Tony Mowod Memories in the MCGJazz Spotlight
This week on the MCG Jazz Spotlight, Remembering the life and career of jazz radio icon Tony Mowod.
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MCG Jazz Tony Mowod Tribute, January 2021
The program includes excerpts from a 1999 interview of Tony by bassist Dwayne Dolphin (you can hear the whole oral history and see wonderful pictures at this link).
Music from some of Tony’s Favorites:
Cal Tjader & Carmen McRae
The Three Sounds
Maureen Budway
Calabria Foti
Frank Sinatra
And a never-before broadcast of Tony introducing a 10th Anniversary MCGJazz concert with Roger Humphries, Rufus Reid, Gary Burton, Stanley Turrentine and Dr. Billy Taylor.
Plus, stories and remembrance from Bill Strickland. Frank Cunimondo, Sean Jones, David Budway, Paul Thompson, Mike Tomaro, Dr. Nelson Harrison, Michele Bensen, Joe Negri, and hosts Renée Govanucci and Marty Ashby.
Friday and Sunday night at 6, and at a special time of 2pm, Saturday on WZUM