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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279 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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Fun with Frankie Trumbauer, Sidney Bechet, Sam Wooding, Louis Armstrong and others!

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, and Delmarva Public Media


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 3
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Do you like food,cookin',food coffee? Well we have music for all of the above from James P. Johnson, Irving Aaronson, Edmond Hall and others for yo...

Bought by KSTK and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:28
  • Purchases: 2
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on this edition of Notes from the Jazz Underground, we take a listen to Jazz renditions of one of the masters of R&B, Curtis Mayfield, with Lou Don...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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this week, some slightly dusty gems, some brand new things, and some nuggets from the songbooks of John Zorn, David Bowie, Duke Ellington and more!

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Nov 05, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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With all of the internationally lauded Jazz coming out of Chicago these days, Notes from the Jazz Underground takes a look - and a listen - to some...

Bought by KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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James P. Johnson extraordinary pianist, composer in solo format and duo with Bessie Smith.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:17
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West Coast based pianist, composer, bandleader multi-instrumentalist Sonny Clay with his own bands and solo piano too.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:16
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We end our trilogy with Hawk talking about Fletcher Henderson, Jack Teagarden and playing with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappeli as well.

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:45
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We continue with Coleman Hawkins and Bill Grauer in the summer of 1956. He continues with Fletcher Henderson in music and voice. Plus we'll hear hi...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:15
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In 1956 Coleman Hawkins sat down with Bill Grauer from Riverside records and talked about his life in Jazz. This time about Fletcher Henderson, Ted...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 58:24