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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254 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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this week, we'll party in New Orleans, New York, New Delhi, Chicago and London as we get down to the sounds of the modern day brass bands.

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  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 3
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this week, we'll hear some well traversed pathways in the Notes from the Jazz Underground universe: music from John Scofield, Charlie Hunter (with ...

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  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we spend some time celebrating Jerry Garcia. He dipped his toes in the Jazz waters a handful of times, and we'll hear him with Ornette C...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll get weird with Dweezil Zappa, we'll get funky with Zony Mash and the Sugarman 3, we'll go Honky-Tonkin' with Astroturf Noise, and ...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll hear electrified ragas, raging guitars, new music from Avishai Cohen and Derrick Hodge, and more!

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we're going to hear a lot of music, and most of it is new! New music from Amina Figarova, Jazz is Dead, The Bad Plus, some great stuff f...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll hear Latin Jazz from the Underground, with stops in San Juan, Havana, Chicago, Sing-Sing Prison, Yankee Stadium and more!

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  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll get electronic with Mark Guiliana's Beat Music, electric with Keith Emerson, and eclectic with Brownout, Russell Gunn and Gil Scot...

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  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll hear some fantastic slabs of 1970's Jazz funk from Grover Washington, Jr, Bob James, Eddie Harris, Ramsey Lewis and more. And, we'...

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  • Added: Jun 22, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
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this week, we'll take a listen to some excellent Jazz-Funk, some free jazz, some freer jazz, and a set of music that fuses Jazz, Post-Rock and Hous...

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  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 2