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November 2019 NOVEMBER 2019 From the Station Manager’s Desk! WDCB Presents With the completion of our Fall Pledge Drive, we’re all (for more details: WDCB.org) catching our breath and gearing up for the colder weather WDCB NIGHT AT THE JAZZ SHOWCASE soon to come. Thanks to all who contributed during the drive. Sponsored by: Steve Maxwell Vintage & Custom Drums FREE, with one-drink minimum! sets at 8 p.m. & 10 p.m. It was another generous response, raising nearly $140,000 for 11/12: Dwayne Armstrong Quartet WDCB’ operations in total and proving once again that great …paying tribute to Gene Ammons and his the music holds an important place on the airwaves. “Boss is Back” album, recorded 50 years ago, in November 1969 The big news that I don’t want to overlook in the excitement of the drive… WDCB has now launched a 2-week online audio BLUESDAY TUESDAY with Tom Marker archive of our radio programs! Now, on your computer, Sponsored by: Revolution Brewing from Chicago tablet or smart phone, you can listen to any WDCB radio FitzGerald’s, Berwyn 8 p.m. – $10 cover show aired in the past two weeks. Did you miss a week of the 11/5: Corey Dennison Band ”Swing Shift” or “Folk Festival” or “Jammin’ Jazz”? Just go WDCB ENCORE FILM SERIES back and listen to it online at WDCB.org with our new archive Sponsored by: Larc Jewelers Glen Ellyn / Wheaton feature. And while a few the national programs we air are not College of DuPage - SRC 2000 8 p.m. - $10 available, more than 90% of our shows are there, waiting for 11/22: Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes you to stream. It’s totally free and super easy to use! WDCB JAZZ PARTY - FREE! Happy listening! Dan Bindert – WDCB Station Manager Winter’s Jazz Club, Chicago 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. 11/6: John Wojciechowski Trio WDCB Sponsored Events WDCB’s WEDNESDAY SIDEBAR SESSIONS Constellation McAninch Arts Center FitzGerald’s, Berwyn 8 to 11 p.m. – $10 cover 11/1: Chris Madsen Quartet at College of DuPage 11/6: Bill Overton Quartet 11/4: Tomeka Reid Quartet 11/10: Blue Note Records 80th 11/13: Chicago Latin Jazz Collective 11/7: Huntertones Birthday Celebration featuring: 11/20: Jarod Bufe Quartet Kandace Springs, James Francies 11/27: No band tonight JIC JazzCity Series and James Carter Hamilton Park WDCB VOCAL JAZZ SPOTLIGHT – FREE! 11/1: Play it Forward Freedom Hall Parkers’, Downers Grove Wednesdays: 6 to 9 p.m. PianoForte Studios 11/15: Booker T. Jones 11/6: Alyssa Allgood Duo 11/1-2: Josephine Beavers with Ed 11/13: Wayne Messmer Duo Vodicka Quintet + Orbert Davis Moraine Valley Comm. College 11/20: Arlene Bardelle Duo 11/8: Paul Marinaro/Jeremy Kahn 11/16: Che Apalache 11/27: Shara Maxwell Duo Symphony Center Presents Jazz! Illiana Jazz Club's Monthly Concert WDCB JAZZ THURSDAYS – FREE! 11/1: Chick Corea Trilogy with Glendora House Ballroom Adelle’s, Wheaton Thursdays: 7 to 10 p.m. Christian McBride and Brian Blade 11/17: New Street Rhythm Boys 11/7: Matt Shevitz Duo 11/15: Jazz at Lincoln Center 11/14: Barry Winograd & Tom Muellner Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Hyde Park Jazz Society 11/21: Jim Pierce & Dan DeLorenzo "Third Tuesdays at Cafe Logan" Winter's Jazz Club 11/28: No jazz tonight 11/19: Pharez Whitted 11/2: Alexis Cole WDCB BIG BAND JAZZ PARTY 11/8-9: Pharez Whitted Quartet UChicago Presents with vocalist Opal Staples FitzGerald’s, Berwyn Sundays: 6 to 9:30 p.m. Jazz at the Logan 11/3: Chicago Grandstand Big Band 11/15-16: Ben Paterson Trio with 11/22: Craig Taborn and Kris Davis vocalist Leslie Harrison 11/10: Shout Section Big Band Jamey Aebersold Concert Series 11/17: Bill O’Connell’s Chicago Skyliners SPACE 11/24: British Buddy Alumni Big Band w/ Frieda Lee 11/10: Pedrito Martinez Group UIC School of Theatre & Music 11/27: Henry Johnson Quartet Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra Elmhurst Christian Ref. Church 11/10: Tchaikovsky’s Pathetique WDCB PROGRAM LISTINGS WDCB Night at The Jazz Showcase Folk Festival Tue, Nov 12 at 8pm & 10pm - FREE! Tuesday, 8 p.m. Nov 05: Folk legend, Anne Hills, live in studio, and performing a pre- Dwayne Armstrong Quartet radio show concert to a small audience. Advance reservations …paying tribute to Gene Ammons and required. Email host at [email protected] Nov 12: Acclaimed songwriter, Buddy Mondlock, live in studio, and his the “Boss is Back” album, recorded performing a pre-radio show concert to a small audience. Advance reservations required. Email host at [email protected] 50 years ago, in November 1969 Nov 19: Acclaimed artist, Noah Zacharin, on tour from Toronto, live in studio, and performing a pre-radio show concert to a small Jazz Showcase – Chicago audience. Advance reservations required. Email [email protected] Nov 26: Thanksgiving Special American Backroads Thursday, 9 p.m. Nov 07: Great American Songwriters including Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Jackson Browne, Kris Kristofferson Nov 14: Releases from the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Steve Earle and Vince Gill Nov 21: Saints and Backsliders Including Mavis Staples, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson Nov 28: Releases from Bruce Springsteen, Toronzo Cannon, Mary Lane and Molly Tuttle Those Were the Days Saturday, 1 p.m. Nov 02: Milton Berle Show, Cavalcade of America, Jack Benny Program, Roy Rogers Show, Democratic National Committee Special Nov 09: The FBI In Peace and War, Burns and Allen Show, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, GI Jive #895, World News Today, Red Skelton Show, This Is Your FBI Nov 16: Words at War, Jack Benny Program, The Fat Man, Lorenzo Jones, Lux Radio Theatre Nov 23: Annual Thanksgiving Show Nov 30: Radio to Get Into the Holiday Spirit By Midwest Ballroom Saturday, 5 p.m. Nov 02: New Releases Nov 09: Fall Dance Party Nov 16: Easy Listening Favorites Tue, Nov 5: Corey Dennison Band Nov 23: Just Nice Music Nov 30: Dance Show Favorites 1st set broadcast LIVE on WDCB! FitzGerald’s in Berwyn The Sounds of Brazil Sunday, 2 p.m. Nov 03: Singer & Songwriter Joao Bosco Nov 10: Millennial Music Makers Nov 17: Singer & Songwriter Marisa Monte Nov 24: Legacy & Alchemy WDCB Encore Film Series Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes Fri. November 22 at 8pm - $10 FREE for current contributors with advance registration! College of DuPage - SRC2000 - Glen Ellyn Sponsored by: Larc Jewelers in Wheaton & Glen Ellyn! WDCB’s Program Schedule Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Midnight Blues Before Infinite Groove Midnight Sunrise 1:00 1:00 2:00 2:00 3:00 3:00 4:00 4:00 5:00 Sounds 5:00 Ethereal 6:00 Music from the Saturday 6:00 Hearts of Space Sunrise Set 7:00 First Light ‘DCB Jazz ‘DCB Jazz 7:00 Midnight to 7 p.m. 8:00 The Arts 8:00 Section Monday to Friday 9:00 ‘DCB Jazz 9:00 10:00 When Jazz 10:00 Was King WDCB Jazz Calendar 11:00 Swing Shift 11:00 Weekdays: 12:20 a.m., 4:45 a.m., 8:25 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 2:40 p.m., & 5:50 p.m. Saturdays: 12:20 a.m., 4:20 a.m. & 8:20 a.m. Noon Legends of Jazz Noon with Ramsey Sundays: 9:40 a.m., 11:40 a.m. & 12:50 p.m. Lewis 1:00 Those Were 1:00 the Days 2:00 Sounds of Brazil 2:00 w/ Scott Adams 3:00 3:00 4:00 Mambo Clásico 4:00 con El Caobo 5:00 Midwest 5:00 Ballroom 6:00 New Vintage 6:00 7:00 Wayne Messmer Jazz Night Chicago Jazz Afterglow American The Real Deal Blues Time 7:00 Radio Show in America Live Routes w/ Orbert Davis w/ Tom Marker 8:00 Sunday Jazz Ireland Tonight Folk Festival Night Lights 8:00 w/ Dee Alexander 9:00 Chicago Jazz American Blues from Red 9:00 Spotlight Backroads Rooster Lounge 10:00 Jazz Tropicale House Party Jazz Organic Hambone’s Jammin’ Jazz: Blacks & Blues 10:00 Blues Party Jazz for the New Generation 11:00 The Grateful How the West Notes from Night Train 11:00 Dead Hour Was Strung the Jazz Underground Midnight Midnight College of DuPage First-Class Mail WDCB Public Radio Presorted U.S. Postage Paid 425 Fawell Blvd Permit No. 174 Glen Ellyn, IL 60137-6599 Glen Ellyn, IL Address Service Requested Time Sensitive Material INSIDE YOUR NOVEMBER 2019 CUETONE Thank you for your donations to our Fall Pledge Drive! 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