Straight Out Jazz

03/12/2023

Will be spinning some jazz and such on 88.7 WNHU FM 4-6pm today. On the interwebs at www.wnhu.org. Tune in!

02/03/2023

A Giant

His career as an influential tenor saxophonist and composer reached across more than half a century, tracking jazz’s complex evolution during that span.

22/02/2023

24/12/2022

Tune in right now for Straight Out Jazz on 88.7 WNHU and wnhu.org. Francisco Mela featuring Cooper-Moore and William Parker, Cecil Taylor, Mary Halvorson and More

26/11/2022

Listen to 88.7 WNHU at 1pm ET today for Straight Out Jazz. This show was on Thursday Mornings for many years and had a Thanksgiving tradition of playing John Coltrane's A Love Supreme as a great thing to be thankful for. The tradition continues on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Also streams at wnhu.org

01/10/2022

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU at 1pm for part one of a tribute to Pharoah Sanders. Streaming at

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25/09/2022

He first gained wide recognition for his work with John Coltrane. He went on to a fertile, prolific career, releasing dozens of albums as a leader.

24/09/2022

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU today at 1pm for Straight Out Jazz. Ivo Perlman, Steve Lehman, Alber Ayler, Dan Weiss, Ken Vandermark, and Start it off with Coltrane. Next week will feature Pharaoh (RIP).

03/09/2022

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU today at 1pm. Celebrating the life and music of Jaimie Branch. She left us too soon, but left some great music. She played with us at Multiplex at the State House in New Haven and always brought something special.

Fierce and fearless, her sheer love of music and unorthodox collaborations saw her respected across musical genres

04/06/2022

Straight Out Jazz on 88.7 WNHU and wnhu.org right now!

21/05/2022

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU at 1pm today for more great new music featuring brand new stuff from Geometry-Tomeka Reid/ Kyoko Kitamura/Taylor Ho Bynum/Joe Morris. Plus
Daniel Carter/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver, Jeff Fuller, and more… Plus OG Coltrane stream at wnhu.org.
Dr. G Gary Grippo right now!

07/05/2022

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU at 1pm for lots of new music. Daniel Carter/Matthew Shipp/William Parker/Gerald Cleaver, Miles Okazaki, Tyler Mitchell w/Marshal Allen, Tomas Fujiwara and more… Plus classic Coltrane/Ali Duo. stream at wnhu.org.
Dr. G at noon!

26/02/2022

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU or wnhu.org today at 1pm for some great new music from Tomasso Moretti, the Vex Collection and Tyler Mitchell featuring Marshall Allen. Also some great stuff from Stephen Haynes, Joe Morris and Tyshawn Sorey to get ready for tomorrow afternoon show at Real Artways 56 Arbor St Hartford CT. Ending off with Max Roach's Freedom Suite as played by Vandermark 5.

27/11/2021

Listen to 88.7 WNHU at 1pm ET today for Straight Out Jazz. This show was on Thursday Mornings for many years and had a Thanksgiving tradition of playing John Coltrane's A love Supreme as a great thing to be thankful for. The tradition continues on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Today it's the newly released Love Supreme Live in Seattle. Also streams at wnhu.org

06/11/2021

Tune in today at 1pm on 88.7 WNHU. I'll be playing some Nick Di Maria Music to get you ready to go to gig at the poli club on 11/12 with special guest Abe Burton. Also William Parker and Joe Morris who will be at Improvisations at Real Art Ways tomorrow. Plus GoBruCcio playing at Willimantic Improv November later this afternoon. Newly unearthed Coltrane - Love Supreme in Seattle too. Stream at wnhu.org

30/10/2021

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU FM. Today at 1pm for some great new music from Henry Threadgill, Whit Dickey-William Parker-Matthew Shipp, James Brandon Lewis, some new releases of music from John Coltrane (A Love Supreme Live in Seattle!), Bobby Naughton. Plus Allen Lowe, Mario Pavone and more. Streaming at wnhu.org.

04/09/2021

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU today at 1pm for Straight Out Jazz. Andrew Lamb, Evan Parker/Matthew Shipp, Aych, Can and more. Streat at wnhu.org

26/08/2021

Wow! We will be playing this one a lot.

John Coltrane rarely performed the music from A Love Supreme after its release at the end of 1964 – meaning even the most ardent Coltrane-ologists have been unaware of the existence of these tapes.

14/08/2021

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU www.wnhu.org now for Straight Out Jazz

Broadcasting from the Lois Evalyn Bergami Broadcast Media Center on the main campus of the University of New Haven, 88.7 WNHU is our 1700 watt FM radio station, with students and local volunteers playing the music we love! The Station operates as a lab for student learning, and as a source of cultur...

31/07/2021

Tune in to 88.7 WNHU at 1pm EDT for lots of great new music from East Axis (Shipp/Lowe/Cleaver/Ray), Ceramic Dog (Ribot/ Ismaily/Smith), James Brandon Lewis, Mario Pavone and More. Online at www.wnhu.org

Broadcasting from the Lois Evalyn Bergami Broadcast Media Center on the main campus of the University of New Haven, 88.7 WNHU is our 1700 watt FM radio station, with students and local volunteers playing the music we love! The Station operates as a lab for student learning, and as a source of cultur...

08/05/2021

Tune in Right now to 88.7 WNHU for straight out jazz. New stuff from Hafez Modirzadeh, Dan Weiss and much more. Strream at wnhu.org

01/05/2021

Tune in today at 1pm for Straight Out Jazz at 88.7 WNHU FM and www.wnhu.org. William Parker's In Order to Survive and much more.

Broadcasting from the Lois Evalyn Bergami Broadcast Media Center on the main campus of the University of New Haven, 88.7 WNHU is our 1700 watt FM radio station, with students and local volunteers playing the music we love! The Station operates as a lab for student learning, and as a source of cultur...

13/03/2021

Listen to 88.7 WNHU today at 1pm for Straight Out Jazz. Some long cuts from John Coltrane, Dan Weiss, and Cyclone trio, plus a succint new one from Hafez Modirzadeh. Streams at wnhu.org

09/02/2021

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/08/arts/music/william-parker-tone-world.html

The bassist, bandleader and composer’s 10-disc “Migration of Silence Into and Out of the Tone World” invites you to listen, and let the music do its work.

23/01/2021

Tune in Now! 88.7 WNHU and wnhu.org for a good mix of old and new. Joe McPhee right now, plus new Rudresh Mahanthappa, Albert Ayler, Vandermark 5, Steve Lacey and much more