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Dan Pugach
We send sincere congratulations out to all the winners and nominees from the 2025 Grammys! We want to tip our hat specifically to the jazz musicians and creators who were recognized yesterday! We will be featuring music from the Grammy winners on Friday’s installment of This Just In at Noon on Friday February 7. Artists...
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  George Benson – One Goodbye Baby Rose with BADBADNOTGOOD – It’s Alright Lucia Sarmiento – Look Up Concurrence – Night Cap at Brown’s Dinner Club Alan Braufman – Brooklyn Antonio Adolfo – You Do Something To Me Pavel Jany – Flying to Rio Charles McPherson – Ode to Barry Eliane Elias – Making Honey...
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The team at Jazz88 is going to help you end your summer with an awesome celebration of the best jazz ever recorded. On Labor Day (September 2), Jazz88 will count down “The Best 88 and a Half Jazz Songs of All Time” as voted on by the listeners of Jazz88. The countdown starts at 6...
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Recently, on Big Band Scene, we featured the Dan Pugach Big Band’s 2023 release, Bianca. I had the opportunity to sit down with Dan and his wife, Nicole Zuraitis, to chat about making music, and life in a musical household. Pugach is a New York-based drummer who wrote or arranged all the selections on this...
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  Dan Pugach – Bianca Kamasi Washington – The Garden Path Julian Lage – Serenade Antonio Adolfo – You Do Something To Me Pavel Jany – Flying to Rio Sugaray Rayford – Run for Cover Eric Alexander – Serenade to a Cuckoo Kerry Politzer – A Breeze Comes Etienne Charles – Old School Parlor Greens...
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Greetings! Every Friday I’ll be bringing you some highlights of new music we are featuring here on Jazz88. This is all connected to This Just In, our weekly show that celebrates new jazz releases. You can catch This Just In, hosted by moi, Fridays at noon on 88.5, or catch it on your own schedule...
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