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Tune in this Wednesday, January 18th from 6-9 pm EST for a live interview with vocalist Camila Meza on the Musician’s Show. With an already flourishing career in Chile from the age of 19, by the time she moved to New York at 23. During her seven years in the United States, Camila Meza has created a big impact in the New York jazz scene. She possesses an innate and rare combination of qualities as a singer and guitar player, who also writes her own songs and arrangements.

Today, January 10th, WKCR dedicates an entire day of programming to a birthday broadcast in honor of American jazz musician Max Roach. Join us now until midnight as we celebrate Roach's monumental contributions as a drummer, composer, educator, and activist with continuous programming exclusively of his music.

Sid Gribetz presents a five hour radio program celebrating the pianist and composer George Wallington on Jazz Profiles this Sunday, January 15 from 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST. George Wallington was one of the legendary pianists of the bebop era but never achieved great fame. With his early retirement from a musical career, he remains a more obscure figure in jazz history and lore. However, he was an especially swinging pianist and inventive composer who deserves continued attention.

Tune in to Studio A this Sunday, January 15, from 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM EST for an interview with internationally-bestselling memoirist Aspen Matis. Her book, Girl in the Woods, tells the story of her sexual assault and her flight from college, which led to a journey of self-discovery as she set out to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. A brief account of her experiences appeared first in The New York Times' Modern Love column, and that subsequentally led to her inspiring and heart-wrenching memoir.

Join us Tuesday, January 17 during our Out to Lunch programming from 1-2:30 pm EST for an interview with New York-based jazz pianist Emmet Cohen regarding his most recent project "Masters Legacy Series featuring Jimmy Cobb." Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. He placed first in both the American Jazz Pianists competition (2014) and the Phillips Piano Competition at the University of West Florida (2011).

Tonight at 9:00 PM, tune in to Studio A to hear an interview with director Maren Ade and actress Sandra Hüller from the 2016 German language film Toni Erdmann. The film, a flawless and clever reinvention of a typical father-daughter comedy, is on the Oscar shortlist for Best Foreign Language Film and won five prizes at the European Film Awards this year.

On Tuesday December 13, a group of students from Columbia and Barnard protested outside of the Citi bank on 112th and Broadway as part of an action in the #DefundDAPL movement, aimed at the financiers of the Dakota Access Pipeline. WKCR's Sofia Petros reports on her experience as part of the protest and the steps on the Columbia community can take to switch towards local, ethical banking options. Tune into Late City Edition at 9:00 PM at WKCR 89.9FM and wkcr.org.

Tune in to Afternoon New Music this Monday, December 12th at 3 pm for an exclusive in-studio interview with saxophonist and composer Ingrid Laubrock. The 45-minute program will feature Laubrock discussing her new album Serpentines, as well as its upcoming album release party happening this Thursday, December 15th at 8 pm at Roulette.

WKCR announces our annual Bach Festival. For the nine-day period from December 23rd at 1:00 AM through December 31st at 11:59 PM, WKCR (89.9 FM, 89.9 HD1, and wkcr.org) will dedicate all broadcasting to the works of Johann Sebastian Bach. J.S. Bach has had an unparalleled influence on the Western classical tradition.

Tune in to the Moonshine Show this Sunday Morning at 11:00 AM to catch an interview and live set with multi instrumentalist and singer Bruce Molsky.

This wek may be historic for private universities all over the country: tomorrow, December 7th, and Thursday, December 8th, graduate students working as Teaching and Research Assistants at Columbia University will have the opportunity to vote in favor of or against

Tune in to Afternoon New Music at 3 pm on Tuesday, December 5th for an exclusive in-studio interview with composer/multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp. The hour-long program will discuss his opera Port Bou, which will be performed at WhiteBox on Wednesday, December 7th at 8 pm.

Tune into Afternoon New Music today at 3 PM to hear a live set featuring guitarist, composer, improviser Anders Nilsson joined by Michael Attias on the saxophone and Ken Filiano on the bass. The 45 minute program will feature the trio playing four of Anders's compositions, including "Bumped Geese" and "Disco-mbobulated", as well as a short interview with Anders Nilsson.

Tune into Afternoon New Music today at 3 PM to hear an interview with New York City percussionist, composer and visual artist Eli Keszler. Keszler will talk about his new release, Last Signs of Speed and an upcoming show at Printed Matter on December 1st.

Beginning at 1:00 PM today, WKCR will play the work of the late Pauline Oliveros without interruption until midnight in celebration of a career that has changed the very ways in which people encounter sound. As a composer, teacher, accordionist, pioneer of the philosophy of "deep listening," and luminary of the avant-garde, Oliveros left an indelible impression on the world of music.

Russell Oberlin Memorial Broadcast on WKCR-FM:

Tune in to WKCR 89.9FM and wkcr.org this Monday, November 21 at 12:00 am EST for 24 hours of Coleman Hawkins in honor of what would have been his 112th birthday. As one of the first renowned jazz tenor saxophonists, Hawkins helped to establish the instrument as essential to the genre, especially for soloists. Hawkins' warm tone and signature vibrato, along with his melodic and technical virtuosity, made him a pivotal influence on future generations of jazz pioneers.

Join WKCR on Sunday, November 20 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM EST as we celebrate the life and work of funk and soul singer Sharon Jones (1956-2016). Jones, along with her longtime collaborators the Dap-Kings, did much to bring the sounds of funk and soul into the new millennium.

Tune in to WKCR this Saturday evening starting at 9:00 PM to hear Gaetano Donizetti’s classic comic opera, L’elisir d’amore, featuring Luciano Pavarotti and Kathleen Battle in the signature roles.

This Wednesday, November 15, Kevin Jiang will welcome Coleman Hughes on the Musician's Show (6:00-9:00 PM EST). Hughes found a passion for music at a young age, starting to play the violin, the piano, and the drums at ages 3, 5, and 8, respectively. By middle school, he settled on the trombone as a primary instrument, and went on to participate in elite high school all-star bands like the Grammy Jazz Ensemble and the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.

Programmer Kat Whatley is joined by Duo YUMENO this Sunday November 6th on Morning Profiles for an overview of music made on the koto, a traditional Japanese transverse harp. Starting from classic traditional pieces all the way through to 21st century contemporary music inspired by Western classical music, this show will guide listeners through the many exciting forms of music played on the koto.

For the heat you want and the soul you crave look no further than Bubber Miley—the focus of WKCR’s Jazz Profiles this Sunday, November 6. Miley’s trumpet growls, snarls and soothes like no other’s. His gritty voice and free-spirited, ever-swinging phrasing make him instantly recognizable. Miley painted some of his broadest and greatest strokes during his time with Duke Ellington’s Orchestra (1923-1928) where he not only plays with utter brilliance, but also co-authors with Duke such tunes as BLACK AND TAN FANTASY, EAST ST.

Beginning at 11:00 PM on Wednesday and lasting until 8:00 AM on Thursday, November 3, WKCR is playing only the music of legendary jazz bassist Melbourne R. "Bob" Cranshaw, who passed away on November 2, 2016. Tune in to WKCR 89.9FM and www.wkcr.org to join us in celebrating the influence, innovation, and advocacy of one of the most-recorded bassists in history.

Don Cherry’s inspirational influence on Creative Music Studio will be the focus of ‘The Musician’s Show’ Wednesday, November 2, from 6pm - 9pm (ET).

Tune in to WKCR-FM this Wednesday, October 26th at 6pm to catch Eri Yamamoto on the Musician’s Show.

Since moving to the United States in 1995, Eri Yamamoto has established herself as one of jazz's most original and compelling pianists and composers. Herbie Hancock has said, “My hat's off to her... already she's found her own voice.”