WWOZ Live Event Broadcasts

Guitarist/singer/harmonica player Samuel Doores will perform an acoustic blues set live in our broadcast studio during Your Cousin Dimitri's Sunday Acoustic Blues show (2 - 4 p.m.).

The New Orleans-based group Brasilliance, led by reedman Ray Moore, will perform live in WWOZ's studio during this Saturday's Tudo Bem Brazilian music show (2 - 4 p.m.). Don't miss this mix of originals, Brazilian popular music (MPB), and songs by composer/multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal.

Be sure to tune in to the Friday morning jazz show, French Cooking (on from 9 to 11 a.m.), when Bob French hosts a live performance by Liese's Living Room & the Village Copper Thieves. The band features Boyanna Trayanova on percussion, Adam Crochet on dobro, Thomas McDonald on bass, and Liese Dettmer on 12-string guitar.

David Torkanowsky & Friends perform live in the studio on the afternoon blues and R&B show, The Blues Ball. Tune in between 2:00 and 4:00 p.m. to catch this special performance.

Westbank Mike joins Irene Sage for a live performance on the afternoon blues and R&B show, Sittin' at the Crossroads with Big D.

The Abita Blues Band performs live in the studio on Sittin' at the Crossroads with Big D.

The NOCCA Jazz Ensemble performs live in the studio during Sondra Bibb's Jazz from the Market.

World-renowned jazz trumpeter and composer Gabriel Alegria performs live in the studio with his Afro-Peruvian Sextet on Friday, February 27 at 5 p.m.

One of the most influential figures on the current jazz scene in Perú, Gabriel Alegria was born into an artistic family in Lima in 1970. Alegria’s grandfather Ciro was Peru’s most famous novelist and his father Alonso is Perú’s most acclaimed playwright.

Alegria is currently touring the U.S. in support of his popular new release Nuevo Mundo, on Saponegro Records. During the course of a career that has spanned the globe, Alegria has appeared in concert and/or on recordings with Maria Schneider, Placido Domingo, Kenny Werner, Ingrid Jensen, Tierney Sutton, Natalie Cole, The Peruvian National Symphony, Bill Watrous, John Thomas, Russ Ferrante and Alex Acuña.

Most recently Gabriel completed the groundbreaking “Tour Peru,” a new model in touring that included 40 fans who accompanied the Afro-Peruvian Sextet throughout Peru.

The Afro-Peruvian Sextet includes saxophonist Laurandrea Leguía, acoustic guitarist Yuri Juárez, bassist Ramón De Bruyn, drummer Hugo Alcázar, and master percussionist Freddy “Huevito” Lobatón, who plays the traditional Afro-Peruvian instruments cajón (box drum) and quijada (jaw bone), and adds spectacular passages of zapateo dancing to each performance.

On Friday, February 6, at 9:30 p.m., WWOZ will present blue-eyed soul singer/guitarist Eric Lindell broadcast live from Mid-City Lanes Rock 'n' Bowl. His roots-rock band includes Derek Huston and Jimmy Carpenter (saxes), Scott Jackson (bass), Chris Davis (drums), and Marc Adams (keys). Don't miss this powerhouse of original soulful mix of funk, blues, rock, and swamp pop.

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