WTJU Jazz Marathon 2025

Name: WTJU Jazz Marathon 2025
Start: 2025-09-29T07:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-06T05:00:00-04:00
Location: 2244 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Virginia 22903

Schedule

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 am to Mon, 06 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 am

UTC-04:00

Location

2244 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA, United States, Virginia 22903 | Charlottesville, VA

Please join us for WTJU’s 2025 Jazz Marathon, filling the airwaves with a week of jazz and blues specials. We’re also celebrating our local music scene every night at 8 p.m. with SEVEN live jazz and blues performances. Tune it in on 91.1FM, stream at wtju.net, or listen on WTJU's brand new phone app.
Find the schedule and more info, here: https://www.wtju.net/jazz2025/
Live acts will include:
Mon: Nicole Mitchell Trio
Tues: Gina Sobel and Choose Your Own Adventure
Wed: Geoffrey Dean Trio feat. Charles Owens
Thurs: The Michael Elswick Gathering
Fri: Jamal 4
Sat: The Greenhorns
Sun: Wavelength Trio feat. Liz Barnes
Tune in to programming that features deep dives into such great artists as Bill Frisell, Roy Haynes, Patricia Barber, Horace Silver, Pat Metheny, Thelonious Monk, Cole Porter, Bill Evans, Sun Ra, Charles Lloyd, Frank Sinatra, Quincy Jones, Eddie Palmieri, and more. There will also be programs that examine jazz works by Frank Zappa, Derek Trucks, Brian Wilson, Family Stone, and Captain Beefheart.
We'll travel the world with "Hecho En Mexico', "Brazilian Classics", "Jazz Meets The Middle East & North Africa", "The Latin Jukebox", "Japanese Psych Jazz", and "British Invasion." There will a focus on special topics such as: Jazz Guitar, European Big Bands, Honkers and Shouters, Jug Bands, Alto Madness, Cue the Drums, AND SO MUCH MORE!
Whatever tomorrow brings, you know that with WTJU as a companion, you won’t be alone. Jazz has helped us weather stormy times before.
But this music needs YOU today. As WTJU faces an urgent funding situation, please strengthen your own commitment to jazz, blues, and our music-loving community. Please make your most generous contribution today. Help protect free access to the music you and thousands of others count on. Donate now at wtju.net/donate!