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OVER the more than four-decades that it has been going the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival has built up an enviable reputation as one of the foremost events of its kind in Europe, if not the world.

OVER the more than four-decades that it has been going the Cork Guinness Jazz Festival has built up an enviable reputation as one of the foremost events of its kind in Europe, if not the world.

The German saxophonist whose brash, tempestuous outpourings set an imposing standard for free improvisation, and helped define the terms for a postwar European avant-garde.

Brian Delp has been a member of WBGO’s on-air team for more than two decades, most-recently as the long-time host of Jazz After Hours. He has emceed at nearly every major jazz venue in the New York City area and hosted a portion of New York City’s City Parks Foundation’s Charlie Parker Jazz Festival over several summers.

WBGO announcers take over Take Five with a dozen favorite holiday tracks, spanning jazz, blues and soul.

/ Welcome to a new conversation series called "Let Me Tell You Bout It," airing weekly on Jazz After Hours. The series title, borrowed from baritone saxophonist Leo Parkers album, captures the sentiment of players and singers sharing wisdom — about their artistic process, their creative expression, and how they navigate the world as we slowly begin the "new normal." Tune in every Tuesday in the 2 a.m. hour for a brief excerpt of our chat, and find the full-length version here at wbgo.org. Ou...

Jazz After Dark Features Count Basie December 15 2020 Tue, 12/15/2020 - 7:43pm | Don Shor "I think the band can really swing when it swings easy, when it can just play along like you are cutting butter." -- Count Basie Featuring Count Basie tonight on Jazz After Dark! Selections from 1937 to 1987: Count Basie and his Orchestra, with the Kansas City 5, with Zoot Sims, in live and studio sessions, and backing vocalists Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra. From his ear...

Jazz After Dark Features Count Basie December 15 2020 Tue, 12/15/2020 - 7:43pm | Don Shor "I think the band can really swing when it swings easy, when it can just play along like you are cutting butter." -- Count Basie Featuring Count Basie tonight on Jazz After Dark! Selections from 1937 to 1987: Count Basie and his Orchestra, with the Kansas City 5, with Zoot Sims, in live and studio sessions, and backing vocalists Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, and Frank Sinatra. From his ear...