WFMT host LaRob K. Rafael curates and presents music by Black composers; this week’s selections are by Shawn Okpebholo, Orbert Davis, Jonathan Bailey Holland, Omar Thomas, and Steve Wallace.
Shared at 8:30 am each weekday in February.
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Shawn Okpebholo: TBA
Orbert Davis: El Malecón
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic: Orbert Davis, conductor
Jonathan Bailey Holland: Mobius
Nicholas Abrahams, violin; Olivia Hamilton, clarinet; Haddon Kay, cello; Lam Wong, piano
Omar Thomas: Of Our New Day Begun
Western Kentucky University Wind Ensemble: Gary Schallert, conductor
Steve Wallace: Intermezzo and “These Walls” from Undying Love
Whitney Morrison, soprano; Jeremiah Hunt, double bass; Thaddeus Tukes, vibraphone; John A. Bitoy, III, piano; D-Composed; Steve Wallace, conductor
