{"id":116466,"date":"2021-01-04T15:22:32","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T20:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=116466"},"modified":"2021-01-04T15:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T20:22:32","slug":"new-wucf-fm-show-tells-great-american-stories-of-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/new-wucf-fm-show-tells-great-american-stories-of-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"New WÂé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ FM Show Tells Great American Stories of Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"
A new weekly radio show debuts today on WÂé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ FM to examine the great stories of jazz across America and the people who create it. Produced by 89.9 Jazz & More and hosted by Âé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ director of jazz studies Jeff Rupert, Jazz and the American Spirit<\/em><\/strong> will air Mondays at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n In this one-hour weekly program, Rupert, a saxophonist, composer, record producer and recording artist, will present the stories of how jazz is deeply connected to conveying the history of America and will demonstrate how jazz tells those stories.<\/p>\n \u201cWÂé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ is Central Florida\u2019s Storyteller as well as providing Orlando\u2019s jazz soundtrack,\u201d says Phil Hoffman, WÂé¶¹Ó³»´«Ã½ executive director. \u201cWe are honored to work with Jeff Rupert on Jazz and the American Spirit<\/em><\/strong> as it embodies our mission of preserving and advancing the jazz art form to our Central Florida audience.\u201d<\/p>\n