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Happy 81st Birthday to Anthony Braxton

Blue Lake Public Radio | By Lazaro Vega
Published June 4, 2026 at 11:33 AM EDT
Anthony Braxton in the 1970's
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Anthony Braxton in the 1970's

Today is the 81st anniversary of towering musician Anthony Braxton’s birth. A progenitor of the A.A.C.M. in Chicago in the 1960’s, an international jazz star in the 1970’s, and an esteemed music educator at Mills College from 1985 to 1990, and then Wesleyan University from 1990 to 2013, Braxton’s impact on our understanding of what music is causes us to question, consider, re-evaluate, discuss and, especially, enjoy. Which we hope you will by tuning in to our jazz stream (above).
Lazaro Vega
Blue Lake Public Radio’s “Jazz Director” Lazaro Vega started at Blue Lake in March of 1983, 8 months after Bob Hope spoke the first station I.D. ever heard on the air from Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. In 2018, Lazaro was nominated for the The Bobby Jackson Award by JazzWeek.com as Programmer of the Year. This honor is voted on by people who promote jazz record airplay and keep Blue Lake in new releases. For more about Lazaro, see his recent interview with Local Spins.
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