[Dixielandjazz] NPR Broadcast of Hurricane Relief Concert - Saturday Night Sep 17.

[Steve barbone]

Lots of Jazz to hear. WORLDWIDE BROADCAST Maybe some OKOM.

Cheers,
Steve


WBGO Jazz88.3FM and NPR to Produce Worldwide Radio Broadcast Of Landmark
"Higher Ground Hurricane Relief Concert," September 17

NPR's Korva Coleman and WBGO's Gary Walker Host Jazz at Lincoln Center
Benefit. Featuring Top Performers from All Music Genres; Broadcast to Air on
Public Radio Stations Nationwide, in Europe And on XM Satellite Radio

(Newark, NJ and Washington, DC); September 12, 2005 ­ WBGO Jazz88.3FM and
NPR are partnering to produce the radio broadcast of the historic "Higher
Ground Hurricane Relief Concert," produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center and
airing Saturday, September 17, 8PM-12M (ET).

The radio broadcast will feature all the performances and celebrity
appearances at the concert, taking place to raise contributions for
hurricane relief efforts.  It will hosted by NPR News anchor and
SymphonyCast host Korva Coleman, and Gary Walker, Jazz88's Morning Jazz
host.  Joining them on the radio broadcast as a special guest commentator
will be New Orleans resident Nick Spitzer, folklorist and host of the public
radio series American Routes.

The concert, to take place at the Rose Theatre in Frederick P. Rose Hall on
Broadway, will be hosted from stage by actor Laurence Fishburne.  The
concert, led by Jazz At Lincoln Center Artistic Director (and New Orleans
native) Wynton Marsalis, will feature a who's who of established and rising
stars of the jazz world and beyond, including Norah Jones, Peter Cincotti,
Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Bette Midler, Dianne Reeves, Paul Simon, Herbie
Hancock, Abbey Lincoln, McCoy Tyner, Cassandra Wilson, Jon Hendricks,
Buckwheat Zydeco, Renee Fleming, James Taylor and many more.  Also
participating are such stars as Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, Bill Cosby,
Ken Burns, Toni Morrison, Robert DeNiro and others.  For a full list, visit
www.jalc.org. 
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Tickets for the concert are available at 212.721.6500; the event will also
include a silent auction featuring donations from Eric Clapton, John Mayer,
LeRoy Neiman, Candlewick Press and others.  A CD of the concert will be
produced later in the year, to be released by Blue Note Records, with all
profits also going to the relief fund.

The broadcast will enable listeners across the nation and around the world
to support the cause of hurricane relief through phone or online donations.
Full details will be available at www.npr.org <http://www.npr.org/>  and
www.wbgo.org <http://www.wbgo.org/> .

NPR Worldwide will provide the broadcast to members of the military and
their families' stations overseas through American Forces Radio and
Television, as well to the global community through numerous radio stations
including the BBC, Radio France, NHK Japan and others in more than 100
countries.  The concert will also be available as a live stream for
on-demand listening at www.npr.org <http://www.npr.org/> .  WBGO/Jazz88.3FM,
which serves the New York/New Jersey metro area, will broadcast the program
in High Definition, and is among the numerous local stations broadcasting
the program.  XM Satellite Radio will carry it live as well on its channel
70 - The Real Jazz channel.

WBGO/Jazz88.3FM serves the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area with
mainstream jazz, blues, and award-winning news and public affairs
programming.  Non- commercial WBGO is supported by nearly 20,000 annual
members and has over 400,000 weekly listeners.  WBGO also streams its
broadcast signal to audiences worldwide at www.wbgo.org
<http://www.wbgo.org/> .  Jazz88 was named the "Jazz Station of the Year"
for 2001 by the Gavin Report and is also the recipient of the Blues
Foundation¹s ³Keeping the Blues Alive Award² for Achievement in
Non-Commercial Radio.  WBGO is a publicly-supported, cultural institution
that champions jazz, an American art form, and presents news to a worldwide
audience through radio, other technologies and events.
                   
NPR is renowned for journalistic excellence and standard-setting news, music
and entertainment programming. A privately supported, non-profit, membership
organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans each
week in partnership with more than 780 public radio stations. International
partners in cable, satellite and short-wave services make NPR programming
accessible anywhere in the world. With original online content and audio
streaming, npr.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and eight years
of archived audio and information.

High-resolution images of performers are available.  Please e-mail Dana
Barden, Jazz at Lincoln Center Public Relations Assistant at
dbarden at jalc.org <mailto:dbarden at jalc.org>