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    • ]]>     WBGO 88.3 – a radio station serving the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area with mainstream jazz, blues, and award-winning news and public affairs programming – celebrates 30 years with the annual Champions of Jazz benefit concert honoring nine-time Grammy-Award winner and NEA Jazz Master, Paquito D’Rivera, and the venerable jazz industry authority, Downbeat Magazine, celebrating its 75th anniversary.

    The benefit is set for Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 8:00 pm at Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center on Broadway at 60th Street, New York City.

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    Renowned vocalist Ernie Andrews has been added to the concert that features the 20-piece Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra joined by vocalist Freddy Cole, vibraphonist Stefon Harris and 15-year-old Canadian singing sensation Nikki Yanofsky. Lester Holt, anchor of the weekend editions of Today and NBC Nightly News, will be the Master of Ceremonies for this event, which will feature an unforgettable jazz concert to honor WBGO’s 30th anniversary.

    The concert begins at 8:00 pm, with pre and post events available to those who purchase sponsor tickets. For information on sponsor tickets and packages, call (908) 781-8418 or visit www.wbgo.org/benefit. Tickets, ranging in price from $30 to $95, are on sale now through the Jazz at Lincoln Center Box Office, located at Broadway at 60th Street, or through CenterCharge at (212) 721-6500.

    The Champions of Jazz benefit will raise funds to help WBGO keep the flame of classic jazz music alive while paying tribute to individuals and organizations for their outstanding humanitarian, civic and artistic contributions to both jazz and our world.

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