Sheila Elaine Anderson

After spending seventeen years on the production and sales side of publishing, Ms. Anderson left to pursue a career in broadcasting.   Always interested in jazz, in 1995 she joined the staff of WBGO, Newark, New Jersey where she hosts Weekend Jazz After Hours and Salon Sessions.  She has authored three books: The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac (2003), How to Grow as A Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed (2005) (both published by Allworth Press) and most recently, The Little Red Book of Musician’s Wisdom (Skyhorse Press, 2012).  In addition, she is the curator of the Newark Museum’s Jazz in the Garden Series and a Columbia University Community Scholar.  Ms. Anderson is an alumna of Baruch College, CUNY (B.A., English) and resides in Harlem.

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