WBGO

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WBGO is a publicly-supported cultural institution that champions jazz and presents news to a worldwide audience through radio, other technologies and events.

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6 Pieces

WBGO presents Living With Music, a show about music, discovery, and music discovery. Hosted by WBGO Special Projects Producer Josh Jackson.

  • From: WBGO
  • Updated: Mar 10, 2009
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27 Pieces

New Jazz in New York City

  • From: WBGO
  • Updated: Dec 31, 2014

Latest Pieces

Caption: Jose James
Jose James's album "While You Were Sleeping," The Danilo Perez Trio performs in-studio, and reflects on five centuries of Panama's history, and Jef...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
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George Wein talks Newport Jazz Festival, Mostly Other People Do The Killing's "Red Hot" fable, and a Charlie Haden memorial.

  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Darcy James Argue, Credit: Simon Rentner
Highlights from the 60th Newport Jazz Festival with Jon Batiste, Darcy James Argue, plus a tribute to Horace Sliver.

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Aug 06, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
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On the scene of the Montreal Jazz Festival Part II: Tom Harrell thinks of melodies in his dreams, and shares his appreciation for Debussy, Rubin K...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
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Pianist Monty Alexander shares his earliest recordings as teenager in Jamaica, Vincent Rehel's love for original movie soundtracks, and Baptiste Tr...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
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It's Vancouver BC in NYC! Darcy James Argue from British Colombia, now resides in Brooklyn, New York, the city that captured his imagination in "B...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:58
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Chick Corea speaks with Josh Jackson about Scriabin, Thelonious Monk, and Paco De Lucia. He shares his solo piano inventions from "Portraits" (Conc...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:59
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Brian Blade shares his favorite geographic and personal "Landmarks," also the name of his Blue Note Records offering. Mark Guiliana collaborates wi...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi)


  • Added: Jun 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 1
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ON THIS EDITION, WE TALK TO PIANIST ROBERT GLASPER ABOUT EXPOSING JAZZ TO A YOUNG AUDIENCE, AND GUSTAVO SANTAOLALLA TAKES TANGO MUSIC IN A WHOLE NE...

Bought by WCPN, WJSU, KALW, and WNCU


  • Added: May 03, 2009
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 4
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IN THIS EDITION, TRUMPETER NICHOLAS PAYTON JOINS US ON THE PROGRAM. DRUMMER KENDRICK SCOTT LEADS A BAND CALLED ORACLE, AND FINDS TIME TO RUN HIS OW...

Bought by WCPN, WJSU, KALW, and WNCU


  • Added: May 03, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4