermission.
WBGO members should use code WBGO15 to receive a 15% discount when purchasing tickets online or present their WBGO member card if buying tickets at the box office.
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Do you have a business that would like to participate in WBGO's members discount program? Contact Josh Rosenfeld at jrosenfeld@wbgo.org or at 973-624-8880 ext 232.
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TD James Moody Jazz FestivalThe Northeast’s greatest gathering of renowned jazz makers, the TD James Moody Jazz Festival, is back for a fourth year of spectacular music at New Jersey Performing Arts Center. One-of-a-kind concerts…Centennial celebrations…Smooth jazz and bountiful brunches…The country’s most prestigious showcase for up-and-coming female jazz vocalists…Jam sessions, fine and visual arts and a miraculous marketplace. This year’s festival, co-presented with WBGO, features Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra on November 4, Christian McBride with Bruce Hornsby on November 12, two performances by the incomparable Tony Bennett on November 12 & 13 and an evening of Jazz and Soul with Dianne Reeves and Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings on November 14. For more information and tickets, visit njpac.org/moodyjazz or call 888-GO-NJPAC
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