Sheila Anderson has been in and around the jazz scene since 1986. She began listening to jazz when she was seven. The music of Miles Davis (ESP), Richard 'Groove' Holmes, Duke Ellington with Johnny Hodges, and many others filled her home in Buffalo, NY. Since 1980 she has resided in New York City. She came to WBGO in 1985 as a volunteer and as a member and has been the host of Sunday Morning Harmony (6:00 AM - 10:00 AM) since 1995. Listenership has greatly increased since Sheila began hosting the show. SMH features straight-ahead jazz without horns. "The show requires a lot of preparation," Sheila notes. "In addition to reading, I often visit jazz clubs to hear and to speak to the musicians that I present each week. The show's limitation of basically piano and guitar, or, as I say, 'jazz without horns' is a challenge that propels me to continuously do research to make the show as interesting as I can." Sheila worked for sixteen years in the publishing industry as a book production manager and a field sales representative. Recently, she joined the staff of the Newark Museum as Public Programs Manager. In March, 2003, her first book will be published for Allworth Press, called The Quotable Musician (click image at left). This is a book of quotes about all music, from the classics to the contemporary, from Mozart to Tupac Shakur. Excerpts will be published on this website soon. She is trained in Classical Flute and is a graduate of Bernard M. Baruch College (BA in English and Business).

The Art of Jazz A thirty minute TV show that currently airs on public access Time Warner Cable/Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), Channel 34, at 1:30 PM Sunday afternoons and RCN, Channel 109, at the same time. MNN is now streaming Channel 34 on the internet. For more information from MNN, click here. "The Art of Jazz" is an interview program that combines musical performance with discussion. Some of the topics discussed are musical techniques, jazz singing, the inner workings of a rhythm section and other aspects of jazz. The show creates an inviting zone between the listener and the performer which gives the rare opportunity for the artist to de-mystify his/her art and make it more accessible to the viewer. The ultimate goal of "The Art of Jazz" is to help everyone develop a knowledge of jazz as well as deepen one's appreciation for the music. Some of the guests have been: Ron Carter, Regina Carter, Russell Malone, Javon Jackson, Leon Thomas (deceased), Lewis Nash, Louis Hayes, Victor Lewis, Eric Reed, Wycliffe Gordon, Allan Harris, Kenny Washington, T. S. Monk and Monty Alexander. Eye On Jazz This half-hour TV show is a behind-the-scenes insider's view of the jazz community and its members. Host/Producer Sheila Anderson takes you into the private world of the jazz performer, allowing you to see them as they are away from the stage. Upcoming segments will feature coast to coast locations from New York at the bars at Birdland and the Jazz Standard and the dressing room of the Blue Note to Oakland, California at Yoshi's.

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