Known as the “Barefoot Baroness”, Wendy Oxenhorn is the founding director and vice chairman of the Jazz Foundation of America, a non-profit that helps jazz and blues musicians in need of emergency funds.
Prominent board members include Quincy Jones, their current chairman; Richard Parsons, Agnes Varis, Elvis Costello, Danny Glover, Michael Novogratz and Lou Reed. Under her leadership the foundation has raised more than $70 million and helped countless musicians in crisis over the decades.
Wendy also plays a mean harmonica and was named a NEA Jazz Master in 2016.
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Episode 40 – Eric Riemenschneider
Episode 39 – Jesse Thorn
Episode 38 – Karen Feldman
Episode 37 – LIVE Show at the Sanibel Island Writers Conference
Episode 36 – Al Holland
Episode 35 – Jen Ray
Episode 34 – Neil Bender
Episode 33 – Robert Macomber
Episode 32 – Stephen Brittain
Episode 31 – Milton “Milty” Evans
Episode 30 – FGCU President Mike Martin
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