WBGO Program Listings - Mondays

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6:30PM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER RADIO with Wynton Marsalis

July 7 - Stand-up For Jazz: Bill Cosby and Nancy Wilson
Punch lines meet brass lines: Comedian Bill Cosby hosts Nancy Wilson and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. We get stories, humor and music. Wilson sings "Someone to Watch Over Me" and "A Foggy Day." Cosby remembers his childhood, Ray Charles and so much more. Drum roll please!

July 14 - Bossa Nova-Half a Century and Still New
In 1958, the world was seduced by the Bossa Nova of Joäo Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. The romance continues today with Rosa Passos. Her perfect pitch and delicate rhythms grace the stage of Allen Room.

July 21 - Brazilian Rhythms--Today and Tomorrow
Don't lose the beat! Our celebration continues. Songwriter Ivan Lins, hailed as "the best since Jobim," joins guitarist Romero Lubambo's Trio Da Paz and The New York Voices. Get a taste of Bossa Nova's future.

July 28 - Swing Me A Song: Carmen Lundy
A classic from our archives hosted by the late Ed Bradley. Carmen Lundy grew up singing in church, went to school to sing opera, and then she heard Ella Fitzgerald. Now she digs into Ellington’s "Come Sunday," "Sophisticated Lady," and her own love ballads.

August 4 - The Singers Command the Band
Be brash! Jump in and join us when Freddy Cole and Ernestine Anderson romp with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis through "Chattanooga Choo-Choo," "A Train" and "In the Mood." Guaranteed to cure the blues.

August 11 - Singers Over Manhattan: Tierney Sutton/Loston Harris
From the new crop of crooners: vocals by Tierney Sutton envelope the room. Harris wraps his voice in the notes of his keyboard. Their double bill at Rose Hall portends a bright future for the art of the song.

August 18 - Gershwin Rhapsody: Michael Feinstein, Patty Austin, Marcus Roberts
George and Ira are well remembered. Singers Michael Feinstein and Patti Austin dig into "Nice Work," "Embraceable You" and "Lady Be Good." Marcus Roberts re-imagines "Rhapsody in Blue," and the Jazz at Lincoln Center and American Composers' Orchestras unite in a Gershwin Rhapsody.

August 25 - Speaking In Jazz: Oscar Brown Jr., Gil Scott Heron, Yusef Komunyakaa
Verse and verve, when word-struck musicians and Jazz-possessed poets share our stage. We feature one of the final performances of Oscar Brown Jr., including his lyrical "'Round Midnight." Strong words from Gil Scott Heron and Pulitzer Prize-winner Yusef Komunyakaa, punctuated by the saxophone of Sonny Fortune, bass of Reggie Workman and drums of Rashied Ali.

7:30 P.M. THE TREATMENT with Elvis Mitchell

Film critic gives the "treatment" to some of the most influential and innovative forces creating movies, popular art and entertainment.