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Tune into our weekly Jazz Profile this Sunday for a look at the music of alto saxophonist Frank Strozier. Born in 1937, Strozier became a talented figure in hard-bop, performing with Harold Mabern, George Coleman, and Booker Little in the 50s. After a brief stint in the Miles Davis Quintet, Strozier went on to play with Roy Haynes, Chet Baker, Shelly Manne, Woody Shaw, Horace Parlan and the Don Ellis Big Band during the 60s and 70s. With a style on the horn that calls to mind Jackie McLean, Strozier leaves us with number of underrecognized recorings both as a leader and a sideeman.

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3PM this Wednesday, October 15th, for the premiere of a WKCR career retrospective interview with free improv noise legends Borbetomagus. Borbetomagus is made up of Don Dietrich, Donald Miller, and Jim Sauter, who formed the project in 1979. Focusing on this group, often cited as the pioneers of aggressive improvised noise music, our two hour interview with the trio delves into the history of the band, from their first underground releases to their collaborations with other titans of improvised music.

Tune in to Live Constructions at 10PM this Sunday, October 12th, to hear a performance by Matt Borghi and Michael Teager. Borghi (guitar) and Teager (sax and flute) have been playing improvised ambient music together for a number of years, combining the sounds of a heavily effected guitar with wind instruments to create ethereal soundscapes. They came in to WKCR studios a few days ago to record 40 minutes of music, and we then sat down for a few minutes to talk about their project. Listen!

Tune in to our weekly In All Languages show, Sunday at 11pm as we will explore the Chanson Francaise genre, a French music style of the 20th century. The Chanson Francaise is the direct descendant of poetry and is a genra that focuses on vocals and lyrics rather than the music. We will look at various famous artists of the Chanson Francaise ranging from early lyrical songs with Edith Piaf, to the return of more folkoric lyrics in the 50s with names such as Georges Brassens until the modernization of the genra in the 1970s.

Tune in this Sunday, October 12^th for Jazz Profiles featuring the music of soul-jazz organist and composer Charles Earland (1941-1999) hosted by Sid Gribetz. Born in Philadelphia, Charles Earland played tenor saxophone with Jimmy McGriff, who would influence him to learn to play the organ. “The Mighty Burner” would form his own trio, and then join Lou Donaldson’s group from 1968-1969 with whom he recorded two best-selling albums. Earland would eventually sign on as a solo artist to Prestige.

Tune in Wednesday evening from 6-9 PM to hear this week's edition of the Musician's Show, where we will be joined by jazz drummer Vinnie Sperrazza. In addition to selecting the music for the evening, he will be providing insight on his his latest projects and musical career. Sperrazza is a member of the co-operative group 40twenty, featuring Jacob Garchik, Jacob Sacks, and Dave Ambrosio. His first album as a bandleader and composer, Apocryphal , was released on September 9, 2014.

Tune in TONIGHT, Oct. 8th, at 11pm to listen to a live performance with Núcleo Pé de Zamba. Based in São Paulo, the group will be performing in New York in the coming days. Later on, you will listen to an interview with the Brazilian pandeiro player, Túlio Araújo. He is releasing his second album, East.

Tune in TONIGHT, October 8th, at 10pm to listen to a live interview with Camila Meza. Originally from Chile, she has brought since 2009 some folkloric taste to the jazz scene in New York. She will also be performing at Iridium on October 13th.

Tune in this Sunday at 11pm to our weekly In All Languages, exploring different types of music from all parts of the world. This week's program will feature music from the various folk traditions of Europe, Asia and Ocenia with a lingering focus on Ireland and Siberia. We will explore the cultural characteristics of those regions as well as the potential similarities in their folkoric repertoire through popular songs in their original or transformed versions as well as instrumental pieces.

Tune in on October 10 to WKCR 89.9 FM-NY for 24 hours of Thelonious Sphere Monk’s music in celebration of his 97th day of birth.

Tune in tonight at 9pm for an address given by Shinzo Abe, the prime Minister of Japan, at Columiba's World Leaders Forum in September of 2014.

Tune in this Wednesday on Som do Brasil to listen to an interview with Vanessa Falabella who will join us to talk about her new album "Outras Esquinas" in which she interprets the music of "Clube da Esquina" as a tribute to its 40 years.

Tune in to In All Languages this Sunday at 11PM to commemorate the life and music of Nikhil Banerjee. Nikhil Banerjee is one of the greatest Sitar players of the twentieth century. He began studying the instrument at the age of four, and was quickly recognized as a prodigy. He later studied with both Ustad Allauddin Khan and his son, Ali Akbar Khan, and began to develop his own musical style. This show will focus on three unique live recordings from his earliest years to his latest.

Join us this Wednesday September 24 from 6 to 9 PM to catch a special edition of the Musician's Show featuring trombonist and composer Ryan Keberle. Keberle will be coming in to talk about his current projects, his exciting career, his influences, and more, and will also select the tunes for the evening drawing from his own work and the work of his favorite musicians.

Tune in to Jazz Alternatives from 6-9pm Friday September 26 to hear an interview with Yano Akiko, one of Japan’s most preeminent jazz pianists, and Agatsuma Hiromitsu, a traditional Japanese shamisen musician known for crossing over into many different genres. The two will play together for the first time on Saturday 27 at the Japan Society.

Tune to Afternoon New Music from 3-6PM on Monday, September 22nd to hear a live interview with Billy Martin, Evan Lurie, and Steven Bernstein of the avant-jazz group, the Lounge Lizards. The Lounge Lizards formed in the New York in the late 1970s, founded by saxophonist John Lurie and pianist Evan Lurie. Tune in to hear the Lounge Lizards discuss their upcoming performances at Town Hall and at the Strange and Beautiful Festival. Listen!

Join us at WKCR as we commemorate the life and work of jazz trumpeter and flugelhorn player Kenny Wheeler, who passed away at the age of 84 years this Thursday, September 18th. We will be dedicating all jazz programming to Wheeler's innovative sounds and compositions from 1am on Sunday, September 21st through 9pm on Monday, September 22nd (including Jazz 'til Dawn 1-6am, Jazz Profiles 2-7pm, Monday Mornings in Mono 2-5am, Daybreak Express 5-8:20am, Out to Lunch 12-3pm, and Jazz Alternatives 6-9pm).

Join us from 7-9 PM this evening September 17th to hear the musical selections of tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana. She will be on air discussing everything about her music and her career, from its beginnings in Santiago, Chile to her most recent projects with the Crash Trio, which also includes Pablo Menares on bass and Francisco Mela on drums. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music and the 2013 reciepient of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition, Aladana already has a vast and diverse experience to share.

Don't miss the first WKCR Sports game broadcast of the school year, as Coumbia Football opens its season against Fordham in the 13th Annual Liberty Cup. Lions Countdown begins at 12:15pm before the action gets underway from Baker Field at 12:30pm.

On Tuesday, September 23rd, WKCR will conduct its annual all-day tribute to John Coltrane on the 88th 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.

Tune in for a rare opportunity to hear Christoph Willibald Gluck's
Iphigénie en Aulide. Known more in the edition Richard Wagner created,
Aulide has often been overlooked for Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride.
Tonight's performance presents the original French version featuring
José van Dam and Anne Sophie von Otter, with John Eliot Gardiner
conducting. In addition, part of tonight's program will be a tribute

This Sunday Night's IAL show at 11pm will feature a live performance from Kora legend Foday Musa Suso known in the west from his collaborations with Phillip Glass, Herbie Hancock, Paul Simon, Pharaoh Sanders, Jack DeJohnette and countless others.

Tune in this Wednesday from 6-9 PM for a special edition of the Musician Show where we are joined by guitarist Mike Bono, who will play some tunes and talk about his work. Mike Bono began playing guitar at age 5, then going on to attend Berklee College of Music. Since graduating, he has led his own group, the Mike Bono Group, for which he composes the music. They recently released their debut album, From Where You Are.

Tonight Matthew Shipp and WKCR host Mitch Goldman put Paul Bley and Jimmy Giuffre in Deep Focus. They will share some stunning live recordings and, of course, Matt's unique point of view on this utterly distinctive music.

From www.matthewshipp.com:

Tune in this Sunday, September 7th, at 10PM to hear a live set in our studio from the group TONGUES. TONGUES is Derek Baron (Drums), John Welsh (Guitar), and Brandon Lopez (double bass). Hailing from Brooklyn, TONGUES is a power trio that prides itself on “sensitivity within insensitivity”. Equal parts noise, free improvisation, punk, and post-modern composition. Their mantra is “Rage”. Listen!

Tune in the Sunday at 11PM for the IAL show which shall explore the themes of love and devotion in the music of South Asia, specifically looking at genres such as ghazal (sung Sufi poetry), thumris (Krishna devotional songs traditionally performed by subaltern women) and other forms of bhajans (Hindu devotional songs). The show surveys music from both the Islamic and Hindu traditions, and seeks to elucidate concepts such as ishq (love, often divine love) and bhakti (devotion).

Tune in TONIGHT at 11pm to listen to a live in studio interview with the guitar player Benjamin Lapidus. He has just released his new album, "Ochosi Blues" and will talk about it and his career. He has recorded with Ibrahim Ferrer, Paquito D’Rivera, Cándido Camero, Larry Harlow, Ruben Blades, Típica 73, Bobby Sanabria, and many others.