Born in 1922 in Kansas City, NEA Jazz Master Frank Wess was a ripe 86 this night at the KC Jazz Club in…

Horace Clarence Boyer 1935 – 2009 AMHERST – Horace Clarence Boyer of Amherst, passed away Tuesday morning July 21, 2009 in Amherst. He…

Teddy Washington, a Jacksonville native who played the trumpet with such giants as James Brown, B.B. King, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Dizzie…

For the first time in NCCU history, the NCCU Jazz Band and Jazz Combo will be performing at the world famous Newport Jazz…

WNCU will play Louis Armstrong in heavy rotation all day on Tuesday, August 4, and will air a special two-part documentary from NPR’s…

WNCU will air Piano Jazz weekly beginning Sunday, July 12th at 6pm. Since April 1979, legendary pianist Marian McPartland has welcomed a stellar…

November 11, 1923 – June 16, 2009 Charlie Mariano died peacefully in his sleep this morning, June 16, 2009. He had been in…

The Kennedy Center and the Duke Ellington Jazz Festival pay tribute to Ellis Marsalis with a concert featuring Branford, Wynton, Ellis, Delfeayo, and…

Is jazz going in a different direction? Beginning June 7th, tune in to WNCU every Sunday evening at 6pm for one hour of…

You can now stream WNCU via your iPhone! Here’s how you can get the Public Radio Tuner app. From your iPhone or iPod…