Excursions presents extended improvisational Jazz performances, including a discographic overview of Sheila Jordan’s life and recorded career. Part 1 - Sheila's Journey Part 2 - (special edition) We Ain't Done…
From 1981-2017, Bronx native Kip Hanrahan’s American Clave label produced a sui generis of music assemblages. Kip, alongside Ismael Reed’s “Conjure” and Robby Ameen/Horacio El Negro’s “Dark Rhumba” series, created…
Excursions presents an archival interview and music from Grachan Moncur III, one of the few, yet prominent trombonists of the Avant Garde’s “New Wave.”(Original broadcast from 5/31/25, with thunderstorm-induced interruptions…
Disturbin' the Piece is Art Cromwell's two-part birthday retrospective of alto saxophonist Jackie McLean (born 5.17.31) alongside an archival interview, words & music by Archie Shepp (born 5.24.37).Though just six…
Jazz Excursions w/ Dr. Art Cromwell 4-19-25With its latest release “Spirit Gatherer,” the Chicago based Ethnic Heritage Ensemble celebrates its 53rd year of performance. Excursions presents a retrospective of the…
On April 28, 1974, 19-year-old Chuck Hearne (bass) and his 17-year-old friends Dave Bauder (drums) and Jon Mulzet (guitar), a trio known collectively as Ratzo, walked into Helffrich Recording Labs…
Art shares the new releases and archived recordings he's been into over the past 12 months, part of WOUB Culture's year in review, including Pharoah Sanders, the Association for the…
