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Please join us at 6pm this Wednesday as we sit down with composer and multi-instrumentalist Oran Etkin.

Tune to our weekly IAL show tonight at 11pm as we will be looking at three great masters of the Imdadkhani Gharana in Hindustani Classical Music. (Ustad Vilayat Khan, Ustaad Shahid Parvz and Ustad Shujaat Khan). Through these pieces we will try to capture the explain the characteristics of the gharana and what makes this tradition of Hindustani music special and unique and briefly discuss the elements of the structural organization of the raga that this gharana employs.

Tune in tonight, Sunday the 26th at 7pm for Raag Aur Tal where we will feature a special guest; mandolin virtuoso Snehasish Mozumder. We will also air an exclusive preview of the new Jazz Carnatica album by the Arun Ramamurthy Trio. Be there!

Tune in this Sunday, October 26th, from 2pm to 7pm to listen about the life and works of Milton Nacimento. Born in rio de Janeiro and raised in Minas Gerais, Nascimento became a popular singer in the late 1960s in Brazil and even more when he joined the movement Clube da Esquina in the early 1970s with Lô Borges and Wagner Tiso. He entered the jazz scene in the USA after he participated in the Wayne Shorter's album 'Native Dancer' and later recorded with Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette and many others. Hosted by Augusto Ghiotto and Jassvan de Lima

Tune in on Thursday, October 30th as we dedicate 24 hours of programming to legendary trumpeter Clifford “Brownie” Brown in celebration of the 84th 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.

Tune in to Live Constructions at 10PM Sunday, October 26th, to hear an interview and performance by Neil Welch and Chris Icasiano, who make up the jazz duo, Bad Luck. Welch (saxophone) and Icasiano (drums) have been working together for almost a decade on the project, combining elements of jazz, classical, and indie music to create an energetic collection of compositions and improvisations. Currently on a nationwide tour, the duo stopped by WKCR while they were in New York for an interview.

Tune in for a very special Musician's Show featuring Jean-Michel Pilc and Coyote Anderson. Jean Michel Pilc has been described as a "musical genius" by the Washington Post and "dazzlingly inventive" by the New York Times. On this edition of the Musician's Show, we visit the great pianist at his home. In this intimate environment, he improvises and performs on his own instrument as he discusses music and his influences. Later in the show, guitarist Coyote Anderson, will play a live set with his Quartet in anticipation of their album release, "Innervoices".

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