WDCB

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WDCB 90.9fm is a public radio station broadcasting with 5,000 watts to the Chicagoland area. You'll find us at 90.9fm 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and streaming live at WDCB.org. We're known for our eclectic music programming: jazz, blues, news, americana, and more! We also broadcast local news, features and useful information for residents of our community college district. We sponsor lots of musical events, either at the college's McAninch Arts Center or with other organizations in and around Chicago.

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Take an hour long journey exploring America's rich musical heritage without leaving the comfort of home. Join Greg Easterling as he features musical styles ranging from Blues to Bluegrass, Country to Americana, Folk to Roots Rock, and more.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Oct 26, 2017
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Jazz Organic is a weekly radio stop for America's truest art form, as played on the tonewheel organ.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Mar 29, 2019
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Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Patricia Barber hosts WDCB’s three-part series “MusicHeads,” recorded in the acoustically pristine PianoForte Studios in downtown Chicago. Each show explores a different musical theme and can be used as a 3 part series or as stand alone pieces. These FREE programs are suitable for airing any time of year, but would fit nicely into Women's History or Jazz Appreciation month programming.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Apr 21, 2015
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278 Pieces

Notes from the Jazz Underground is where Jazz gets a little weirder, a little louder, and a little more on the edge.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Dec 26, 2018
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30 Pieces

When Jazz Was King

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Feb 17, 2019

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this week, we're checking out a few intriguing versions of songs from the Great American Sonngbook from Eric Dolphy, Cecil Taylor, Dave King and ot...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2022
  • Length: 58:10
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a little bit of a grab bag, with classic 70's fusion, Jazz All-Stars at the peak of their powers, some younger players and more!

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we celebrate the Charles Mingus centennial a little early with some of my favorite Mingus compositions spanning his career as a sideman ...

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  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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This week, we'll spend the hour with far too few of some of the women making some very cool music in the Jazz realm, with Allison Miller, Jenny Sch...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll get weird with Marc Ribot, we'll get funky with Herbie Hancock, and we'll check out the latest from Marquis Hill, too!

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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With Mardi Gras right around the corner, why not get groovin' with The Dirty Dozen, Rebirth, The Hot 8, and more? An hour filled to the brim with s...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2022
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this week, some new facemelting music from Kamasi Washington and Immanuel Wilkins, and a couple of gems from the recent past by Donny McCaslin and ...

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  • Added: Feb 14, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll listen to some Chicago titans: Fred Anderson, Ken Vandermark and Makaya McCraven, we'll hear from Archie Shepp and Don Cherry, and...

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  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 57:30
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this week, we look at avant-garde new and old, from a classic by Ornette Coleman to a brand new album from Artifacts, and some interesting stuff in...

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, a look at Jazz fusion old and new, with new music from Johnathan Blake, Esperanza Spalding and The Chicago Experiment, alongside music f...

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  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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