Music

This week on The Beat: We remember jazz broadcaster, writer and producer Bob Porter with cuts from sessions he made with Sonny Stitt, Houston Person,…

This week on The Beat: Saxophonist Joe Lovano. His new release is on ECM Records, Garden of Expression. We'll play tracks from the CD, my interview with…

This week on The Beat, tracks from Bobby Hutcherson and Cannonball Adderley get us underway, then slew of debuts!! Listen for Ben Patterson, Gregory…

This week on The Beat: David Nicholas marks 31 years on WCMU! Music from Oscar Peterson, Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, June Christy, Chris Connor, Ella…

This week on The Beat: We're one year into Covid 19 but we've got a great mix this week to ease the heavy load of it all...Tania Grubbs, Maggie Herron, Al…

This week on The Beat: All brand new music on The Beat this week as we hear from Rossano Sportiello,, Jacqui Naylor, Todd Mosby, Idit Shner, Radam…

This week on The Beat: Join David Nicholas for three hours in tribute to Chick Corea who recently passed at 79. It's Chick's music as composer and on…

This week on The Beat: Another Blue Note at 60 session, "Grant's First Stand" from Grant Green! Also, Bessie Smith, Big Joe Turner, Junior Wells, Sugar…

This week on The Beat: David Nicholas will debut Thomas Marriott, Lisa K. Hilton, Ted Poor, Shabaka & the Ancestors and more, plus more from Quincy Davis,…

This week on The Beat: Join David Nicholas for some great debuts Saturday from 1-4pm on The Beat: listen for Grete Skarpeid, Greg Yasinitsky, Meridian…