Sunday, Dec. 23 at 6am – Morehouse / Spelman Glee Clubs Christmas Special One of the great holiday traditions in America, the choirs of Morehouse and Spelman Colleges — two of the most prestigious historically black institutions in the nation — get together to present a spine-tingling concert program. This year’s program features the best [...]

Dave Brubeck, the legendary jazz pianist and composer, known for defying jazz conventions and for recordings like “Take Five” and “Blue Rondo a la Turk,” has died. Brubeck died of heart failure in Norwalk, Conn. He was one day short of his 92nd birthday. His All Music biography says Brubeck distinguished himself from the popular [...]

It’s the End of Year Battle of the Genres right here at WNCU 90.7FM. To end this year with a bang, the WNCU staff and volunteers want to know which genre ranks the highest with WNCU listeners on our programming line-up. Is it jazz, oldies and funk or gospel? Do you know? On December 14 [...]

American trumpeter Ted Curson died of a heart attack on Sunday morning in his hometown in New Jersey. At the time of his death, he was 77 years old. Curson was a well-known jazz musician and Pori Jazz legend. So far, he was the only foreign artist to perform at all of the Pori Jazz Festivals. [...]

Snap Judgment: Story telling with a beat! Sunday from 7 – 8pm Host and executive producer, Glynn Washington: Winner of the public radio talent quest Before creating the Snap Judgment radio show, Glynn worked as an educator, diplomat, community activist, actor, political strategist, fist-shaker, mountain-hollerer, and foot stomper. Glynn composed music for the Kunst Stoff [...]

Coming to WNCU, beginning Sunday, Nov. 11. Discussion and storytelling with a beat and humor from award winning radio programs. Le Show with Harry Shearer, Sundays from 6 – 7pm harryshearer.com/le-show Snap Judgment with Glynn Washington, Sundays from 7 – 8pm snapjudgment.org The Tavis Smiley/Cornell West Show, Sundays from 8 – 9pm tavistalks.com Jazz After Hours [...]

Best of Detroit International Jazz Festival, 8 – 10 a.m. Hosted By Ed Love, WDET and Linda Yohn, WEMU Featured performances: Paquito D’Rivera Toots Thielmans and Kenny Werner Gary Burton Christian McBride and Ernie Watts Joe Lovano Kevin Eubanks Regina Carter Jeff’Tain Watts 2012 Caramoor Festival, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Hosted by WBGO’s Rhonda [...]

“On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of 2012 NEA Jazz Master Von Freeman. An extraordinary saxophonist with a sound all his own, Von Freeman’s contributions to jazz – and specifically Chicago’s jazz history – are numerous. We join many others in the [...]

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Bass player and songwriter Donald “Duck’’ Dunn, a member of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame band Booker T. and the MGs and the Blues Brothers band, has died in Tokyo. He was 70. Dunn was in Tokyo for a series of shows. News of his death was posted on the Facebook site of [...]