JAZZforum: Paul Anthony
Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Jazz music specialist and veteran radio broadcaster Paul Anthony discusses his life and career. A familiar voice to Washington, D.C. listeners for over 45 years, Mr. Anthony produced shows devoted to jazz for radio station WRC in Washington, DC (1966 to 1972); National Public Radio (1972 to 1979); for radio station WGMS in Washington, DC (1980 to 1990); and for SIRIUS Satellite Radio's Pure Jazz 72. His extensive television announcing includes the programs "Washington Week" and "America's Most Wanted," in addition to many PBS-TV and Discovery Channel programs. Mr. Anthony donated a major collection to the Felix E. Grant Jazz Archives in 2006. The "Paul Anthony Collection" contains more than 5,100 LP records, almost entirely of American jazz artists of the mid- to late- 20th century. Recital Hall (Bldg. 46-West).