WBGO (Radio station: Newark, N.J.)

Scope and Contents: The Ed Berger papers and audiovisual recordings consist of materials related to the professional life of Ed Berger, including his jazz scholarship and career within the music industry. A significant portion of this collection comprises audiovisual recordings related to Benny Carter (1970-1990), Joe Wilder, and George Duvivier. These recordings include live performances, production materials, and interviews. The audiovisual content details Berger’s involvement with the jazz radio station,...

Scope and Contents: This collection contains recordings and papers related to the NPR broadcast series Satchmo: The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong and The Duke Ellington Centennial Radio Project. There is correspondence with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting related to funding. There is also a tape description list for The Duke Ellington Centennial Radio Project, transcribed interviews with jazz...

Scope and Contents: The collection comprises Michael Bourne's audio recordings and jazz-related ephemera. It contains 354 cassette tapes, eighty-two CDs, four open reel tapes, five DATs, and two VHS tapes. The recorded material includes demo recordings sent to Bourne, Bourne's music, recordings of Bourne/WBGO programming, autographed copies of CDs and vinyl records, and commercially and non-commercially available jazz recordings. The jazz-related ephemera from this collection includes jazz...

Scope and Contents: This collection is made up of audiovisual recordings from WBGO. It contains 476 CDs and forty-two open reel tapes which document thirty years of performances, interviews, and broadcast programming from the station. Significant portions of this collection are related to WBGO's Jazz-a-thon, Jazz So Far, and Jazz from the Archives programs. Also of note in the collection are interviews with...