new shows for in all languagesmon 10 oct 2016 3 00am tue 18 oct 2016 11 59pmbeginning this week the in all languages department of wkcr will offer three original shows as a part of its standard programming morning profiles from sunday 6 00 am 8 00 am field trip from sunday 11 00 pm until monday 12 30 am and coordinated universal time the c.u.t. from monday 12 30 am 2 00 am . taking the place of our former morning ragas and in all languages shows these three new broadcasts will work ... read more studio afri 14 oct 2016 7 00pm sat 15 oct 2016 7 00pmwkcr regrets its actions with regard to a guest who had recently been scheduled to appear on our program studio a. specifically wkcr s editorial policies and university policies regarding speech were misrepresented in our communications to this guest . to be clear wkcr and columbia university strongly believe in robust freedom of expression especially about challenging ideas . likewise wkcr s. . . read more recent events thelonious monk birthday broadcastmon 10 oct 2016 all day tune in on october 10 to wkcr 89.9 fm ny for 24 hours of thelonious sphere monk s music in celebration of what would have been his 99th birthday . born in 1917 in north carolina and raised in manhattan monk first established his musicianship as a mostly self taught traveling church organist . he entered the new york jazz scene in 1941 taking on the role of house pianist at minton s playhouse the breeding grounds of bebop . 1944 saw his first studio recording with theread more celebrating 75 years with henry grimes and the george coleman quartetsun 9 oct 2016 6 00pm 8 00pmin honor of its 75th anniversary wkcr fm presents a concert featuring two incredible performances by free jazz bassist henry grimes and the george coleman quartet including george coleman on tenor sax george coleman jr. on drums rick germanson on piano and john webber on bass . they will help celebrate wkcr s history of broadcastingread more aru n ortiz on the musician s showwed 5 oct 2016 6 00pm 9 00pm an avatar of creative and progressive improvisation cuban born brooklyn based pianist violist and composer aru n ortiz has written music for jazz ensembles orchestras dance companies chamber groups and feature films . his work incorporates influences from contemporary classical music cuban haitian rhythms and avant garde improvisation ; and consistently strives to break stylistic musical boundaries . he has been called the latest cuban wunderkind to arriveread more 2014 wkcr columbia university ny 10027 studio 212 854 9920 board wkcr.org secondary links pledge recent playlists offbeat afternoon classical the early music show offbeat afternoon classical view all playlists recent audio episode 3 by bianca stone 54 37 studio a with david moscovich by david moscovich 54 23 episode 3 by david moscovich 54 23 episode 2 by jacqueline bishop 56 53 episode 1 by marcia butler 60 00