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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13 Pieces

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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275 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

Latest Pieces

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this week, we head off to the west coast to hang out with Kamasi Washington, Jazz is Dead and Jeff Parker, hear the Joe Locke/Geoff Keezer band liv...

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  • Added: Jul 28, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Mary Halvorson just released two new albums, Amaryllis and Belladonna, and we here at Notes from the Jazz Underground are here for it!

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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Fusion old and new from Return to Forever, Donny McCaslin, Wayne Shorter, Roy Hargrove and more!

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, let's groove with Irakere, Phish and the Benevento/Russo Duo!

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we're listening to some not so weird music from John Scofield and James Carter, and some supremely weird music from Anthony Braxton and ...

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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this week, we'll hear the rhythm sections of Fugazi and The Rollins Band playing Jazz, along with two from Kenny Garrett, a jam from Gary Bartz and...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, two weird sets, one live and one in the studio, with new music from the Chris Greene Quartet and Brad Mehldau!

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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New music, old music, in between music, and more!

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  • Added: Jun 08, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 5
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this week, we listen to some new music, and the old music that sounds kinda just like it, with jams from George Duke, Bill Frisell, John Scofield, ...

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  • Added: Jun 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
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A look at the electrified Miles Davis, from Filles de Kilimanjaro to Doo Bop with a few stops in between.

Bought by RADIOLEX, KRCB 104.9, KRSC, and KRPS


  • Added: May 25, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 4