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André Watts (01/22/1986)

October 27, 2023, 11:00 pm

André Watts, c. 1998 (Nancy Lee Katz via loc.gov 2022630463)

André Watts (1946-2023), the pioneering piano virtuoso and one of the first Black superstars in classical music, was Studs Terkel’s guest on WFMT in 1986. Watts died in July 2023, and we remember him with this archive broadcast.

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Studs Terkel (1912-2008) radically redefined the concept of radio interviews. For 45 years starting in 1952, WFMT was his homebase. His daily radio show was a pillar of WFMT’s programming, with its eclectic and astute mix of music and conversation. Studs juxtaposed interviews with the many of the 20th century’s most significant figures with the voices of uncelebrated, working people from Chicago. As a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Studs helped established oral history as a popular and socially ambitious literary genre. Some of his titles include: Division Street, Hard Times, Working, Race and And They All Sang (Adventures of an Eclectic Disc Jockey). Studs was also a recipient of the National Book Award.

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André Watts (01/22/1986)