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Deepak Thettu To Perform at Jazz90.1’s Spring Listener Party
Join us on Friday April 25 – the final day of our spring pledge drive – for our annual spring listener party! Stop by our studios between 5:30-7:30 p.m. and enjoy live music by Deepak Thettu and his band, refreshments and tours of our studios. The listener party will be your last chance to donate…
Check Out Our Spring ’25 Pledge Drive Gifts!
Jazz90.1’s spring pledge drive begins on Monday March 31, and we can’t wait to share all of our cool NEW gifts with you. Whether it’s a Jazz90.1 bistro mug, or our warm and cozy full zip fleece – we have many great items that will show your support Jazz90.1. Each year, Jazz90.1 must raise all…
February 2025 Blog Post
February 2025 The Dollars and……Sense? Last week, we learned that newly appointed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr will be investigating funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and PBS. His claim is that public radio and TV stations who are affiliated with both entities (and those entities themselves,) may be violating FCC regulations by airing commercials and…
JazzKidz Week #33 – The History of Swing
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Swing music was most popular in the 1930s and 40s – a time period that is sometimes called the swing era. During this time, groups usually consisted of about 12-16 players, and they began reading music more than improvising, which was a big overhaul to the genre of jazz. It also…
Spring Pledge Drive
Begins March 31
MLK’s Essay on Jazz
Nate Chinen (NY Times jazz columnist and author) posted an article recently, reflecting on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s short essay on jazz, written in 1964 for the first Berliner Jazz Festival (60 years later, it’s called Jazzfest Berlin). King’s reflections on jazz are a concise marvel: It is no wonder that so much of the…
RIJF 2025 Schedule
Check out the full schedule for this year’s Rochester International Jazz Festival. You can also see the schedule HERE.
International Anthem
There are so many new jazz labels these days releasing such a beautiful variety of jazz and improvised music. Most of these (relatively) new labels are continuing the tradition in creating a discernible aesthetic universe in their catalogs. Just as ECM and Blue Note immediately bring to mind a consistent sound, new labels like Pyroclastic,…
Black Artist Group (BAG)
Phil Freeman has an interesting write-up about the Black Artist Group (BAG) on the Shuffle app. Shuffle seems to have been set up by music critics and fans. It provides quick descriptions of musical genres, scenes and artists and provides links to recommended albums. You can quickly find yourself falling down one rabbit hole after another. Freeman’s…
Ethan Iverson
Ethan Iverson, the former pianist of The Bad Plus, is a prolific writer and his Substack blog, Transitional Technology, consistently illuminates critical aspects of the jazz world and provides thought provoking analysis. Highly recommended. Surprisingly however, his latest missive has been published in The Nation. The article, Jazz Off The Record, begins, “Sometime in the late 1960s…
Jazz90.1 Celebrates Women’s History Month
Jazz90.1 is proud to salute influential women in jazz during Women’s History Month in March. In celebration of Women’s History Month, Jazz90.1 FM will honor a different female jazz musician each day Monday through Friday. A biographical vignette will be broadcast four times each day at 7:30 a.m. 12:30, 4:30, and 8:30 p.m. Each vignette…
JazzKidz Week #32 – Dexter Gordon
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Dexter Gordon was a saxophonist, composer and bandleader. He was born in Los Angeles in 1923. He started playing music at 13 when he took up clarinet, then switched to tenor saxophone at 15. Right out of high school, he began playing with several very popular jazz groups, each for a…
January 2025 Blog Post
Happy New Year to one and all. When the clock struck midnight on December 31, I couldn’t help but look forward to the new year, while also reflecting on 2024. Last year, Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM celebrated a milestone that quite frankly – I wasn’t sure we’d would reach. We celebrated 50 years on the air. Through…
The GateSwingers Big Band Perform at Greece Baptist Church on March 20
Jazz90.1 WGMC-FM and Greece Baptist Church are pleased to present eight FREE community jazz and big band concerts to be held between October and May. These concerts will take place at Greece Baptist Church in their sanctuary – located at 1230 Long Pond Road. There is plenty of parking available at the church, including close…
Join Us For Our 2025 Jazz Cruise ft. Bill Tiberio
Jazz90.1 is pleased to again present a summer jazz cruise aboard the Colonial Belle in Fairport. This cruise sets sail on Monday August 11 at 6:30 p.m. and will take three hours, with a trip through a historic Erie Canal lock. Cruisers will also enjoy a chef’s choice dinner from Forest Hill Catering, and a…
JazzKidz Week #31 – The History of Ragtime
By: Jaclyn Breeze — Ragtime is one of the oldest types of jazz, and is usually played on the piano. It started in the 1890s and was influenced by the music of Polish composer, Frédéric Chopin, who lived from 1810-1849. Ragtime is recognized by its syncopated style. Usually in music, the downbeats (strongest beats) are…
JazzKidz Week #30 – Nina Simone
By Jaclyn Breeze — Nina Simone (born Eunice Waymon) was a singer, pianist, and composer, spanning many genres including classical, gospel, jazz, and pop. Her music was often inspired by classical music, with Bach being one of her main influences. Nina was born in North Carolina in 1933, and she wanted to be a concert…
Check Out Rob Linton’s New(ish) Blog!
Read monthly blog posts from Station Manager Rob Linton HERE.
Changes To Jazz90.1 MemberCard
(w/o) The Jazz90.1 MemberCard is on the move….to digital! Beginning with donations received after January 1, 2025, the Jazz90.1 MemberCard will be completely digital – saving postage and plastic – and ensuring that your dollars go even further to support Jazz90.1. Moving forward, physical MemberCards will no longer be sent to you, and all benefits…