Join us this Thursday 9/1 from 5AM-9PM as we memorialize organist, trumpeter, saxophonist, and bandleader Joey DeFrancesco who sadly passed away this week at the age of 51.
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WKCR is excited to present its annual Lester Young & Charlie Parker festival to run from August 27th to 29th. Beginning Saturday, August 27, WKCR will have a three-day festival dedicated to the music of saxophonists Lester "Prez" Young and Charlie "Bird" Parker. The 27th marks Prez's birthday, and the 29th, is Bird’s. We will play 24 hours of Young on the 27th, 24 hours of Parker on the 29th, and both Young and Parker interchangeably on the 28th.
Sid Gribetz presents the music of composer Arthur Schwartz on “Jazz Profiles”, this Sunday August 21, 2022, from 2-7 PM on WKCR radio.
This is one of a series of Profiles we’ve done over the years focusing on the jazz impact of a legendary composer from the Great American Songbook.
Join us at 2pm this Sunday for a 5 hour profile on Johnny Hartman, nicknamed “The Last Balladeer” by biographer Gregg Akkerman. Hartman began his career singing with Earl Hines and Dizzy Gillespie, before achieving great renown for his 1963 collaboration with John Coltrane. This program will feature a tour of his major discographical highlights, as well as his famed set with Coltrane. August 14th 2PM-7PM 89.9FM wkcr.org
Sid Gribetz presents a five hour radio broadcast honoring vocalist Helen Humes on "Jazz Profiles" this Sunday August 7, 2022 from 2-7 PM on WKCR.
Sid Gribetz presents a five hour tribute to Fats Navarro this Sunday, July 31, 2022, from 2-7 PM on “Jazz Profiles” on WKCR radio.
In his brief life, Fats Navarro was a fleeting spectacle of brilliance as a leading trumpeter in the history and development of jazz during the bebop years.
On August 1st, members of the station will air a special broadcast titled “Give Duke His Due” in support of the petition to award the 1965 Pulitzer Prize in music to Duke Ellington, who was selected for the award but denied.
Join us for our second of two annual Louis Armstrong Birthday Broadcast this August!
This year, we will start our August broadcast at 11PM on August 3rd, and end at 9PM on August 5th. A total of 46 hours of non-stop Louis!
Sid Gribetz presents a five hour special radio broadcast celebrating saxophonist Willis "Gator Tail" Jackson this Sunday July 24, 2022 from 2-7 PM on "Jazz Profiles" on WKCR.
Sid Gribetz examines the collaboration between Miles Davis and John Coltrane in a radio feature for five hours, this Sunday July 17, 2022 from 2-7 PM on “Jazz Profiles” on WKCR.
Miles Davis was a teenage trumpet prodigy who came to fame during the bebop years of the 1940's. Despite this reputation and additional successful endeavors, such as with the Birth of the Cool band and other post bebop ensembles, by the mid-1950's Miles had fallen from popularity and was also in ill health.
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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