{"id":6109,"date":"2014-12-23T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T14:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6109"},"modified":"2014-12-23T09:13:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T15:13:50","slug":"wdcb-brings-back-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/12\/23\/wdcb-brings-back-legends-of-jazz-with-ramsey-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"WDCB brings back \u2018Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Ramsey<\/a>

<\/a> Ramsey Lewis<\/p><\/div>\n

Ramsey Lewis is in and Rick O\u2019Dell\u2019s \u201cSunday Jazz Brunch\u201d is out as WDCB FM 90.9 <\/a>revamps its Sunday jazz lineup for the new year.<\/p>\n

Starting January 4, the College of DuPage public radio station will present \u201cLegends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis,\u201d rebroadcasts of the series spotlighting the music of the world\u2019s greatest jazz instrumentalists and vocalists. It will air from noon to 2 p.m. Sundays.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnytime we can bring someone of Ramsey\u2019s caliber onboard at WDCB, it\u2019s a big deal,\u201d station manager Dan Bindert said in a statement. \u201cAs a musician, on the radio and through his continuing work at Ravinia, Ramsey is one of the most visible and beloved jazz names in Chicago. And his \u2018Legends of Jazz\u2019 program has always been an excellent production that allows Ramsey to demonstrate the depth and breadth of his musical knowledge.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lewis, the Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer, began hosting the \u201cLegends of Jazz\u201d series in 1997 during his stint as morning personality on former smooth jazz WNUA FM 95.5. The weekly show eventually aired in dozens of cities and was rebroadcast until 2012 on Chicago's Smooth 87.7FM, the smooth jazz station on the former WLFM LP 87.7.<\/p>\n

\"Rick<\/a>

Rick O'Dell<\/p><\/div>\n

Leaving the WDCB lineup is O\u2019Dell\u2019s \u201cSunday Jazz Brunch,\u201d <\/a>which has been airing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays since last February. Calling it \u201ca difficult decision,\u201d O\u2019Dell said he chose to cease production of the show due to the demands of his new job as operations manager of \u201cThe Groove,\u201d <\/a>a contemporary jazz outlet on 103.9 FM, a broadcast translator licensed to Windy City Broadcasting. O\u2019Dell also continues to own and operate\u00a0SmoothJazzChicago.net<\/a>, a 24\/7 Internet station.<\/p>\n

The final broadcast of \u201cSunday Jazz Brunch\u201d will be this weekend. As of January 4, WDCB\u2019s Sunday lineup will feature Dona Mullen\u2019s \u201cDCB Jazz\u201d from 9 a.m. to noon, followed by \u201cLegends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis\u201d from noon to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ramsey Lewis is in and Rick O\u2019Dell\u2019s \u201cSunday Jazz Brunch\u201d is out as WDCB FM 90.9 revamps its Sunday jazz lineup for the new year. Starting January 4, the College of DuPage public radio station will present \u201cLegends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis,\u201d rebroadcasts of the series spotlighting the music of the world\u2019s greatest jazz... Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6109"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6115,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6109\/revisions\/6115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}