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It is with sadness in my heart that let you know that Pintop Perkins has
passed away. it was my great honor to have met this true legend of the blues
and heard him perform. He will be missed and his music will bring us comfort
for having heard it.
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Clarinet and sax master Victor Goines with the Jazz at Lincoln Center
Orchestra will visit Jelly Roll Justice this Thursday on Jazz from the French
Market around 5 p.m.
Victor Goines is widely recognized as one of the most engaging and versatile
performers, composers, coll...
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This week’s show is about the way traditions--both musical and
otherwise--find new hands to carry them on and new places for them to take
root. Over the course of sixty minutes, we explore how our world is growing
creatively closer as we dive into the kinds of "musical cros...
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This weekend the Foburg takes off in the wake of Mardi Gras Madness. Foburg
is March 11-13 featuring local young bands, and some from out of town. Sort
of along the lines of South/Southwest.
Young New Orleans singer songwriter Jason Frilot will come in to talk about
his ne...
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Dear Listener,
What a celebration this year's Mardi Gras has been for WWOZ! And there are so
many other great things in store for the station. But after all this joyous
celebration, a proverbial Lent and ashes.
Right in the middle of all the good stuff happening for 'OZ,...
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This may be a SMALL thing, but seem to have a life of its' own. One of the
twenty-nine songs of Robert Johnson is "Crossroad". By the passage of time
and ear-to-mouth transfer of the title it has become crossroads by the
addition of the s on the end. Let's set the record st...
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Tune in tonight at midnight for a special program devoted to the saxophone
quartet. This ensemble usually consists of one B♭ soprano, one E♭ alto,
one B♭ tenor and one E♭ baritone. Featured artists will include the
Adelphi, Stockholm, Windmill, Eugene Rousseau, Netherlands,...
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