WDCB Listener-Supported Jazz & Blues

01/13/2026

Come celebrate Tom's 75th with WDCB & FitzGerald's ... and about 200 of Tom's closest friends!! Tickets on FitzGerald's website.

Just Announced: Tom Marker's 75th Birthday Blues Review at FITZGERALDS on Friday, January 23rd! Tickets on sale now on our website (and in comments below).

"Celebrating 75 years alive, and 50 of 'em in Chicago Broadcasting! Enjoy a rotating cast of some of the Chicago Blues Scene's Best w/ Dave Specter Band holding it down! PLUS: an onstage interview with the guest of honor in conversation with WDCB Station Manager Dan Bindert. AND: who knows what other kinda surprises might delight?!"

DAVE SPECTER BAND
w/ very special guests:
WAYNE BAKER BROOKS
COREY DENNISON
MELODY ANGEL
DAVE HERRERO
STEFAN HILLESHEIM

-PLUS: onstage interview with Tom! Led by WDCB Station Manager Dan Bindert

01/12/2026

Dan Bindert visits the WDCB Music Lounge this week to share 3 jazz organ classics as we celebrate the Chicago roots of the Hammond organ and its Evanston-born inventor Laurens Hammond (1895-1973). We hope you can join us at FitzGerald’s this Wednesday night when Chicago organist Justin Dillard will lead his trio (featuring guitarist Bobby Broom.)

Paul Abella is on vacation and since this week and we’re celebrating the Chicago roots of the Hammond organ and its Evanston-born inventor Laure...

01/06/2026

Scott “Hambone” Hammer & Toronzo Cannon at the Chicago Blues Festival…tonight Hambone emcees and Toronzo Cannon plays the blues ‘cause it’s Bluesday Tuesday at FitzGerald’s!
First show of 2026 and first hour is live as on the radio at 7pm. Can you dig it?

01/05/2026

Paul Abella takes a moment to remember artists that passed away in 2025.

This week in the Music Lounge, I’d like to take a moment to remember a few of the outstanding artists that passed away over the course of 2025. ...

01/01/2026

Tonight at 10, Hambone completes his Holiday Broadcasting Trifecta with a live broadcast on New Year's Day, playing best in contemporary blues and classic R&B recordings! Happy New Year!

01/01/2026

Party with Count Basie!

Tune in tonight as Steve Darnall & Karl Pearson host 6 hours of classic big band performances from 8pm - 2am to ring in 2026 on WDCB.

12/29/2025

A yearly tradition around the studios of WDCB - our annual top five lists from our DJs! Paul Abella shares this year's lists in the WDCB Music Lounge!

A yearly tradition around the studios of WDCB, our annual top five lists from our DJs. You’ll see that everyone had personal favorites, but ther...

12/25/2025

Tonight at 10, Santa is in the backseat of the Cadillac for Hambone’s Blues Christmas show, featuring bluesy and novelty holiday tunes for your listening, dining and dancing pleasure!

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas from Dexter Gordon…and all of us at WDCB!

(Columbia Records promotional picture circa 1980)

12/24/2025

Thanks to everyone who joined us at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago last night for our WDCB Night holiday party with guitarist Derek Duleba’s organ trio. The club was packed and Derek and the trio were sounding great all evening!

12/22/2025

Paul Abella has some last minute gift ideas in the WDCB Music Lounge for this week's edition of "What's New on WDCB!"

If you still haven’t done the Christmas shopping for the Jazz fan on your list, head on over to your local independently owned record store and ...

12/20/2025

It begins at 6pm with Leslie’s “Mood Indigo” program and it doesn’t end until Steve Cushing plays “Albatross” at 5am to close “Blues Before Sunrise”…Our 11-hour blues party rolls on tonight with plenty of holiday blues and a visit from these Three Kings.
You know the blues will never die on WDCB!