WKCR-FM

"The Original FM," WKCR is the student-run radio station of Columbia University.

WKCR-FM, Columbia University’s non-commercial student-run radio station, is dedicated to presenting a spectrum of alternative programming—traditional and art music, spoken arts, and original journalism. Granted its FCC license in 1941, WKCR is both steeped in tradition and committed to innovation. The station can be heard throughout New York at 89.9 FM and worldwide, live-streaming at wkcr.org

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08/01/2024

Missed the chance to donate to us during our fund drive? Support WKCR by purchasing some exclusive merchandise and rep your favorite station! Available only until August 16th, grab Phil Schaap magnet and these t-shirts as soon as you can!

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07/30/2024

This Thursday, August 1, at 12 noon (ET), WKCR welcomes the John David Simon Sextet! Hosted by Rachel Smith, they will perform live on the air.

The sextet features John David Simon on tenor sax and flute, David Sneider on trumpet and flugelhorn, Rob Block on guitar and piano, Tom Kirchmer on bass, Mike Campenni on drum set, and Tara Nova on vocals.

The set will be followed by a brief in-studio interview.

Tune in at 89.9 FM or http://wkcr.org to catch this special live show!

07/29/2024

Tune in at 9pm EST tomorrow for a WKCR exclusive interview with Mark Rudd. Rudd discusses his experience in at the 1968 Columbia protests and his thoughts on the current pro-Palestine student movement on Columbia’s campus.

Rudd was a leader of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), one of the leading student group during the 1968 Columbia Protests which saw students occupy 5 Columbia buildings on anti-racist and anti-war principles. After the Columbia occupation, Rudd would try to push SDS in a more radical direction, creating The Weathermen faction within SDS. Eventually this group would split off from SDS and move underground where they conducted covert operations against the United States government on anti-imperialist principles, notably calling to “Bring the War Home” in reference to the Vietnam War.

This interview was conducted by Sarah Barlyn and Ian Pumphrey and this show is hosted by Ted Schmiedeler.

07/29/2024

WKCR is very excited to celebrate––for the second time this year––the birthday of cornet, trumpet, and vocal jazz legend Louis Armstrong. A much beloved figure, Armstrong is equally well known by his nicknames “Satchmo,” “Satch,” and “Pops.” Why do we celebrate Armstrong with two 24-hour birthday broadcasts every year? Well, Pops wrote in his autobiography, Swing That Music, that he was born on July 4, 1900––but historians believe he was actually born on August 4, 1901.

Louis grew up in New Orleans, in a rough neighborhood called “The Battlefield.” As a child, he worked to earn enough money to buy a cornet. In 1912, Louis was arrested and sent to the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys, where he received musical instruction on the cornet, led the Waif’s Home Brass Band, and decided to become a professional musician.

Armstrong was not only a musical genius. He was a true showman: he became the first Black American to star in a Hollywood movie, Pennies from Heaven, in 1936. “Ambassador Satch” was also a cultural icon––known worldwide as the face of jazz.

Listeners can tune in to our second 24-hour Louis Armstrong Birthday Broadcast on 89.9FM or stream the birthday broadcast live on our website, wkcr.org. Follow WKCR on Instagram () and Twitter () for updates about this special broadcast and future events. As always, online listening is available 24/7 at wkcr.org via our web stream.

07/27/2024

KEEP WKCR ALIVE!!!!!

We are endlessly thankful for the support you all have been giving us. Keep it coming! This is the last day you can call in and donate so pick up those phones! Your listenership and support is what keeps your favorite programs on the air.

HOW TO DONATE:

1. CALL US AT (212) 851-2699
2. GO ONLINE TO WKCR.ORG AND PRESS THE BIG YELLOW DONATE BUTTON
3. MAIL A CHECK DIRECTLY TO 2920 Broadway, NY, NY, 10027 WITH WKCR IN THE MEMO LINE

07/26/2024

Thank you for donating!!!!

WKCR still needs your support— if you want to make sure WKCR remains on the airwaves as an invaluable resource of music, education, news, and history, then we need you to do DONATE! We receive no financial support from Columbia— we rely entirely on YOU!

HOW TO DONATE:

1. CALL US AT (212) 851-2699
2. GO ONLINE TO WKCR.ORG AND PRESS THE BIG YELLOW DONATE BUTTON
3. MAIL A CHECK DIRECTLY TO 2920 Broadway, NY, NY, 10027 WITH WKCR IN THE MEMO LINE

07/25/2024

WKCR NEEDS YOUR HELP!

WKCR is an entirely listener-funded, non-commercial, student-run radio station, but we are not just any radio station. We bring you traditions and histories, sounds and sensations, stories and legacies that you can’t find on any other airwaves. We are asking that if you cherish these things, whether you listen to us every single morning or just tune in during specific moments that our programming calls to you, that you consider donating to support our station!

Our basic operating costs, including FM transmitter rentals, licenses renewal, web stream maintenance, as well as updating our ancient tech equipment, and more, are all major costs we need to cover each year. Not only will your donations go towards this, they also support our ability to bring you your favorite 24 hour broadcasts across our departments, innovative programming like our newest jazz show, Now’s the Time, and timely journalism such as our coverage of the Columbia protests of last semester. If you care about our programming, please consider donating!

This past year, our annual spring fund drive— our biggest one every year— was cut short by our decision to pivot to live coverage of the events unfolding on Columbia’s campus. With this summer flash fund drive, WKCR hopes to get your help to keep our station running! All donations go only and directly to WKCR!

HOW TO DONATE:

1. CALL US AT (212) 851-2699
2. GO ONLINE TO WKCR.ORG AND PRESS THE BIG YELLOW DONATE BUTTON
3. MAIL A CHECK DIRECTLY TO 2920 Broadway, NY, NY, 10027 WITH WKCR IN THE MEMO LINE

07/21/2024

Due to technical difficulties, our Bernice Reagon broadcast is off to a late start. We will be on the air in the next 15 minutes and apologize for the delay. This program will run until 12:30pm.

07/20/2024

Tomorrow, Sunday, July 21st, WKCR will honor the life and work of Bernice Johnson Reagan. Beginning with our Amazing Grace program at 8am, the broadcast will run through The Moonshine Show and our memorial broadcast will feature the music of Reagan including work from her time with the Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Tune in to join us in honoring an artist, scholar, and activist who left a profound impact through her music and teachings.
8am - 12pm on WKCR 89.9 FM

07/13/2024

Tune in tomorrow during Sunday Profile to hear Ted Schmiedeler give an overview of the life and career of legendary British musician, composer, and producer, Brian Eno, known for his pioneering work in ambient and electronic music.

89.9 FM & WKCR.org

07/10/2024

This Saturday, July 13, celebrate the birthday of the great Albert Ayler with WKCR. During our birthday broadcast, from 3-6 PM, host Rachel Smith brings in bassist Steve Tintweiss and producer Jeff Lederer to shine a spotlight on Ayler’s late recordings, particularly the July 1970 concerts at the Fondation Maeght—released in full on the 4-CD or 5-LP set, Revelations. Change the way you remember Albert Ayler. Tune in at 89.9 FM or wkcr.org

07/06/2024

In honor of an upcoming concert on July 20, at the Town Hall in collaboration with the Indo American Arts Council in NYC, join WKCR host Manisha for an interview with DR. L. SUBRAMANIAM & KAVITA KRISHNAMURTI during tomorrow’s Raag Aur Taal from 7-9 pm EST.

07/06/2024

People love to talk about Miles Davis reinventing himself and reinventing the music.  They talk about the First Great Quintet in the fifties, the Second Great Quintet in the sixties, the Lost Quintet of 1969, maybe of the electric bands that followed (although often not).  What do they almost never talk about? In 1981, Miles hadn’t performed in public, hadn’t released a new album, and had barely touched his horn in 5 years (consider that for a moment!).

How does a legend go from a standing start to a full-on touring and recording schedule overnight?

How does he address the way the music has changed (partly from his influence)?

Who is he going to have in his band? What music are they going to play?

So many questions!

Bassist/impresario Matt Garrison saw this band when they first played in Rome.  Deep Focus host Mitch Goldman saw the same band at their first appearance in New York City.  Both were enthralled by what they saw and heard.  On Deep Focus this Monday night (7/8), you will listen to that Rome concert with them.  Mitch has “so many questions!” for Matt about this experience.

It’s on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org Monday from 6pm to 9pm NYC time.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Either way, it’s ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.

Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on
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Photo credit: Miles Davis 1981 by David D. Spitzer - courtesy of the Smithsonian Institution, used with the principles of fair use under Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Act - NMAAHC-2012_164_127_001

07/05/2024

Tune in this Sunday, July 7th, from 2-7 PM EST as host Maki Nientao explores the life and music of pianist Sonny Clark, featuring an interview with author Sam Stephenson. One of the great jazz pianists to emerge from the Pittsburgh area (including Mary Lou Williams, Earl Hines, Billy Strayhorn, Ahmad Jamal, and Erroll Garner), Clark was a skilled accompanist as well as a swinging and soulful soloist whose music was profound through its clarity and straightforwardness. Clark was known as Blue Note’s “house pianist,” recording many classic albums between 1957 and 1963 with some of the great jazz musicians of his time (including John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Lee Morgan, Grant Green, and others). He died of a he**in overdose in early 1963, at age 31.

Sam Stephenson is the author of Gene Smith’s Sink, a biography of photographer W. Eugene Smith, whose loft in Lower Manhattan was a frequent hang-out spot for jazz musicians and other artists during the 1950s and 60s. The book is the result of years spent exploring the countless hours of recorded tapes and thousands of photographs in Smith’s archives. Stephenson’s book includes a chapter on Sonny Clark (who frequently spent time at Smith’s loft), which is based in part on interviews the author conducted with Clark’s family, friends, and fellow musicians.

Tune in for this special Sonny Clark profile at 89.9 FM NY & WKCR HD, or stream it online at wkcr.org

07/03/2024

WKCR is elated to announce a 24-hour broadcast in honor of the great saxophonist Albert Ayler, on his birthday of July 13th. With a distinct sound and style revered by John Coltrane, Ayler was an icon of avant-garde jazz.

Albert Ayler was born in the Cleveland suburbs on July 13, 1936. His first exposure to the saxophone was through his father, Edward, who gave lessons on the alto sax to Albert and his younger brother, Donald. Albert’s very first gigs were with his father at the local church.

In 1962, after his discharge from the army, Ayler settled in Sweden. He played a few sessions with the Herbert Katz Quintet and made his first record, Something Different!!!!!. He played with Cecil Taylor in 1962 and ‘63––those sets survive in the 2004 Revenant Records release, Holy Ghost: Rare & Unissued Recordings (1962–70). He released his official debut record, My Name is Albert Ayler, in January 1963.

When he returned to the United States, Ayler played alongside Cecil Taylor and had a jam session with Ornette Coleman. He also met John Coltrane, who would be his mentor. Founder of the label ESP-Disk, Bernard Stollman, said of Coltrane’s respect for Ayler: “From the first moment Coltrane heard Albert play, he acknowledged that Albert was the new force, that Albert had succeeded him in terms of generations of music.”

1964 was a prolific year for Ayler. In March, he recorded Spirits (later re-released as Witches and Devils). In July, he recorded Spiritual Unity with Gary Peacock (b) and Sunny Murray (d), considered Ayler’s breakthrough album; it was also a breakthrough for ESP-Disk. In fact, Spiritual Unity was the first album ever recorded for ESP and helped cement the label’s central role in the dissemination of avant-garde jazz.

We are honored to celebrate the legacy of Albert Ayler here on WKCR with a 24-hour birthday broadcast. Listeners can tune in on 89.9FM or stream the birthday broadcast live on our website, wkcr.org (http://wkcr.org/). Follow WKCR on Instagram () and Twitter () for updates about this special broadcast and future events. As always, online listening is available 24/7 at wkcr.org (http://www.wkcr.org/)
via our web stream.

07/01/2024

The July edition of the On-Air Guide is here!

It’s undeniable: the New York summer is now in full swing. As Station Manager Ted Schmiedeler so poetically puts it in his note in this issue, summer in New York means a lot of things, and not least among them is an abundance of live music—which isn’t lacking in this issue either, with concert reviews by Natalie Najar and McKenna Roberts, a listing of July events around the city, and Sawyer Huckabee’s review of a certain universally-acclaimed neon-green album that’s staking an ambitious (and not undeserved) claim to being album of the summer. That’s not all: after her Sunday Profile of Jeff Parker just yesterday, Tanvi Krishnamurthy brings you a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at his 2022 album Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy, in case those five hours weren’t enough (and how could they be?). And in our recurring features, we bring you an interview with longtime WKCR programmer (and now alum) Sam Seliger, and—in the summer spirit of all things fun—a visual “Around the Station” that promises to delight and, who knows?, might compel you into one or two re-listens.

Read this month’s edition via the link in bio.

06/28/2024

Tune in this Sunday from 10-11 pm to hear an exclusive performance and interview with Midnight Fog during this week’s Live Constructions.

Listen at 89.9 FM or stream it at wkcr.org

06/27/2024

Tune in this Sunday during Raag aur Taal for a conversation around the use of AI in the music industry, hosted by Manisha and Hidayat Husain Khan

89.9 FM or wkcr.org

06/26/2024

Tune in to WKCR from 9-10 pm tonight to hear a recap of a protest described as a “union picket” that took place earlier today in response to potential expulsions of Barnard College students who participated in pro-Palestine demonstrations at the end of this past school semester. Hear field recordings, speeches from organizers, and a discussion regarding what a summer of demonstrations mean for Columbia University, it’s students, and our surrounding community in West Harlem”

Listen at 89.9 FM NY, WKCR HD, & wkcr.org

06/25/2024

Tune in this Sunday, June 30th, from 2-7 PM EST for a look into the vast discography of guitarist and composer Jeff Parker. A career spanning numerous decades and genres, Parker is well-known for his prolific work with a multitude of bands, including the alternative instrumental rock group Tortoise, the jazz-funk ensemble of Isotope 217, and the free jazz of the Chicago Underground, as well as many other appearances on albums featured as a sideman. Parker has a expansive career as a bandleader, including numerous solo studio releases, that see him taking his expert guitar playing and mixing it with the techniques and production skills of hip-hop, R&B, and more.

Listen to a curated selection of some of Parker’s most significant releases and projects at 89.9 FM NY & WKCR HD, or stream it online at wkcr.org.

06/24/2024

Tune in tomorrow during our News & Arts program to hear from our programmers and engineers about the highlights of the festival, as well as what Porch Stomp means for the larger folk community in New York City.

Listen at 89.9 FM & wkcr.org tomorrow from 9-10 pm EST! 🪕🍎 🌱

06/24/2024

Tune in on Thursday, July 4 as we celebrate the chosen birthday of trumpeter/vocalist Louis Armstrong with 24 hours of his music. Dating his birthday July 4, 1900 (as his mother had always told him), Armstrong created a mythology that linked his own birth to the birth of Jazz and the birth of America. While historians generally believe his actual birthday was August 4th, 1901, Armstrong chose to celebrate his birthday on July 4th every year, which we also honor with an annual birthday broadcast.

Louis grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was raised by his mother. On New Year’s Eve, 1912, he was arrested for firing a gun up into the air and sent to the Colored Waif’s Home for Boys. This turned out to be a life-changing event, as it is where he learned how to play the cornet, and decided on becoming a professional musician. With the top cornetist of the day, Joe “King” Oliver, recognizing Satchmo’s talent, and taking him under his wing, Armstrong steadily became more and more in-demand, eventually working on Mississippi Riverboats where he refined his technique and learned how to read music.

In 1927, Louis created some of his most famous recordings with the Hot Fives and Hot Sevens. In 1947, Louis’ manager, Joe Glaser, formed a new smaller group titled Louis Armstrong’s All Stars. For the remainder of his life, Louis would have a string of hits with this group, and would go on to record definitive versions of tunes such as “Hello, Dolly” and “What A Wonderful World”.

Throughout his life, Louis Armstrong was not only a model for musicians looking to make it, but also a cultural model. Armstrong’s distinct trumpet style and deep and gravelly voice became not only emblematic of the jazz age, but symbols of freedom as well. Louis was the father of jazz as we know it, and one of the largest cultural ambassadors of this incredible music.

Tune in to the WKCR birthday broadcast of Louis Armstrong on 89.9 FM or stream it live on our website, wkcr.org. Follow WKCR on Instagram () and Twitter () for updates about the special broadcast and future events. Online listening is available 24/7 at wkcr.org via our web stream.

06/24/2024

Listen to any song by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.  There will be no question in your mind about who is driving the bus or who is riding on the bus or where this bus is going.  Who’s driving the bus? Art Blakey is driving!  Who’s riding the bus? Everybody!  Where’s this bus going? Straight ahead!

Seventeen years of Deep Focus and no one has ever called for Art Blakey’s music?  I don’t know how that is possible but it ends tonight, Monday night (6/24).  Saxophonist/Jazz scholar Eric Person joins host Mitch Goldman to focus on the music this one-of-a-kind drummer/bandleader.  They will play recordings from the WKCR archives that even hardcore Blakey fans have never heard.

It’s on WKCR 89.9FM, WKCR-HD or wkcr.org today from 6pm to 9pm NYC time.  Or join us next week when it goes up on the Deep Focus podcast on your favorite podcasting app or at https://mitchgoldman.podbean.com/.  Either way, it’s ad-free, all free, totally non-commercial.

Find out more about Deep Focus at https://mitchgoldman.com/about-deep-focus/ or join us on
Instagram at deep_focus_podcast.

Photo credit: © Herman Leonard Photography LLC, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution.

06/22/2024

Did you go to Gov Ball earlier this month? Check out these photos capture by WKCR from the event!

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06/21/2024

Sid Gribetz presents Harold Land for a five hour retrospective radio program this Sunday, June 23, 2024, from 2-7 PM on WKCR.

Land was best known as the tenor saxophonist in the original Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet. But his prolific and accomplished career lasted more than four decades thereafter, although never gaining the more widespread fame that he deserved. Land possessed a firm sound and ingenious creativity on his saxophone and also was an inventive composer.

Harold Land was born in Houston, Texas in 1928, and his family moved eventually to San Diego, where he was raised. As a young man, Land settled in Los Angeles, and he remained a Californian for the rest of his life.

When Max Roach was forming what would be his famous group with Clifford Brown, they auditioned several for the saxophone chair, before becoming enamored hearing Harold Land in a jam session at Eric Dolphy’s home. Land was a key member of the group during its first two years, 1954 and 1955. With the demanding national touring, missing his home and his family, and needing to care for an ailing relative, Land left the group and returned to LA. (He was replaced by Sonny Rollins, which unfairly overshadowed the critical acclaim and recognition that Land’s historic contributions to the group should have commanded).

Once he got settled again, Land became an important figure in the Los Angeles music scene. In the late 1950’’s he recorded his own albums for Contemporary and other labels, guested with Wes Montgomery and Monk, had a working group with Curtis Counce and also Hampton Hawes and Elmo Hope as associates.

Ongoing in his career he worked frequently in Gerald Wilson’s bands and recordings and other West Coast activities. In the late 1960’s Land had a provocative working collaboration with vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson. Later he co-led a group with Blue Mitchell, and also played with the “Timeless All Stars” including Hutcherson and other confreres like Curtis Fuller, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams and Billy Higgins. Land taught in the fine jazz program at UCLA. He died of a stroke in 2001 at the age of 72.

06/14/2024

Tonight on Workaround returns with a mix featuring some of the latest jazz and electronic releases. Plus, we hear directly from London-based musician and composer, , as he shares notes on the music from his latest record, “Last Bloom”, which released earlier this year. Tune in 9-10pm EST on 89.9 FM or stream it live on our website http://wkcr.org.

06/13/2024

Tune in tomorrow, Friday the 14th, during Out to Lunch (12pm - 3pm) as host Satchel Peterson presents a live interview with William Parker, who returns to WKCR to discuss being honored this year with the LifeTime Achievement Award by Arts for Arts.

A leader in the NYC FreeJazz movement since his arrival in Manhattan, from the Bronx, in 1971, William Parker revolutionized bass playing, using double bow and other extended techniques to bring the bass to the forefront of the band while still holding down the bottom. Because Parker sees music as living, ever-changing, he developed a unique approach to the interplay of improvisation as a key element in composition as his bands well represent. Parker is an author and educator, a humorist, and an idealist (he co-led with Patricia Nicholson the Artists for a Free World Marching Band in over 40 demonstrations from 2017 to 2021). He has recorded over 250 albums, published 10 books, and taught and mentored hundreds of young musicians and artists.

Over the decades, Parker has gained a reputation as a leader in the Black Creative Improvised Music and art scene, He has been a connector across artistic disciplines with a long-term collaboration with poet, and author David Budbill, and with Amiri Baraka and various dance companies including an ongoing collaboration with Patricia Nicholson, dancer, and poet that began in the 1970s, and is now entitled Hope Cries for Justice. Parker has his visual art practice by creating collages and paintings. Parker has published a series of short poetry books.

William Parker performs all over the world but he always returns to New York’s Lower East Side, where he has lived since 1975.

Tune in to this special live interview on 89.9FM or stream it live on our website, wkcr.org

06/13/2024

WKCR is pleased to announce a special broadcast in honor of the great composer Igor Stravinsky, broadcast on FM and HD radio for 24 hours on June 18, 2024. The special birthday broadcast will preempt all regularly-scheduled Tuesday programming.

While the great composer was in fact born on June 17th in 1882, June 5th in the Julian calendar used in his home country of Russia at the time of his birth, Stravinsky, in his later years, preferred to celebrate his birthday on June 18th. WKCR will do the same! Stravinsky was one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Born in Oranienbaum, Russia, he initially studied law but quickly turned his focus to music, studying under the renowned composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Stravinsky’s early works, such as “The Firebird,” “Petrouchka,” and “The Rite of Spring,” established him as a leading figure in the avant-garde movement, challenging traditional harmonic and rhythmic conventions. His collaboration with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes brought him international fame and recognition. Constantly experimenting with various styles and techniques, incorporating elements of neoclassicism and serialism into his compositions. His output encompassed a wide range of genres, including ballets, operas, symphonies, and chamber music.

Stravinsky’s legacy endures through his groundbreaking compositions, which remain vital and influential in the contemporary classical music landscape. He remains one of the most celebrated and revered composers of the modern era.

Follow WKCR on Instagram () and Twitter () for further updates. Online listening is available 24/7 at wkcr.org via our web stream!

06/12/2024

The world is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the most iconic Bossa Nova album ever released: “Getz/Gilberto”, recorded in 1963, released worldwide in 1964 by Verve Records and awarded with 4 Grammys (plus six other nominations) in 1965. That album turned Bossa Nova into a pop phenomenon, and popularized the careers of João Gilberto, Stan Getz and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Astrud Gilberto became a pop icon, personified as “The Girl from Ipanema”. For the first time in the Grammy history, a jazz album was awarded “Album of the Year”! For the first time in history, a jazz single was awarded “Record of the Year”, with the crossover smash “The Girl From Ipanema” becoming one of the biggest hit recordings jazz has ever known.

“Getz/Gilberto”, still the best and most successful bossa nova recording of all time, remained 96 on Billboard’s Pop chart, reaching No.2. Released as a single, “The Girl from Ipanema” peaked at No.5, helping the album to receive a total of 10 Grammy nominations and 4 awards.

NARAS-Grammy voting member Arnaldo DeSouteiro, a renowned Brazilian record producer, worked with all the Brazilian artists that recorded on “Getz/Gilberto”: João Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astrud Gilberto, drummer Milton Banana and bassist Sebastião Neto, as well as with the album producer, Creed Taylor. For 20 years, Mr. DeSouteiro was responsible for all the CTI reissues in Japan, and also worked as Taylor’s creative consultant in the USA, supervising the CTI releases on CD format in the USA by Sony Music. He has also worked extensively for Verve, Milestone, RCA and other labels, producing new projects, reissues and compilations such as the best-selling series “A Trip To Brazil”, “Brazilian Horizons”, “CTI Acid Jazz Grooves” and “Jazzclub”. DeSouteiro was João Gilberto’s musical consultant for over two decades, producing records and writing screenplays for concerts and TV broadcasts. He also produced Jobim’s last recording session, for Ithamara Koorax’s album “Rio Vermelho” (Red River) in 1994.

Tune in to this special Sunday Profile on June 16th from 2-7 pm, hosted by Jassvan DeLima, on WKCR 89.9 FM + WKCR.org

06/11/2024

Tune in on Thursday from 9-10 pm for a review of Charlie xcx’s new album, brat.

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Starting at midnight on November 19th, and running for 24 hours, WKCR is proud to be presenting the 10th annual Ragas Live Festival. Born as a 24 hour live in-studio broadcast featuring 50 musicians in 2012, the festival expanded to a live concert experience in 2016, beaming to WKCR from Pioneer Works in front of an enthusiastic live audience. During the 2020 lockdown, the Ragas Live Festival expanded once again to include the participation of 90 musicians in 15 cities around the globe including Grammy Award winning legends like Zakir Hussain (San Fransisco), Toumani Diabate (Mali) and avante-garde composer Terry Riley (Japan). This year’s broadcast will feature performances from major artists around the globe and culminate with a live performance from Pioneer Works (7pm-12am) https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/ragas-live-festival-2021