The Newport Jazz Festival is the grandaddy of all jazz festivals being one of the oldest and longest running music festivals in America. Due to the pandemic, the festival won’t be taking place this year and jazz fans around the globe are heartbroken. Do you know the story of Duke Ellington’s 1956 performance at the…
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Our dates in the recording studio were originally scheduled for April. Due to the pandemic with cases surging and closure of non-essential businesses in Boston at that time the session was rescheduled to May, then June, finally the July dates happened and I’m happy to report we finished recording 11 songs for the new CD…
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Tune in to Afternoon Jazz to catch Unsung, a feature of artists deserving wider recognition hand-picked by WBGO’s Keanna Faircloth. Next week on Wednesday 7/15 and Friday 7/17, Yoko Miwa will be one of the featured “Unsung” artists 5:30-6:00 PM ET both days. Anywhere in the world, you can stream WBGO online at https://www.wbgo.org (Need…
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