WDCB Listener-Supported Jazz & Blues

12/16/2024

Looking for a last minute gift idea for a Jazz loving person in your life? Paul Abella brought some ideas today to the WDCB Music Lounge!

This week, a slight detour…instead of telling you what you’ll be hearing on WDCB in the next few weeks, I’m going to suggest a few ...

12/09/2024

Paul Abella brings 3 new CDs reviews to the Music Lounge for this week's version "What's New on WDCB!"

Ben Waltzer – The Point (Calligram Records) Pianist Ben Waltzer recorded a new album with a fantastic band of Chicago talent backing him ...

12/04/2024

Thank you to everyone who donated yesterday on Giving Tuesday for the first day of our Food Drive / Pledge Drive! We were successful in reaching (and beating) our $25,000 MATCH! Yesterday alone, with your help, accounts for 5,000 meals! Thank you to Dr. Daniel J. Fornatto DDS for paying for the cost of all the donated meals. And a huge THANK YOU to the generous donors who contributed to our $25,000 match. If you didn’t have a chance to donate, the drive continues through Sunday. For every $100 donated, 10 meals will be provided to food banks. Please visit WDCB.org and click the green donate button!

12/02/2024

Paul Abella has new music reviews in this week's edition of "What's New on WDCB!"

Entre Amigos – Entre Amigos (self-released) The young Chicago all-star group calling themselves Entre Amigos has released their debut sel...

11/28/2024

Tonight at 10, it's Hambone's Blues Turkey Mastication and Inebriation show! All songs about food and drink. From Rosco Gordon's Cheese and Crackers to Tyrone Davis' Mom's Apple Pie, we will serve up a tasty musical treat!

11/28/2024

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at WDCB! Barry Winograd provides your Turkey Day soundtrack today from 10am-2pm with four hours of jazz food songs to help you get the lumps out of your gravy!

11/25/2024

Paul Abella reviews new music in this week's edition of "What's New on WDCB!"

Dwayne Clemons – Center of Gravity: Live at Smalls (Cellar Music) Trumpeter Dwayne Clemons assembled a great crew for a run at Smalls Jaz...

11/20/2024

WDCB congratulates Donnie Biggins and Robert's Westside in Forest Park as the club celebrates it’s first anniversary! We’re looking forward to more collaborations in 2025.

11/19/2024

WDCB is a media sponsor for the Symphony Center Presents Jazz Series. On Friday, November 22, Jason Moran and the Harlem Hellfighters take the stage to honor James Reese Europe, a groundbreaking WWI-era musician who was celebrated equally in the dancehall and on the battlefield. More information is available at CSO.org.

11/18/2024

Paul Abella stops by the Music Lounge with new music to review in this week's installment of "What's New on WDCB!"

Ben Paterson – Cookin’ in the Couve (Cellar Music) Chicago pianist (and organist, but pianist here) Ben Paterson just released a ne...

11/18/2024

Wow!!!

Thanks to everyone who joined us Sunday at City Winery for our jazz brunch event featuring an ovation worthy performance from Bruce Henry and his excellent quintet.

Enjoy these photos courtesy of Alan Frohlichstein.

11/14/2024

Tonight at 10, its Hambone's 29th Anniversary show! (1st show 11/15/95) To help celebrate Hambone will present some of the 500+ live performances that he has featured over the years!

11/11/2024

Paul Abella reviews some new music hitting the air waves in this week's edition of "What's New on WDCB!"

George Cables – I Hear Echoes (High Note) Pianist George Cables, who celebrates his 80th birthday later this week, is still putting out c...

11/06/2024

What a show last night at FitzGerald's!
Guitarist Joanna Connor and her band played a killer Bluesday Tuesday show for us, with Tom Marker as always, presiding over the party.

(Photos for WDCB courtesy of Alan Frohlichstein)

11/04/2024

Paul Abella has 3 new CD reviews in the Music Lounge for this week's "What's New on WDCB!"

Steve Davis – We See (Smoke Sessions) If you wanted to pull together an all-star straight-ahead Jazz sextet, it would probably look exact...