We celebrate the centennial of Gigi Gryce (Basheer Qusim)  with a five hour radio program to be presented by Sid Gribetz this Sunday, November 23, 2025,  from 2-7 PM on WKCR. Gryce became a leading figure in his brief career in the 1950s. as a saxophonist, composer, arranger, music publisher,...

WKCR is pleased to announce our annual celebration of the 121st birthday of the extraordinary Coleman Hawkins with a 24-hour broadcast. This will pre-empt all regularly scheduled Friday programming. Born on November 21st, 1904, Hawkins is a larger-than-life figure in the tenor saxophone and jazz world....

Due to scheduled maintenance our FM signal will be inaccessible today (11/17) from 8 AM- 4 PM. The work continues tomorrow (11/18) and Thursday (11/20).   Our webstream available via wkcr.org will remain unaffected.

The companion map to the October 25th, 2025 edition of Hobo's Lullaby is now fully live! In celebration of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy's centennial, host Ale Díaz-Pizarro, took listeners on a folk music tour up the Appalachian Trail, playing music from all 14 states on the trail from...

Announcing the host of the Musician's Show for November 2025: celebrated trombonist Conrad Herwig! Conrad began his career alongside Clark Terry, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Joe Henderson, Tom Harrell, and Joe Lovano. He is perhaps best known for his 25+ year project the “Latin Side…” series, highlighting...

WKCR honors the life and music of Jack DeJohnette, who passed away on October 27, 2025 at the age of 83, with a 16-hour memorial broadcast. He was born in Chicago in 1942. He started his career not as a jazz drummer, but as a classical pianist. He fell in...

WKCR is pleased to announce our special broadcast celebrating what would have been the 95th birthday of American trumpeter Clifford Brown, broadcast on FM and HD radio and online for 24 hours on Thursday, October 30th, 2023. The broadcast will preempt all regularly-scheduled Monday shows. Though short...

On October 22, 1925, Henry Cowell and The New Music Society of California would host their first ever concert- sparking the dissemination of “ultra-modernist” composition within the musical ecosystem of the United States. Cowell sought to “present musical works embodying the most progressive tendencies...

Pioneer Works is excited to present the 14th annual Ragas Live Festival featuring 24 hours of transcendent music in the Pioneer Works Main Hall. The entire program will be broadcast live on video at Pioneer Works' Youtube & WKCR 89.9 FM in NYC (audio only). For the 2025...