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WBGO 88.3 FM | Newark Public Radio on Instagram: "Few artists in contemporary jazz command the stage like Nubya Garcia. 🎷 The London-born tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger joined WBGO’s Emily Springer to talk about her bold new release Odyssey — a genre-defying journey through orchestral soundscapes, electronic textures, and standout collaborations with Georgia Anne Muldrow and esperanza spalding. With her North American tour underway, Nubya opens up about the inspiration behind the pro

WBGO 88.3 FM | Newark Public Radio on Instagram: "Born October 21, 1917 in Cheraw, South Carolina, John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie became one of the most influential jazz trumpeters, composers and bandleaders of the 20th century. Self-taught after his father’s death when Dizzy was ten, he began piano at age 4, trombone at 12 and trumpet at 14 — a rapid progression that laid the foundation for his extraordinary musical voice. By the mid-1940s he helped forge the bebop movement alongside luminaries s