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Spectacular American jazz trumpeter and composer John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie was Studs Terkel’s guest in this original WFMT program from June 1982. Hear it again tonight at 11 pm CT!

Dizzy Gillespie, trumpet (6/2/1982) | WFMT The spectacular American jazz trumpeter and composer John Birks “Dizzy” Gillespie (1917 – 1993) was Studs Terkel’s guest in this original WFMT program from June 1982.

Tonight on Baroque&Before with Candice Agree: an oratorio featuring the legend of Saint Vitus, with a cruel Roman emperor, exorcism, miracles, and martyrdom. 10 pm CT.

Bernardo Pasquini & The Martyrdom of Saint Vitus | WFMT The legend of Saint Vitus, with a cruel Roman emperor, exorcism, miracles, and martyrdom in the Colosseum, was not enough drama for 17th-century Roman nobility; it needed a love story too!