“GW Presents American Jazz”

“GW Presents American Jazz” is a unique educational, cultural and community radio project produced by the University in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Duke Ellington School of the Arts, the Smithsonian Associates and XM Satellite Radio.

This weekly program of music and conversation is broadcast commercial free each Sunday from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. on XM Channel 70 (Real Jazz).

The program is hosted by 30-year radio veteran and noted jazz expert Dick Golden and features the best in traditional jazz, the stories behind the music, the voices of legendary artists and composers, highlights of Kennedy Center performances and the efforts of the talented students and faculty at GW and the Duke Ellington School.

Pictured at right is ten-time Grammy Award winner Tony Bennett, who appeared on the Feb. 10, 2003, edition live from GW's Marvin Center and the studios of WRGW, the student-run radio station.

• “GW Presents American Jazz” Signs Two-Year Agreement to Join XM Satellite Radio Programming READ

Crowds of students filled the hallways surrounding the WRGW studios in the GW Marvin Center to see Tony Bennett during a 90-minute live interview with host Dick Golden.

About the Horn:

The illustration, by Al Hirschfeld, is a representation of Louis Armstrong’s first horn, a coronet that he was given to play when he was a resident of the Colored Waifs’ Home in New Orleans. Perhaps the world’s preeminent caricaturist, Hirschfeld has hidden his daughter’s name, Nina, in each of his illustrations since her birth. The number adjacent to his signature refers to the number of “Nina’s” in the drawing. As a special gift to the University, Hirschfeld also inserted a pair of “GWU’s” in the horn.

In Partnership With:

Duke Ellington School of the Arts

XM Satellite Radio

• Executive Producer of "American Jazz" is Michael Freedman (read biography).