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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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'll spend most of the hour with Kamasi Washington, his band, the West Coast Get Down, his sidemen from that group, Kendrick Lamar, and...

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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this week, we'll hear some great guitarists, like George Benson and Nels Cline, some legendary horn players like Eric Dolphy and Wynton Marsalis, p...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: When Jazz Was King
Banjo, guitar and even clarinet heard with Ikey Robinson. Also we'll hear from trumpet great Jabbo Smith and Clarence Williams' Jug Band.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:08
Caption: When Jazz Was King
Bandleader-Violinist-Composer . New Orleans native was associated with Clarence Williams and his band included legendary clarinetist Lorenzo Tio, Jr.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:42
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this week, we'll listen to some great new music from The New Masters, Philip Bailey of Earth Wind and Fire fame, and the new album from Resavoir, a...

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2019
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, inspiration comes in multiple flavors, from Jazz-Funk to Jazz-Pop to the Avant-Garde. Henry Threadgill, Cecil Taylor, Herbie Hancock and...

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  • Added: Sep 03, 2019
  • Length: 58:10
  • Purchases: 1
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this week, let's listen to a little bit of everything. A brass band. A couple of electrified saxophones, and a bunch of guitars, playing jammy Jazz...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2019
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on Notes from the Jazz Underground, it's all about great trumpeters, old and new - Freddie Hubbard, Dave Douglas, Marquis Hill, Miles Dav...

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 1
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this week, we'll hear modern Jazz fusion. Some with a distinctly American accent, and some with an Indian one. Trilok Gurtu, Tabla Beat Science, Fa...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: When Jazz Was King
Louis Armstrong. Enough said. In the 1920's with King Oliver,Earl Hines and The Hot 5 & 7's.

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:16
  • Purchases: 1