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Hot Jazz Saturday Night

Schedule
88.5-1
Saturday
8:00 pm
88.3
Saturday
8:00 pm

Every Saturday afternoon, Rob Bamberger stacks his recordings on a luggage cart and makes his way across the river to WAMU and what he calls his perch in studio four. From 8 until 11 p.m., the air is filled with vintage jazz, swing, and big band recordings from the '20s, '30s, and '40s.


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