CHICAGO JAZZ FEST: The Chicago Jazz Festival is right around the corner, and I’ll be joining in on the fun as part of the Ben Paterson Trio, hosted by the
@wdcb909.bsky.social Jazz Lounge in Millennium Park.
Find us there on Saturday, August 30th. Learn more via my Link in Bio.
📸: Jim Funk
Bluesfest week live piano blues broadcast now ‘til 1pm with Tony Llorens at PianoForte.
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Tony Llorens rocks the 88s and Leslie Keros hosts a live radio broadcast from PianoForte celebrating the art of blues piano.
Thursday Noon-1pm.
Bluesday Tuesday!
John Primer is live now ‘til 8pm on WDCB.
All Miles All Day Long…WDCB marks the 99th birthday of Alton, IL native Miles Davis (1926-1991) today with special features, radio docs and more. Don’t miss it!
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Guitarist Hans Luchs celebrating the release of his new album “The Spell is Broken” with a WDCB Night performance at the Jazz Showcase.
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This afternoon at 3pm…WDCB presents guitarist Alfonso Ponticelli playing two sets of jazz at Comedy Plex in Oak Park!
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Bluesday Tuesday!
Dave Herrero and Pete Galanis are live on the radio now ‘til 8pm on WDCB from historic FitzGerald’s in Berwyn.
The Raices Afro-Latin Jazz Quintet is live now on WDCB ‘til 1pm from The MAC!
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The Joe Policastro Trio with Dave Miller & Mikel Avery is ready to broadcast live on WDCB from 7-8pm tonight from Skeleton Key Brewery!
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2025 Chicago Blues Fest schedule is out today with Mavis and Kingfish set to headline. See full lineup here…
WDCB hits 48 years old in July. Bruce Oscar has been on the air at WDCB for more than 32 years.
Pamela York’s Affinity Trio is performing live on WDCB ‘til 1pm from PianoForte in Chicago as Leslie Keros hosts special edition of the “Women in Jazz” hour.
Rest in Peace Master Bunky Green 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Billy Branch & the SOBs are live from FitzGerald’s til 8pm on WDCB!
Tonight 7-8pm on WDCB…the story of the song “Strange Fruit.” It’s part 3 of the 13-week series “No Regrets: The Music & Spirit of Billie Holiday.”
Chicago vibist Thaddeus Tukes is featured tonight 7-8pm during “Chicago Jazz Live” on WDCB!
Every Saturday night…the blues party rolls from 6pm - 5am on WDCB!
Sam Moore, the tenor half of the scorching soul duo Sam & Dave — known for indelible hits like “Soul Man” — has died at 89.
Raise a glass with us tonight from 8pm-1am as Steve Darnall & Karl Pearson toast the arrival of 2025 with their New Year’s Eve Big Band Dance Party on WDCB!
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Jimmy Carter's 1978 White House Jazz Concert is legendary, but the night in 1986 when he hung out until 1:30 am in Chicago listening to jazz at the Get Me High Lounge, among the grittiest dive bars in the city, is an epic reveal of what the music meant to him. www.davehoekstra.com/2022/11/25/t...
@wdcb909.bsky.social plays the best holiday jazz and blues
Larry Young’s 1969 recording “Mothership” is featured tonight 10-11pm during this week’s edition of Jazz Organic on WDCB.
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The Chris Greene Quartet is live ‘til 8pm on WDCB from Skeleton Key Brewery in Woodridge!
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Vincent Herring soloing with the DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble led by Matt Shevitz at College of DuPage’s MAC Arts Center.
COD’s Matt Shevitz and saxophonist Vincent Herring are live in studio this hour with WDCB’s Leslie Keros talking about Herring’s performance this Friday night at College of DuPage.
My favorite Chicagoland radio station. Solid jazz during the day and a wide variety of awesome in the evenings. - @wdcb909.bsky.social. Well worth a listen. Streaming here - wdcb.org/internet-str...
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Happy Thanksgiving!
We’ve got your holiday soundtrack today with Barry Winograd cooking up culinary jazz masterpieces from 10am-2pm and Dan Bindert serving generous portions of Bird all afternoon on WDCB!