February 19: Jason hosts the show.
February 12: Piano music from the 70s featuring Amina Claudine Myers, Muhal Richard Abrams, Don Pullen, and more.
February 5: Music by Elsa Justel and Pierre Favre. Sound poetry by Jaap Blonk, in preview of his concert at Woodland Pattern on Sunday, March 18.
January 29: Solos from the 70s … featuring selections from solo LPs by Oliver Lake, David Murray, Hamiett Bluiett, Don Pullen, Amina Claudine Myers, Billy Bang, Leroy Jenkins, Albert Mangelsdorf, Steve Lacy, Joe McPhee, and many others (including long out-of-print recordings on HORO Records, Passin’ Thru, Sweet Earth Records, Hat Hut, and other significant record labels from the period).
January 22: John Cage’s Concert for Piano and Orchestra in several unique performances by David Tudor, Francis-Marie Uitti, the Barton Workshop, the S.E.M. Ensemble, and the Nextime Ensemble with Stefano Scodanibbio). This is the first of several programs this year celebrating the 100th birthday of John Cage.
January 15: The music of composer/multi-instrumentalist Julius Hemphill.
January 8: Some discoveries from 2011 (old and new music) along with Part 2 of our tribute to Sam Rivers (at 8pm).
January 1: At 6pm, the music of Bill Dixon. At 7pm, Les Diaboliques with Maggie Nichols, Irene Schwiezer, and Joelle Leandre. At 8pm, a tribute to Sam Rivers.
December 25: A return to a favorite theme, lovely music for guitars, pianos, and, here and there, some percussion.
December 18: Henry Brant, Luc Ferrari, Marilyn Crispell, the Chicago-Lucerne Exchange.
December 11: Trillium E, excerpts from an opera by Anthony Braxton.
December 4: Guitars, pianos, and new releases.
November 27: The music of guitarist/daxophonist/inventor/improviser/composer Hans Reichel (1949-2011).
November 20: Our broadcast of Steven Nelson-Raney’s concert at Woodland Pattern last Sunday, compositions for solo soprano saxophone at 7 and improvised duos with Chris Burns at 8.
November 13: Jason hosts the show.
November 6: The music of Milwaukee saxophonist/pianist/composer Steve Nelson-Raney in preview of his Alternating Currents Live concert at Woodland pattern on November 13th.
October 30: Our broadcast of the Jason Roebke Combination recorded live at Woodland Pattern last Sunday evening. along with music for orchestra by Anthony Braxton (with the Italian Instabile Orchesta and the AIMToronto Orchestra).
October 23: Jason hosts the show.
October 16: A preview of the Jason Roebke Combinatio playinf for Alternating Currents Live next Sunday.
September 25: We will broadcast our recording of the concert by Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller at Woodland Pattern last Sunday and preview Jason Roebke’s forthcoming concert on October 23rd.
September 18: Jason hosts the show during the Alternating Currents Live event at Woodland Pattern.
September 11: A preview of first Alternating Currents Live concert this season featuring Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller, along with some music for tuba, solo and with live electronics.
September 4: More composed than improvised, part II … with music by Mari Kimura (violin), George Lewis (trombone), Gerry Hemingway (drums), and more … along with a preview of the concert by Jason Kahn and Jon Mueller coming to Alternating Currents Live on September 18.
August 28: More composed than improvised – music by Luigi Nono, Georg Friedrich Haas, Mary Oliver and Rozemarie Heggen, John Cage, Wadada Leo Smith, and many others.
August 21: The music of guitarist Derek Bailey – in Company Week ensembles along with various duos and solos (including the legendary Milwaukee cassette recording on Incus Records).
August 14: A 7 p.m. the trio 1913 will visit with a radio debut of a live recording from their recent performance at Lubar Hall at Milwaukee Art Museum. This concert took place as part of an art performance by Nathalie Miebach a few months ago and Janet Schiff, Scott Johnson, and Victor Delorenzo of 1913 will fill us in on the story behind this new music.
August 7: Jason hosts the show.
