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In light of Halloween this Saturday, Arts will be programming scary stories all throughout the week on WKCR. Tune in (if you dare) Monday (10/26), Tuesday (10/27), and Thursday (10/29) at 9:30 p.m. and Sunday (11/01) at 9:00 p.m. to hear ghost and horror stories from H.G. Wells, H.P. Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe and other notoriously scary authors. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this programming do not reflect the views of WKCR, its Board of Directors, or the Trustees of Columbia University.

This week’s musician show will be hosted by Kat Whatley featuring bassist Todd Nicholson. In addition to being an active member of the New York downtown music scene, Nicholson is the Associate Director of the Arts for Art, the non-profit that organizes the Vision festival, and other year round free jazz focused programming. Having lived in Japan for a number of years, Nicholson also works with Japanese jazz and improvisatory musicians. Tune in to listen to live recordings of the Vision fest, and recordings of Japanese jazz musicians that inspire Nicholson’s music.

Tune in to Tuesday's Afternoon New Music for a discussion with Philip Miller on his latest collaboration with William Kentridge, the new opera Refuse The Hour.

Join programmer Kat Whatley this Sunday on “Jazz Profiles” (2-7pm) for an in depth look at the Creative Music Studio. Founded in 1971 by Karl Berger, Ingrid Sertso and Ornette Coleman, the Woodstock-based CMS facilitates music innovation through workshops, master classes and performances, and provides opportunities for musicians to interact with the most important figures of improvisation and musical thought.

Tune in on Friday, October 30th as we dedicate 24 hours of programming to legendary trumpeter Clifford “Brownie” Brown in celebration of the 85th anniversary of his birth. In the course of only four years, from 1952 to 1956, Brown led and contributed to some of the greatest ensembles and recordings in jazz history, leaving his imprint on the genres of bebop and hard bop, as well as the art of jazz trumpet. Born in 1930 in Delaware, Brown drew much of his influence from the innovative Fats Navarro, who mentored Brown in his early years in Philadelphia.

Tune in to Late City Edition at 9 pm on Monday and Tuesday to hear the first discussion in the series Awakening Our Democracy presented by Columbia's Office of University Life. Awakening Our Democracy is a new conversation series on race, ethnicity, disparities, and justice issues at the forefront of the University's and the nation's consciousness. This first discussion entitled "The "American" Dream, Immigration and Belonging" features a panel with Negin Farsad, a TED fellow and social justice comedian; Van C.

Tune in tonight to “ In All Languages,” as we broadcast a live interview with Manisha Brahmachary and exciting array of fusion music from two very talented artists, Shankar Tucker and Vidya Iyer.

Tune in at 10:30am, Thursday morning to hear an interview with SPEAKmusic director, Deborah Bradley-Kramer and Hanna Arie-Gaifman. Our guests will be speaking about an upcoming concert (details below), which honors significant Czech musicians of the 19th and 20th century.

Two weeks ago, on John Coltrane's Birthday, Brooklyn Raga Massive performed a stunning tribute to the Coltrane Legacy. Recorded in front of a capacity crowd at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, WKCR will broadcast the concert in it's entirety. As well, musical Director Sameer Gupta will join host David Ellenbogen for an on-air discussion of the relationship between the music of these two worlds.

Tonight from 11pm-1am please join Jassvan de Lima and Augusto Ghiotto as they interview Leny Andrade and Roni Ben-Hur who will be playing later this week at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola in Lincoln Center.

Tune in starting October 10 to WKCR 89.9 FM-NY for a 30-hour broadcast of Thelonious Sphere Monk’s music in celebration of his 98th birthday anniversary. In addition to a full 24-hour preemption on his birthdate, October 10, we are extending the broadcast through 6am on Sunday, the 11th, thereby preempting Saturday Night at the Opera and dedicating the normally scheduled Jazz 'Til Dawn program to the music of Thelonious Monk.

Tune in Thursday, October 8th, at 9:30 pm to hear an interview with Marylyn Dintenfass by WKCR programmer Danielle Fox. Marylyn Dintenfass is known around the world for her vibrant paintings and installations that explore the shape through which we perceive the world—the circle. A New York native, Marylyn’s work has been included in more than 60 national and international exhibits. Her work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Tune into Raag Aur Taal @ 7pm (EST), tonite to listen to Arun Ramamurthy in conversation and music as he shares his knowledge of the evolution of violin into the Indian Classical music genre. He brings with him music pieces of some renowned Indian violinists.

Phil Woods, the influential alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, died this afternoon at the age of 83. Born November 2, 1931, Woods rose to prominence with the 1950s bebop scene, and went on to record a vast discography as both a bandleader and sideman. His collaborators include Thelonius Monk, Quincy Jones, Bill Evans, and Oliver Nelson, to name a few. His work spanned generations and crossed genres, with consistent releases throughout the 20th century and performances up until his death.

Tune in Sept 27^th to Raag Aur Taal at 7 pm (EST) to listen to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi and Anurag Harsh.

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was for decades one of the world’s most respected singers of Indian classical music. As an artist in the Hindustani (North Indian) musical tradition, Pandit Joshi was renowned as a master of the khayal, a genre of vocal concert music. He was known to mesmerize audiences with his renditions of bhajans (devotional songs) and ragas.

Sid Gribetz presents a five hour radio special celebrating the career of trumpeter and vocalist Hot Lips Page on “Jazz Profiles” on WKCR this Sunday September 27 from 2-7 PM.

Tune in to Afternoon New Music today to hear Jeffrey Young, Erin Rogers, and Ashley Tata speak about their upcoming opera, This Takes Place Close By! Conceived in response to Sandy, Katrina and other devastating storms, the work explores the reactions of several individuals that are affected by an urban storm in drastically different ways.

On Wednesday, September 23rd, WKCR will conduct its annual all-day tribute to John Coltrane on the 89th anniversary of his birth. Born on September 23, 1926 in North Carolina, Coltrane is celebrated to this day for his innovative work on alto, tenor, and soprano saxophones, as well as his enormous contributions to the genres of bebop, hard bop, and free and avant-garde jazz. From the late 1940s to the mid-late 1950s, Coltrane collaborated with numerous jazz titans, performing as a sideman with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Miles Davis, among others.

WKCR is proud to welcome the maestro Pt. Krishna Bhatt to the studio. We look forward to inquiring about his studies with the legends of this music: Nikhil Banerjee, Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan; associations with Terry Riley, Zakir Hussein and Kronos Quartet and his upcoming performance at the Rubin Museum with Anindo Chatterjee.

Tune this Wednesday evening to hear this week's edition of the Musician's Show, with pianist Orrin Evans. Born in Trenton, NJ in 1976, and raised in Philadelphia, Evans studied music under the tutelage of Kenny Barron. He has worked alongside Bobby Watson, Ralph Peterson, and more recently with Christian McBride. Since the mid-90s, Evans has recorded an extensive discography, with numerous releases as both leader and sideman.

In 1957, conductor and musicologist Newell Jenkins founded the Clarion Music Society. Based in New York, the Clarion Society has remained the city's premiere period-instrument ensemble, presenting hundreds of rare and rediscovered compositions throughout its long history. Recently, current Artistic Director Steven Fox has expanded the group's work as a period-instrument group, with a repertoire from Rossi through Aaron Copland.

Tune in Tuesday morning at 11am for Cereal Music and Tuesday evening at 9pm for Late City Edition to hear an interview with the coordinators and artists of the upcoming 8th Annual Circle Wind Concert on September 11th. Programmer Fernanda Douglas speaks with Andrew Anderson, the father of Taylor Anderson, an American teacher who was lost in the tsunami and to whom this year's concert is dedicated; Mike Shirota, director of Japan Choral Harmony; Lalala Teramoto, daughter of Tateo Teramoto, concert producer from Ishinomaki, Japan; and Gregory Singer, director of the Manhattan Symphonie.

This Tuesday on Honky Tonkin’ we will have a special live performance by the Maybelles featuring Jan Bell on guitar and vocals, Rima Fand on violin, and Tina Lama on bass. Tune in to listen to this Brooklyn-based folk and country music trio. Jan Bell is also the founder and artistic director of the First Brooklyn Americana Music Festival taking place on the 25th through 27th of this month.

Tune in to Live Constructions this Sunday, September 6th, at 10pm to hear a live set and interview with the Brooklyn band Causings. Causings is made up of several players from the NYC free improv scene: John Welsh, KT Pipal, Vanessa Haddad, James Krivchenia, and Derek Baron . The band in the midst of a US/Canada tour, and they will drop by our studio to play a set of improvised experimental music. Listen!

Artist Bio:

causings is a family band

portraits and landscapes

slide projectors and cell phones

slow and steady

Monteverdi composed three landmark operas that have become the subject of great interest: L'Orfeo; Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria; and L'incoronazione di Poppea. With the rise of the early music movement, these operas have been recorded in "historically informed" performances. While vital, these recordings simultaneously overshadow earlier performances that helped spark interest in this movement in the first place.

Johannes Brahms's German Requiem is one of the most beloved choral works of all time. In the composer's magnum opus, he shuns typical Latin texts and instead opts for German Lutheran texts free of eschatological redemption. The result is what Brahms termed a "human requiem," a meditation of man's time on earth; however, what many do not know about the Deutsches Requiem is that Brahms also composed a piano duet of the entire work for four hands, which has also been used in chamber versions with chorus.

Tune in on Tuesday, September 1st, at 9:30 pm to hear an interview with Stanley Nelson, an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, and the writer, producer, and director of the film The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. In this interview, Nelson talks with WKCR programmer Danielle Smith about the complicated nature of the history of the Black Panther Party, the lack of education surrounding them, and the power a youth movement can have. The film will premier at the Film Forum on September 2nd.