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Awilda Rivera

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•On-Air Host / The Night Byrds https://www.wbgo.org/show/night-byrds •WBGO 88.3 FM / NYC Metro Area •WBGO.ORG @wbgojazz.bsky.social •Voice-Over Talent •Album/Program Sequencer •SAG-AFTRA •Nuyorican (NYC Native)

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Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 1d

Fri., Oct. 24th
Sheila Anderson & I are back spinning some and talking some, and just having a good time.

Lend an ear or two at
8pm-12am on WBGO 88.3 FM & WBGO.ORG.

#NightTimeIsTheRightTime
#Jazz #Music #Stories

@wbgojazz.bsky.social
@jazzsea12.bsky.social

Tonight on #TheNightByrds⬇️

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 1d

October 23rd ~ Birthdays

Lady Dianne Elizabeth Reeves ~ NEA Jazz Master, Vocalist

Sir Ernest James Watts (Ernie Watts) ~ Saxophonist

Lady Allison Miller ~ Drummer

Happy Birthday! #LoveYouMadly

#Birthday #Jazz #Drums #Vocals #Singers #Saxophone #Music #Masters

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Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 2d

#JustSaying
LOL!

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 2d

10/23/25
TONIGHT on #TheNightByrds~
Calle Loiza Jazz Project, Robert Glasper, Horace Silver, Soulive, Warren Wolf, Monty Alexander, Dexter Gordon, Bob Sneider/Joe Locke, & much more.

Join Sheila Anderson & I at 8pm-12am on WBGO 88.3 FM & WBGO.ORG.

@wbgojazz.bsky.social
@jazzsea12.bsky.social

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 2d

October 22nd
Happy #Birthday, amiga!

Jane Bunnett ~ Canadian Grammy nominated, soprano saxophonist, flautist, educator, and bandleader

#Jazz #AfroCuban #Music #Master #WomenInJazz

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 2d

October 22nd
"I wouldn't be me without Clare Fischer." - Herbie Hancock

Remembering Douglas #ClareFischer
22 Oct 1928 ~ Durand, MI
26 Jan 2012 ~ Los Angeles, CA
Keyboardist/ Composer/ Arranger/ Bandleader

#Birthday #Jazz #Music #Master #Morning #Pensativa #Novios #OCanto #AfterTheRain

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Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 2d

Mark Sherman's 'Bop Contest' featured on New Day, New Play Oct 20-24 on 'Daybreak' with Gary Walker.

Hear a track from Mark Sherman's new release each weekday morning at 8:20 AM, another feature made possible by the members of WBGO.

@wbgojazz.bsky.social

www.wbgo.org/music/2025-1...

Mark Sherman's 'Bop Contest' featured on New Day, New Play Oct 20-24

Vibraphonist Mark Sherman's latest release is Gary Walker's latest New Day New Play feature

www.wbgo.org

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Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 3d

#Birthday #100
Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso
#CeliaCruz
"LaGuarachera De Cuba" Azucar!!!!

#QueenOfSalsa #Salsa #Cuban #Salsera #Singer #LatinMusic #Guaracha #Son #Bolero #Rumba

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Birthday, Diz!

#dizzygillespie
#trumpet #jazz #bebop #afrocuban #music #master #pioneer
#forevermissed

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Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 4d

Anthony Claiborne Jackson
June 23, 1952 – October 19, 2025

Anthony Jackson, the renowned session musician who is widely credited with pioneering the six-string bass, passed away at the age of 73.

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Nancy Levine Stearns 🌎 @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 4d

The Coca-Cola Company announced it is keeping diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives alive, saying it’s “good for our business,”

Black Enterprise Magazine, Feb

www.blackenterprise.com/coca-cola-ke...

Coca-Cola Stands On DEI, Stating It’s ‘Good For Our Business’

Unlike its rival PepsiCo, as part of its DEI efforts expansion, Coca-Cola plans to have women in 50% of senior leadership roles by 2030.

www.blackenterprise.com

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Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 4d

#SupportTheScene

*ONE SET ONLY!

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 6d

#Sunday #Humor
🤣🥓🥓🥓🥓
Happy Sunday, Y'all!

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 6d

"It takes a revolution to make a solution." ~ Bob Marley

From the song "Revolution"/ The Album - "Natty Dread"
(1974)

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 11d

The multi-talented trombonist and composer David Gibson.

David!!! Happy Swingin' Birthday!

#LoveDemBones
#Jazz #Trombone #Music #Master

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 11d

#NewMusic
Pianist Gino Amato

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 11d

#NewMusic
Trumpeter Etienne Charles

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 11d

#NewMusic

Multi-Instrumentalist Roger Glenn

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 11d

Salsa de La Bahia Vol 3: Renegade Queens

Released on legendary trombonist Wayne Wallace’s Patois label, "Salsa de la Bahia Vol. 3: Renegade Queens" is a double album.

#RenegadeQueens #BayArea #California #WomenInJazz #WomenInLatinJazz

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 13d

#Sunday #Humor
Go Jesus! 🤣

Happy Sunday,y'all.

Reposted by Awilda Rivera

Women in Jazz Media @womeninjazzmedia.bsky.social · 14d

#saturdayvibes Some of the latest and upcoming releases added to our site!

Yuhan Su Amanda Monaco - Guitar Kate Wyatt La Tanya Hall China Moses Sarah Elizabeth Charles Rin Seo Bernardo Dara Starr Tucker

womeninjazzmedia.com/new-releases/

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Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 14d

#Saturday #Chuckles
Sorry Carl. 🤣

#SexualDeathFeigning #Thanatosis

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 14d

#NewMusic

Steve Rosenbloom Big Band
"San Francisco 1948"

Pianist Bill O'Connell
"Touch"

Trumpeter Bruce Harris & Pianist Ehud Asherie
"Thank You, Barry Harris"

Pianist Eli Yamin
"Squeeze In Tight ~ Jazz & Blues Songs For Solidarity"

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 15d

“We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight." ~ John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, English singer, songwriter, co-founded the Beatles, born October 9, 1940, silenced on December 8, 1980.

#JohnLennon #Beatle
#AllWeNeedIsLove
#PeaceAndLove

Awilda Rivera @awildariveravoice.bsky.social · 15d

9 Oct. 1941
Sending birthday wishes to Cuban great, pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger ~ Chucho Valdés. Founding member of the legendary Latin jazz group, #Irakere.

Felicidades Maestro!

#Birthday #Cuban #Jazz #Music #Master

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