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Tom Schnabel's Rhythm Planet

Tom Schnabel features the latest and best in jazz and international music, with an emphasis on new Brazilian, European, African, and Tropical Latin music. Find more from Tom on his Rhythm Planet blog.

Photo credit: Marc Goldstein

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Program Details

Host

Tom Schnabel

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.

Schedule

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Tapes & Transcripts

Neither tapes nor transcripts of KCRW music programs are available.