A Different Nature: Coda

A late evening jazz special featuring composer Jon Jang and his Pan-Asian Arkestra. Jang is a strong advocate for Asian cultural and political identity and his music often features Chinese poetry and traditional instruments in a jazz setting. A two-hour in-depth listen t... Read more

If you need to chill after New Year’s Eve, on Monday, the very first of January at 10:00 pm (PST), we will finish off the evening with harmonious environmental recordings (plus a little electronic “tweaking”), with some desert cricket thunder frog music by Spanish artist... Read more

SOFTLY FALLING RADIO – Or: “The next best thing to silence” (whatever that means). Given two more hours this evening we will present a few musicians playing really really quietly (personally, I blame Manfred Eicher). Featured artists include: Enrico Rava, Fred Hersch, Pa... Read more

We present part three (the grand finale) of November's Art Ensemble of Chicago tribute. Tonight features four hours and forty years of "Great Black Music, Ancient to Future" with Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Famadou Don Moye, Malachi Favors Maghostus, and Lester Bowie... Read more

Our three-part tribute to the Art Ensemble of Chicago continues with an extra hour of the orchestral music of saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell. A perfect mixture of “jazz” improvisations and “chance” compositions, we will hear large orchestral pieces of music.  And stay tuned... Read more

A birthday salute to electronic music pioneer Morton Subotnick (ninety years young). Using analog signal modules (little boxes, lots of wires) Subotnick created an epic array of cool, dry, and sympatico synthesizer pieces with lovely names (Silver Apples of the Moon, Fou... Read more

You know what’s great about water? It sounds fantastic. You love hearing rain, streams, water over mossy stones, the spume of sweet ocean surf. Why not kick back this evening and listen to all these amazing forms of precipitous riverine sound. Bonus: we have geysers! We ... Read more

ADN presents a tribute to the late Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho.  Though little known in the U.S. she was greatly admired in Europe for short chamber pieces and song cycles. We will play one full hour of various lovely pieces for flute, harp, female chorus, and sample... Read more

KBOO kicks off Black History Month with a special featuring extended orchestral compositions by four extraordinary jazz musicians: the “Ptah and Mantra” songs by Alice Coltrane, “Afrika Rising” by Nicole Mitchell and the Black Earth Ensemble, “Occupy the World for Life, ... Read more

You'll recall that John Cage shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die (“five to the heart, saving one bullet for the Buddah”). This anecdote and dozens more, equally non-existent, can be heard on the world premiere of INTERMINACY, the new text-sound piece written by Tom... Read more