Blues Time on WNCU

02/08/2025

Friends of Blues Time on WNCU 90.7

LIVE ! tonight...in studio...

February 8, 2025
7pm - 9pm ESBT
Eastern Standard Blues Time

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I am your host, Bruce Friedman. Joining me
in the studio, Mike Conway blues guitar aficionado, who you may know or have seen perform at the Blue Note Grill, Tuesday jam sessions, Yonder: Southern Cocktails & Brew or
else where in the Triangle area, and beyond.

Today's program, special in many ways.
Tune in at 7:00PM ESBT Eastern Standard
Blues Time for the announcement.

Additionally we will be spinning some fine
tracks from Al Kooper who celebrated a birthday
February 5. ... also on rotation, NEW music
from our guest, Mike Conway and friends, Big
Al & The Heavyweights, Kurt Crandall, Hubert
Sumlin, Kim Wilson, Charlie McCoy and more
fine blues for your listening, dancing or
chillaxing pleasure.

Streaming coast to coast, and around
the planet, on a device near you.

Are you gonna be there ?

You'll feel better in the morning.

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Hour 1 - Set 1
Al Kooper - I Wanna LIttle Girl
Daniel Valentino - Patsy Sue
Jumping Jackson Records - Blues Keep Coming
Monti Amundson - 'i see trouble' - You Win, I Lose

Hour 1 - Set 2
Blood Sweat & Tears - Somethin' Goin' On
Blood Sweat & Tears - I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
Al Kooper - Easy Does It

Hour 1 Set 3
Al Basile - The Catch-Up
Ronnie Baker Brooks - Twine Time
Charlie McCoy - A Tribute To Little Walter (dedicated to Howlin Wind)
Dennis Gruenling - I Gotta Have Her

Hour 2 Set 1
Big Al & the Heavyweights - Bad For The Blues
Kurt Crandall - Why You Do
Pete Alderton - Evil Was Her Name
Renovation Blues Band - Stick Around

Hour 2 Set 2
Mathias Lattin - Party
Hubert Sumlin - I Don't Want To Hear About Yours
Greg Izor & The Box Kickers - I'm Yours
John Nemeth - Every Night 'bout This Time

Hour 2 Set 3
Martin Burguez & El Club Del Jump - I Can't Let You Go
Rod Piazza - Spit Shine
Powerhouse Blues Band - Night Life
Ray Beadle - Cheaper To Keep Her

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02/04/2025

Sharp 9 Gallery February's line up... Strong !

Update your calendars. .. ..

Durham Jazz Workshop up coming concerts and classes announcements.

02/03/2025

Welcome back to another episode
of WNCU 90.7 "Monday Evening Jazz".

TONIGHT ! live in studio.
February 3, 2025
8:00PM - 10:00PM ESJT
Eastern Standard Jazz Time

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I am your host, Bruce Friedman
and will be presenting two hours
of some fine jazz to help get
your evening properly adjusted
and week started on the good foot.

The first portion of our program
spotlights artists/performers who
celebrate(d) a birthday over the
last few days, and into the week:

Joe Sample, Joshua Redman February 1
Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz February 2

Also on rotation, Cory Weeds, Danilo Perez
John Hicks, Jimmy Smith, Louis Hayes, and
more fine jazz for your listening pleasure.

If you like our blues, you'll dig
our jazz.

Broadcasting LIVE from coast
to coast and around the globe
from the WNCU 90.7 studios on
the NCCU campus located in
Durham, North Carolina

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..are you gonna be there ?

Hour 1 Set 1
Joe Sample, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne - Yearnin
Joshua Redman - Whittlin'
Ayako Shirasaki - Four in One

Hour 1 Set 2
Stan Getz - Blues for Mary Jane
Sonny Stitt - 12
Walter Bishop Trio - Bish Bash Blues

Hour 1 Set 3
Cory Weeds - Bennissimio
Nick Hempton - The Runaround
Louis Hayes - G

Hour 2 Set 1
Joey Alexander - It Might as Well Be Spring
John Hicks - Sonny's Crib
David Kikoski - Kik It

Hour 2 Set 2
Oscar Acevedo - Cosquillazz
Danilo Perez - Hot Bean Strut
Michel Camilo - And Sammy Walked In

Hour 2 Set 3
Jimmy Smith - Blues For J
Paul Moran - Ruby Blues
Leon Spencer - Down On Dowling Street

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02/03/2025

02/01/2025

Friends of Blues Time on WNCU 90.7

LIVE ! tonight...in studio...

February 1, 2025
7pm - 9pm ESBT
Eastern Standard Blues Time

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I am your host, Bruce Friedman. Join us
this evening for two hours of fine blues
you can use.

On rotation, Charlie Musselwhite, Ronnie Baker
Brooks, Boz Scaggs, Alberto Colombo, Tommy
Castro, Johnny Burgin and more fine blues
for your listening, sitting, or dancing
pleasure.

Streaming coast to coast, and around
the planet, on a device near you.

Are you gonna be there ?

You'll feel better in the morning.

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Hour 1 - Set 1
Charlie Musselwhite - My Time Someday
Ronnie Baker Brooks - Baby Please (Come Back Home)
Renovation Blues Band - I'll Take You Back Home
Arsen Shomakhov - Let Me Be Your Romeo

Hour 1 - Set 2
Monti Amundson - Cruel Is Your Name
Greg Izor & the Box Kickers - Hold On
Tommy Castro - Don't Turn Your Heater Down
Mitch Kashmar With Jr. Watson - We're Sittin' Home Tonight

Hour 1 Set 3
Tom Principato and Powerhouse - All She Wants to Do is Rock
Knock Out Greg & Blue Weather - Blues Disease
Johnny Burgin - Silently Suffering
Boz Scaggs - After Hours

Hour 2 Set 1
Papa Chubby - Chubby's Goodnight
Bad Influence - The Clown
Trampled Under Foot - Somethin' Ain't Right
Billy Branch - Mean Little Mama

Hour 2 Set 2
Knock-Out Greg & Blue Weather - Shut Your Mouth
Terry Hanck - Train Kept A Rollin'
Alberto Colombo - Lovin You Baby

Hour 2 Set 3
Charlie Musselwhite - Movin' And Groovin'
William Clark Blues Band - I Had My Fun
Kurt Crandall - Bumpity Bump

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01/29/2025

THIS !

Angela Bingham with the Jim Ketch Quintet

Sharp 9 Gallery
February 7 2025
7:30PM

Jim Ketch
"So excited to present the 2nd installment of our exploration of the songbooks recorded by Ella Fitzgerald. Coming up on Friday, February 7th will be our show centered on the music of Duke Ellington and the marvelous songwriting team of Rodgers and Hart. Support live jazz and our state treasure of a jazz venue - The Sharp 9 Gallery. See you soon." There are over 50 tickets sold, get yours: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=8D93BC5F-997E-0D00-F4FDA206D4560E6F Jim Ketch Angela B Longino

01/27/2025

Welcome back to another episode
of WNCU 90.7 "Monday Evening Jazz".

TONIGHT ! live in studio.
January 27, 2025
8:00PM - 10:00PM ESJT
Eastern Standard Jazz Time

Click below to listen live:
wncu.org/listen-live

I am your host, Bruce Friedman
and will be presenting two hours
of some fine jazz to help get
your evening properly adjusted
and week started on the good foot.

Happy Birthday, Mozart! If he were a jazz
guy, he would have arranged the tracks
in the set as performed by The Ray Kennedy
Trio.

Also on rotation, Ryan Hanseler, Hank Jones
Trio, Mark Elf, Art Pepper, Scott Sawyer,
The Jazz Crusaders, Jack McDuff and more
fine straight ahead jazz for your listening
pleasure.

If you like our blues, you'll dig
our jazz.

Broadcasting LIVE from coast
to coast and around the globe
from the WNCU 90.7 studios on
the NCCU campus located in
Durham, North Carolina

Click below to listen live:
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..are you gonna be there ?

Hour 1 Set 1
Ray Kennedy Trio - Larghetto from Piccolo Concerto
Ryan Hanseler - Sugar Ray (Live At Snugs)
Kirk Lightsey Trio - Kirk's Blues

Hour 1 Set 2
Tsuyoshi Yamamoto - Gentle Blues
Ray Kennedy Trio - Turkish March
Mark Elf - Philly Twist

Hour 1 Set 3
Art Pepper - Straight, No Chaser (Take 3)
The Jazz Defenders - Wagger Jaunt
Charles Earland - Blues for Sheila

Hour 2 Set 1
T.S. Monk - Think Of One
Mark Whitfield - 7th Ave. Stroll
Hank Jones Trio - Bemsha Swing

Hour 2 Set 2
Scott Sawyer - Left On Coltrane
The Jazz Crusaders - Cookie Man
Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen - Bouncing With Bud

Hour 2 Set 3
Jack McDuff - Walking The Dog
Johnny Hammond Smith - Black Coffee
Willis Jackson - Y'all

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01/25/2025

Friends of Blues Time on WNCU 90.7

LIVE ! tonight...in studio...

January 25, 2025
7pm - 9pm ESBT
Eastern Standard Blues Time

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I am your host, Bruce Friedman and tonight's
program is gonna be a humdinger ! Save your
money...i have a bag full of nickels to put
in the jukebox.

On rotation, John Juke Logan Bad Influence,
Nick Moss, The Allman Brothers, Bonnie Raitt,
Tommy Castro, The Cadillac Kings and more
fine blues for your listening, dancing, or
sitting pleasure.

Streaming coast to coast, and around
the planet, on a device near you.

Are you gonna be there ?

You'll feel better in the morning.

CLICK below to listen live:
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Hour 1 - Set 1
John Juke Logan - She's Cool People
Anson Funderberg & Sam Meyers - Lookin The World Over
Bad Influence - Love Dot Com
Paolo Mizzau & the Doctor Love Band - Waitin' for the Shower

Hour 1 - Set 2
Kurt Crandall - Pets Ain't People
Ronnie Earl & The Broadcasters - Why Should I Feel So Bad
Ryan Reardon and The Leveebreakers - Steady
Junior Watson - Somethings Wrong

Hour 1 Set 3
Sax Gordon - Rock On
LA Jones & the Blues Messengers - Blues After Hours
Ed Alstrom - The Truth
Nick Moss & The Flip Tops - Just In From Texas

Hour 2 Set 1
The Cadillac Kings - For Richer, For Poorer
Arsen Shomakhov - Let Me Be Your Romeo
Kevin Selfe - Duct Tape On My Soul
Kenny Traylor - Tall Drink

Hour 2 Set 2
Job Striles - Tell Me The Reason
Tommy Castro - Chairman Of The Board
Bonnie Raitt - Used To Rule The World
The Allman Brothers - It's Not My Cross To Bear

Hour 2 Set 3
Johnny DeFrancesco - It's My Own Fault Darlin'
Monti Amundson - Lesson or Two
Power House Blues Band - Night Life

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01/25/2025

Tickets selling fast !

The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra - Sharp 9 Gallery

LIVE !

Tuesday, January 28 7:30PM

Featuring the top jazz artists in NC, the NCJRO draws from a wide selection of the big band playbook. Expect works from Ellington, Basie, Thad Jones, Kenton and much more each show.

Fewer than 30 tickets left, get yours: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=E4ACF4F3-F8CD-837B-6D346C33D61B4497 The North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, co-founded and directed by Jim Ketch has been performing monthly at the Sharp 9 Gallery for over 12 years. Featuring the top jazz artists in NC, the NCJRO draws from a wide selection of the big band playbook. Expect works from Ellington, Basie, Thad Jones, Kenton and much more each show.

Sharp 9 Gallery North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra

01/24/2025

TONIGHT !!!!

Tickets selling FAST !

Jack Wilkins Quartet Sharp 9 Gallery

7:30PM

Tickets: https://www.instantseats.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=buy.event&eventID=29746625-EE72-ABD3-18FA19C597F7687A Saxophonist and composer Jack Wilkins has eight CD’s out as a leader including: “Acadian Rhythms,” “Saxophone Legacy,” “The Banff Project”, “The Blue and Green Project”, and “The Rundle Sessions”.
Jack can also be heard as a featured soloist on the critically-acclaimed recordings by Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge, including “Whispers on the Wind” for which he was a Grammy award finalist as a performer and as the saxophone soloist on “River Runs: A Concerto for Jazz Guitar, Saxophone and Orchestra”. Jack’s latest CD project – “Acadian Rhythms” comes from his appointment as 2022 Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park in Maine. New music compositions and performances are inspired by the Acadia experience. Jack Wilkins is Professor Emeritus at the University of South Florida School of Music where he was Director of the Jazz Studies program. Professor Wilkins was appointed as a 2017-18 Fulbright Scholar to the University of Calgary, as Research Chair in the College of Creative and Performing Arts. The Jack Wilkins Quartet will perform originals from the new Acadian Rhythms CD and earlier recordings along with classic jazz repertoire, including tunes from Dexter Gordon, Hank Mobley, and others. Sharp 9 Gallery Scott Sawyer ...genre-busting guitar. Ron Brendle

01/22/2025

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎 Peter Bent, Chris Harrell, Cosmo Grappler