Either/Orchestra News

The Massachusetts-based Either/Orchestra will be celebrating it 24th birthday with a performance at 8 pm on December 5 at the Center for Arts in Natick .

Ever since Matt Wilson first saw Buddy Rich on an old I Love Lucy rerun, he's taken to hitting things: Initially, it was pots and pans in the living room, later a snare and cymbal on the "PTA and 4-H concert circuit." An Illinois prairie town native, Wilson made his way to the big city - Wichita, Kan.

Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger Tapped for Alto Chair in Either/Orchestra - Berklee Sophomore Also on NPR's Jazzset Starting 10/01 Saxophonist Hailey Niswanger , a 19-year-old sophomore studying jazz performance at the Berklee College of Music in Boston on a full scholarship, has been selected as the new alto saxophonist in the Either/Orchestra, ...

For WBUR listeners, Charlie Kohlhase is a familiar voice. He's one of the overnight announcers, working the midnight to 5 am shift.

Saxophonist and composer Udden here dives deeper into the jazz-pop connections he began to explore in his 2006 debut as a leader, Torchsongs .