Tom Schnabel
Tom Schnabel features the latest and best in jazz and international music, with an emphasis on new Brazilian, European, African, and Tropical Latin music. The program also features periodic guests in the studio, as well as live performances.
Photo credit: Marc Goldstein
UPCOMING SHOWS
Caravan Palace
Caravan Palace is a new French band, one that creates a scintillating melange of gypsy jazz a la Django Reinhardt and electronica. They stopped by our studios a few weeks …
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RECENT SHOWS
Latest Show
Tom Schnabel hosts the latest and best in jazz and international music, with an emphasis on new Brazilian, European, African, and Tropical Latin music. Listen On-Demand to …
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Nadine Cohodas
Nadine Cohodas, author of new and definitive biography of Nina Simone—Princess Noire / The Tumultuous Reign of Nina Simone was Tom’s guest Sunday April 18. In this new …
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Pomegranates
Tom’s guests on Sunday 4/4 @ 1 p.m were Arah Saedinia and Mahssa Taghinia, producers of Pomegranates.
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Gilberto Gil
Brazilian superstar Gilberto Gil is Tom’s guest on Sunday March 14th @ 1 p.m. Gil formed the Tropicalia movement back in the late 60s along with Caetano Veloso and …
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Dengue Fever presents Electric Cambodia
Tom Schnabel welcomes Ethan Holzman and Nimol Chhom of LA’s top Cambodian pop band Dengue Fever as they present Electric Cambodia: 14 Gems from Cambodia’s Past. The …
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James Gavin
Tom’s guest is James Gavin, author of Stormy Weather, the critically acclaimed biography of Lena Horne, this Sunday at 1:00.
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Randall Grass
Veteran producer Randall Grass Randall Grass is Tom's guest to discuss his new book, Great Spirits: Portraits of Life-Changing World Music Artists. A longtime General …
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Chai Vasarhelyi
Chai Vasarhelyi is the director of the award-winning documentary film Youssou N’Dour: I Bring WhatI Love, a film about the famous Senegalese superstar and his trials, …
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Luciana Souza
Jazzy Brazilian singer Luciana Souza shares her new work with Morning Becomes Eclectic listeners at 11:15am. Tom Schnabel sits in for Jason Bentley.
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Michael Cuscuna and Erin Davis
Legacy Player:
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Miles Davis’ masterpiece, Kind of Blue, Tom Schnabel speaks with veteran jazz producer
Michael Cuscuna and Erin Davis, son of the …
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Peter Moruzzi
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Tom Schnabel hosts Peter Moruzzi, author of Havana Before Castro/When Cuba Was a Tropical Playground. The book focuses on the glamorous tropical paradise of Cuba until Fidel …
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Little Dragon
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Little Dragon is made up of Yukimi Nagano, late vocalist of Koop, and three super Swedish musicians. Little Dragon’s one solo album has been...
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Ludovico Einaudi
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Composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi joins Tom Schnabel for a live set and interview. Einaudi is very popular in England, France, Germany, and his native Italy for his …
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Program Details
Host
Cesaria Evora, Buena Vista Social Club, Ravi Shankar, Caetano Veloso, Bebel Gilberto…regular fixtures on the KCRW playlists, but world music didn’t used to have a home on radio in the U.S. That is, until Tom Schnabel started Morning Becomes Eclectic as KCRW’s first music director in the 80’s, and made it his mission to expand LA’s horizons. He continues to do so as the program advisor for the Hollywood Bowl and Walt Disney Hall.
Schedule
Live
Tapes & Transcripts
Neither tapes nor transcripts of KCRW music programs are available.
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