WDCB

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WDCB 90.9fm is a public radio station broadcasting with 5,000 watts to the Chicagoland area. You'll find us at 90.9fm 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and streaming live at WDCB.org. We're known for our eclectic music programming: jazz, blues, news, americana, and more! We also broadcast local news, features and useful information for residents of our community college district. We sponsor lots of musical events, either at the college's McAninch Arts Center or with other organizations in and around Chicago.

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Take an hour long journey exploring America's rich musical heritage without leaving the comfort of home. Join Greg Easterling as he features musical styles ranging from Blues to Bluegrass, Country to Americana, Folk to Roots Rock, and more.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Oct 26, 2017
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Jazz Organic is a weekly radio stop for America's truest art form, as played on the tonewheel organ.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Mar 29, 2019
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Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist Patricia Barber hosts WDCB’s three-part series “MusicHeads,” recorded in the acoustically pristine PianoForte Studios in downtown Chicago. Each show explores a different musical theme and can be used as a 3 part series or as stand alone pieces. These FREE programs are suitable for airing any time of year, but would fit nicely into Women's History or Jazz Appreciation month programming.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Apr 21, 2015
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271 Pieces

Notes from the Jazz Underground is where Jazz gets a little weirder, a little louder, and a little more on the edge.

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Dec 26, 2018
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30 Pieces

When Jazz Was King

  • From: WDCB
  • Updated: Feb 17, 2019

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The first in a three part series celebrating the music and legacy of Chick Corea. This week, the focus is on his work on the acoustic piano, from N...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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This week, we'll take a listen to the work of bassist and producer Bill Laswell, and guitarist, vocalist and composer Ani DiFranco.

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KRPS


  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, a look back at Ellington, Hawkins, Monk, Sun Ra, Ornette Coleman and more!

Bought by KRCB 104.9 and KRPS


  • Added: Feb 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2
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this week, the focus is simply on some really good music, new and old, with music from Bobby Hutcherson, Weather Report, the latest from Jazz is De...

Bought by KLCC, KRCB 104.9, and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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this week, we'll celebrate the almighty groove: spiritual grooves, jammy grooves, funky grooves and more! We'll hear from Leon Thomas, Pharoah Sand...

Bought by KLCC, KRCB 104.9, and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 18, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
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this week, another look back at some of my favorite music from the past year, with some great music from Nubya Garcia, Chris Poland, Avishai Cohen ...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 58:04
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this week, we'll check out some of the best that 2020 had to offer from Jeff Parker, Will Bernard, Jeremy Cunningham, Jazz is Dead, and more!

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KLCC, and KRPS


  • Added: Jan 03, 2021
  • Length: 58:04
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this week, we're listening to two monumental Jazz guitarists, John McLaughlin and John Scofield. We'll hear them both with Miles Davis, on their ow...

Bought by KRCB 104.9, KLCC, and KRPS


  • Added: Dec 29, 2020
  • Length: 57:04
  • Purchases: 3
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this week, we'll take a listen to some of the titans of the avant-garde...Yusef Lateef, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman and a few modern...

Bought by KRPS and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:04
  • Purchases: 2
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Let's get in the holiday spirit with music from Willie Colon & Hector Lavoe, John Zorn, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Wynton Marsalis and more!

Bought by KRSC, KRPS, KLCC, WJSU, and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 5