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Tune in all day Wednesday, January 25, for WKCR's 19th Tom Jobim birthday broadcast in celebration of his 90th anniversary. Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1927, Antônio Carlos Jobim gained major recognition at a national level in 1959 when he collaborated with poet Vinicius de Moraes to compose the score for the movie Orfeu Negro (Black Orpheus), which would go on to win the Palme d'Or at Cannes.

Tune in to Studio A tonight, Sunday, January 22 from 9:00 - 10:00 PM EST for a live interview with poet Rosebud Ben-Oni. Born to a Mexican mother and Jewish father, Rosebud Ben-Oni is a recipient of the 2014 NYFA Fellowship in Poetry and a CantoMundo Fellow. She was a Rackham Merit Fellow at the University of Michigan, and a Horace Goldsmith Scholar at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Tune in this Sunday, January 22nd from 2:00 PM - 7:00 PM EST to Jazz Profiles for a profile of pianist/composer Geri Allen. Allen-a pianist/composer, bandleader, educator and Guggenheim Fellow-is the first recipient of the Soul Train, Lady of Soul Award for Jazz. In 2011, Geri Allen was nominated for an NAACP Award for her Timeline, Tap Quartet Project. Allen is the first woman, and youngest person to receive the Danish Jazz Par Prize.

Tune in Monday, January 23 at 3:00 PM to Afternoon New Music for a live performance and interview with percussionist, composer, and improviser Sean Hamilton on live electronics and drums. Notably, Hamilton has performed as an artist-in-residence with Leeds Improvised Music and Experimentation and was a featured performer at the Anxious Sound Series in New Orleans, Louisiana. His music focuses on electroacoustics, experimentation, and free improvisation.

Tune in Tuesday, January 24 at 3:00 PM to Afternoon New Music for an interview and in-studio performance by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Anaïs Maviel. Maviel will be playing the n'goni and the surdo drum. Additionally, she will talk with us about her musical practice and upcoming show at the ISSUE Project Room on Saturday, January 28, to which we will be giving away two pairs of tickets.

Join WKCR this Monday, January 30th as we celebrate the 106th birthday anniversary of one of the foundational figures of the Swing Era, jazz trumpeter Roy “Little Jazz” Eldridge. Known for his signature boldness in rhythm and sound, Eldridge is often credited for his role in bridging the musical styles and approaches of Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie. Eldridge is often characterized by his use of tritone substitutions and virtuosic solos. Born in 1911 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Eldridge spent the early years of his career touring with a number of dance bands.

Tune in to Arts and Answers on Thursday, January 20 from 9:30 - 10:00 PM for an interview with the illustrious poet Ron Padgett, who wrote the poetry for the 2016 drama film, Paterson. Directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Adam Driver, Paterson screened in October at the 54th New York Film Festival and is playing in theaters now.

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.