Daybreak
Monday - Friday 8:00am - 12:00pm
Hosted by Gary Walker
Wake up your day with an upbeat mix of classic and contemporary jazz, plus hourly national and local news updates from Doug Doyle and NPR.
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Latest Episodes
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Gregory Porter spoke with Gary Walker in advance of his Valentine's Day Concert at the Beacon Theater.
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With Duologue, their new album on Mack Avenue, pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and percussionist and vocalist Pedrito Martinez prove Thelonious Monk's postulate…
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Branford Marsalis has a skillset pulled from his life’s work as a touring jazz musician. He also has the luxury of a working band of 20 years, whose…
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As we savor the season, WBGO looks back to a session from 2013, when the Ted Rosenthal Trio came in to share music from a new holiday album.Rosenthal…
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There is a tune on pianist Ray Angry’s debut album, One, titled “Circles Inside You.” Angry’s concentric creativity includes work with Wynton Marsalis,…
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Although guitarist Django Reinhardt and his violinist friend Stéphane Grappelli formed their Quintette du Hot Club de France back in 1934, there are…
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With both parents working as music educators, Aubrey Logan’s artistic cup began to fill with tap lessons. She was 5. Artistic openness led to choral…
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Sonic Creed is vibraphonist Stefon Harris’ first recording as a leader in nine years. He recently came in to discuss the album, among other things, on…
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Pianist and composer Christian Sands goes back quite a ways with WBGO — and with Gary Walker, who recalls first seeing him as a 12-year-old protégé of Dr.…
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In my office there hangs a postcard-sized photograph of Sonny Rollins — captured, I'm sure, in the midst of the umpteenth amazing chorus of some standard…