This is the first of a two part series, this week The Warwick Symphony Orchestra is the subject of the program, with Catherine Gagnon, Music Director. We talk about their upcoming spring series concerts titled “Awakening the American Spirit" and listen to some selections that will be performed on Thursday May 24th in Warwick and Sunday May 27th in Goddard Park. For more information you can go to www.wsori.org​

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features The Danish Radio Orchestra and Pianist, Arranger & Composer Jim McNeely playing the Music of Pianist Bill Evans from their 2000 Sundance recording.

In this program Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss the final concert to this years 50th Anniversary celebration. This concert is a glorious finale to the Newport Music Festival’s 50th Anniversary Season. Featuring two of the most moving choral works ever written, this evening begins with Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, a stirring hymn to Mary, and finishes with Vivaldi’s Gloria, the anthem of the angels as they announced Christ’s birth. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Clark Terry on trumpet.

The Greenwich Odeum Theater is the subject of this week's program with Dan Speca, President of the Board of Directors. We talk about their upcoming season and listen to some of the music being presented on shows throughout the spring. For more information you can call 401-885-4000 or go to:                www.greenwichodeum.com ​

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features the Gerald Wilson Orchestra.

In this program Mike Maino and The Newport Music Festivals new Executive Director Pamela Pantos discuss living composer Jake Heggie as he will be joining the festival for 2 concerts this summer. For more information or to purchase tickets visit newportmusic.org or call 401-849-0700.

On this weeks Jazz After Dinner Joe features Jazz guitarist Russell Malone.

This week, for a special show about St. Patrick's Day, we feature Eddie Dillon, Composer, Arranger, Singer and Guitarist, and one of the original guests on the show when it started in 2007. Eddie is the only person to have appeared with Mike every year of the show's existence. We'll listen to some examples of his music, some of his personal favorites, and discuss his upcoming concerts. For more information go to www.eddiedillon.com