WBGO Celebrates Jazz Appreciation Month
with Next Generation Jams

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM for short) and WBGO is celebrating with the future of jazz. This month, we present Next Generation Jams - a five-day live broadcast festival with some of the top college jazz bands in the country.

WBGO will broadcast these live, in-studio performances all April long.

Tune in to Afternoon Jazz with Brian Delp at 2PM to hear the future of Jazz.

Special thanks to WBGO Program Director Thurston Briscoe, and Martin Mueller, Executive Director of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

Monday, April 6 to Wednesday, April 8 – William Patterson University

William Paterson University Jazz Septet
Profs. Mulgrew Miller and David Demsey, Directors
Eric O’Donnell, trumpet
David Pollack, alto saxophone
Joseph Schmidt, tenor saxophone
Jordan Piper, piano
Adam Lomeo, guitar
Sam Trapchak, bass
Nathan Webb, drums

Friday, April 10 – New Jersey City University

Wayne Shorter Quartet
Coached by Bobby Malach
Jason Teborek, piano
Michael Preen, bass
Jonathan DiFiore, drums
Jeremy Fratti, tenor saxophone

Friday, April 17 - LaGuardia High School

Monday, April 20 - SUNY Purchase

The Purchase Jazz Endeavor
Bruce Harris, trumpet
Sam Dillon, tenor saxophone
Frank Niemeyer, trombone
Noah Haidu, piano
Mike Kujawski, bass
Jerad Lippi, drums

Tuesday, April 21 - Rutgers

Rutgers Jazz Band with Stanley Cowell

Wednesday, April 22 - Juilliard

Juilliard Jazz Artist Diploma Ensemble
Donald Vega, piano
Jason Stewart, bass
Peter Van Nostrand, drums
Miles Okazaki, guitar
Adam Niewood, saxophone
Marshall Gilkes, trombone

Thursday, April 23 - New School

New School Jazz Ornette Coleman Ensemble
under the Direction of Jane Ira Bloom

Monday, April 27 – Berklee

The Berklee Scholarship Jazz Sextet
directed by Darren Barrettc
Darren Barrett, trumpet
Ilan Bar-Lavi, guitar
Victor Gould, piano
Jonathan Greenstein, tenor saxophone
Joshn Hari, bass
Emile Martinez, trumpet
Mark Whitfield, Jr., drums