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Wild Women & Friends

Taking our title from the Ida Cox song, "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues," our show Wild Women and Friends will feature women artists in Jazz and Blues, with a… MoreTaking our title from the Ida Cox song, "Wild Women Don't Get the Blues," our show Wild Women and Friends will feature women artists in Jazz and Blues, with a liberal use of the word "friends" to include other genres, and even an occasional boy now and then. Please join Sandy Snyder and Louise Largiadèr every Thursday morning from 11 'til noon for an hour of Classic Blues women, Jazz women, piano, mellow standards and lots more. Less

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1. "It’s Sunday" {Jule Styne, Susan Birkenhead, Tony Mottola} - Frank Sinatra - Reprise Rarities (Vol. 2) [FRANK SINATRA DIGITAL REPRISE: 2021]
   Notes: Tony Mottola on guitar
2. "Sweet Nothings" {Rebecca Rafla} - Rebecca Rafla - Fundamentally Unfinished [Rebecca Rafla: 2025]
3. "The Real Thing" {Lucca Mae Bernardi} - Lucca Mae - The Truth Is [Lucca Mae: 2026]
4. "Watch What Happens" {Michel Legrand} - Bria Skonberg - Indigo [Cellar Live: 2026]
5. "No Regrets" {Roy Ingraham, Harry Tobias} - Stella Heath - For Billie [Matterhorn Records: 2026]
6. "Some Other Time" {Adolph Green, Betty Comden, Leonard Bernstein} - John Clayton, Rene Marie - Two-O-Duo [ArtistShare: 2026]
   Notes: JC on bass
7. "Housebroken" {Aiyana-Lee, Nicole Daciana Anderson, Yehonatan Aspril, Ana Mercedes Yanez} - Aiyana-Lee - Housebroken [Aiyana-Lee: 2026]
8. "Hum Drum Blues" {Oscar Brown, Jr} - Amber Weekes, Adam "Aejaye" Jackson, Paul Jackson, Jr., Phillip Whack - To Oscar with Love [Amber Inn Records: 2026]
9. "(How Little It Matters) How Little We Know" {Philip Springer, Carolyn Leigh} - Denise Donatelli - Take My Breath Away [Savant: 2026]
10. "If You Want Me" {The Womack Sisters, Bosco Mann, Homer Steinweiss} - The Womack Sisters - The Womack Sisters [DAPTONE RECORDS: 2026]
11. "Sorria de Novo [Smile Again]" {Joyce Moreno, Adrian Younge} - Joyce Moreno, Tutty Moreno, Adrian Younge - Joyce e Tutty Moreno JID027 [Jazz Is Dead: 2026]
12. "Home Blues" {George Gershwin, Gus Kahn, Ira Gershwin} - Jeff Rupert, Veronica Swift - Let's Sail Away [Rupe Media: 2017]
    Notes: JR on tenor sax, Richard Drexler on piano
13. "No Good To Me" {Jack Brooks, Sidney Ramin} - Abbe Lane, Sid Ramin and His Orchestra - The Lady In Red [RCA/Legacy: 1958]
14. "Morning / Pensativa" {Clare Fischer} - The Las Vegas Boneheads - Stretchin' Out [Curt Miller Music: 2026]

All That Jazz

Thirty years and still running, All That Jazz remains committed to all the "bops," global influences, and the New. Join us for a continuing salute to the luminous, continuously changing… MoreThirty years and still running, All That Jazz remains committed to all the "bops," global influences, and the New. Join us for a continuing salute to the luminous, continuously changing archive that is Jazz. Always, more music and less talk. Thursday morning from 9 'til 11 right here on WTJU. Less

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1. "Cool Struttin'" {Sonny Clark} - Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' [Blue Note: 1958]
2. "Classroom Agenda" {Paul Carr} - Paul Carr - Musically Yours [Paul Carr: 2008]
3. "The Blue Book" {Booker Ervin} - Booker Ervin - The Book Cooks [Bethlehem: 1960]
4. "To a Young Student" {Giovanni Guidi} - Giovanni Guidi Trio - A New Day [ECM: 2024]
5. "Night School" {Frank Zappa} - Ed Palermo Big Band - Eddy Loves Frank [Cuneiform: 2009]
6. "Educated Guesswork" {Gregory Tardy} - Gregory Tardy - Abundance [Palmetto: 2001]
7. "Professr B.L." {Jared Hall} - Jared Hall Quartet - Influences [Origin: 2024]
8. "Professor Nohair" {Medeski, Martin & Wood} - Medeski, Martin, & Wood - Radiolarians I [Indirecto: 2008]
9. "Pre School" {Miki Yamanaka} - Miki Yamanaka - Breathe [Cellar Music: 2026]
10. "3 Wise Men" {composer} - Naughty Professor - Everyday Shredder [Naughty Professor: 2020]
11. "Out on a Limb" {composer} - Naughty Professor - In The Flesh [Naughty Professor: 2016]
12. "School Work" {Ornette Coleman} - Ornette Coleman - The Complete Science Fiction Sessions, Disc 1 [Columbia: 2000]
13. "Dorm Life" {Orrin Evans} - Orrin Evans - It Was Beauty [Criss Cross: 2013]
14. "School Days" {Stanley Clarke} - Stanley Clarke Band - Up [Mack Avenue: 2014]
15. "Song for My Teacher" {Maceo Parker} - Maceo Parker - School's In [BHM: 2005]
16. "The Professor" {Zaccai Curtis} - The Curtis Brothers - Algorithm [Truth Revolution: 2019]
17. "My Old School" {Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip} - Yellowjackets - Twenty Five [Heads Up Records: 2006]
18. "The First Year" {Alex Nguyen} - Kenny Barron - The Traveler [Sunnyside: 2008]

Classical Sunrise - Thursday

Start the day right with WTJU! Every weekday morning from 7-9 Classical Sunrise eases you through your busy morning with friendly, knowledgeable hosts and special features you won't find anywhere else.

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1. "The Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba, From Solomon" {George Friderich HANDEL} - George Frideric Handel, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Jeanne Lamon - A Baroque Feast [Analekta ]
2. "Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: I. Allegro moderato" {Clara SCHUMANN} - Clara Schumann, Ragna Schirmer, Iason Keramidis, Benedict Kloeckner - Clara Schumann: Piano Trio and Concerto [Berlin Classics ]
3. "Young Soldier's Joy (Arr. for String Quartet by Yi-Wen Jiang)" {Qiming LU} - Qiming Lu, Shanghai Quartet - China Song [Delos ]
4. "Suite hébraïque No. 2: I. Nigun" {Srul Irving GLICK} - Srul Irving Glick, James Campbell, Elissa Lee, Sharon Wei, Cameron Crozman, Angela Park - Glick: Suites hébraïques [Centrediscs ]
5. "Zaubernacht (Magic Night): Molto agitato" {Kurt WEILL} - Kurt Weill, Ania Vegry, Arte Ensemble - Weill: Zaubernacht (Magic Night) [CPO ]
6. "Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: I. Allegro deciso" {Carlos GUASTAVINO} - Carlos Guastavino, Michael Collins, Michael McHale - The Lyrical Clarinet, Vol. 2 [Chandos ]
7. "Les Chemins de l'Amour" {Francis POULENC} - Francis Poulenc, Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott - Songs of Comfort and Hope [Sony Classical ]
8. "Badinerie (Suite Orquestal No 2)" {Johann Sebastian BACH} - Orquesta de Cámara De La Escala, Pietro Di La Corona - Concierto, Sonata, Suite & Pastoral [Music Hit Factory ]
9. "Danzas de Panama: I. Tamborito" {William Grant STILL} - William Grant Still, Fritz Gearhart, Kathryn Lucktenberg, Leslie Straka, Steve Pologe - Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still [Seranya Records ]
10. "Fandango: II. Plegaria (Chaconne)" {Arturo MARQUEZ} - Arturo Márquez, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel, Anne Akiko Meyers - Fandango [Los Angeles Philharmonic ]
11. "Quizás, quizás, quizás" {Osvaldo FARRES} - Osvaldo Farrés, Miloš Karadaglić, Studioorchester der Europäischen FilmPhilharmonie, Christoph Israel - Canción [DG CD ]

Classical Prelude - Thursday

Classical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to… MoreClassical Prelude wakes you gently with fine orchestral and choral music. Most of the featured works are over 50 minutes long, enveloping you in a world of sound. Awaken to music by classical and romantic composers such as Beethoven, Bruckner, Mozart, and Schubert. Less

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WTJU Overnight

An assortment of tunes curated from WTJU's digital database.

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Radio Free Carthage

After digging a tunnel from Carthage, TN, into the bedrock below the Radio Wowsville cave, Rick emerges weekly with 2 power-packed hours of rock, with musings and mythic tales culled… MoreAfter digging a tunnel from Carthage, TN, into the bedrock below the Radio Wowsville cave, Rick emerges weekly with 2 power-packed hours of rock, with musings and mythic tales culled from the modern era, plus all the fossils and arcana unearthed along the way. Give your midweek lull a lift, Thursday mornings from 1-3. Less

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1. "Message From the Venus Flower" - Death Valley Girls - Welcome to Earth [Suicide Squeeze: NEW]
   Notes: New album out October 9th!
2. "Drain" - Dead Vibrations - Reflections [Fuzz Club: 2018]
3. "Pedestrian Baby Pt 1" - Toodles & the Hectic Pity - Hold Onto Happiness With Both Hands [Specialist Subject: 2023]
4. "Faulty Times" - Black Mountain - Black Mountain [Jagjaguwar: 2005]
5. "Is There Any Hot Chicken in Nashville?" - Rory Scovel - [Rory Scovel: 2020]
6. "Gong Report 4_11" - Wand - In a Capsule Underground [Drag City: 2017]
7. "(How great it is to be in) The Box" - The Foot & Leg Clinic - Sit Down for Rock and Roll [Bingo: NEW]
8. "My Friend's an Entomologist" - Sweeping Promises - You Say I Romanticize [Sub Pop: NEW]
9. "Chemin de la Baie" - The Besnard Lakes - The Besnard Lakes are the Ghost Nation [Full Time Hobby: 2025]
10. "Pink Mold" - Daneshevskaya - Long Is The Tunnel [Winspear: 2023]
11. "See You There" - Tune-Yards - Better Dreaming [4AD: 2025]
12. "Haunted" - Phoebe Bridgers - Lost Weekend [Dead Oceans: NEW]
13. "Uh Huh" - Fenne Lily - Win Win [Nettwerk: NEW]
    Notes: New album out October 23rd!
14. "To Be Used, by You (I Just Want To Be a Good Man)" - Pastor Champion - I Just Want To Be A Good Man [Luaka Bop: 2022]
15. "Flashes In The Afternoon" - Stereolab - Cloud Land / Flashes In The Afternoon [Warp: NEW]
    Notes: BED
16. "My Rights Versus Yours" - The New Pornographers - Challengers [Matador: 2007]
17. "Hard Sun" - Eddie Vedder - Into the Wild [J: 2007]
18. "Never givin’ in" - Panda Bear & Sonic Boom - A ? of WHEN [Domino: NEW]
19. "Impressions" - Lucius - Lucius [Fantasy: 2025]
20. "The Thing at Hand" - Ani DiFranco - Unprecedented Sh!t [Righteous Babe: 2024]
21. "Empire" - HOME FRONT - Watch It Die [LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS: 2025]
22. "We Are Real" - Silver Jews - American Water [Drag City: 1998]
23. "MCMLIV (Continuity Error)" - Hallelujah The Hills - Have You Ever Done Something Evil? [Discrete Pageantry: 2014]
24. "Slinky/Holy Water" - Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes [What Reality?: 2022]
25. "Waiting Man" - SLIFT - FANTASIA [Sub Pop: NEW]
26. "Apocryphon" - The Sword - Apocryphon [Razor & Tie: 2012]
27. "They Speak With Knives" - If These Trees Could Talk - Red Forest [If These Trees Could Talk: 2012]
    Notes: BED
28. "Ain't It a Shame (Demo)" - Nirvana - With the Lights Out [DGC: 2004]