Mainly focusing the avant-garde and adventurous styles: Modern classical, free jazz, minimalist and electronic experimental styles.
Feature: Kenneth Gaburo's "Antiphony III" performed by the University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players and New Choral Ensemble under his direction.
Feature: "Groupcomposing I", an ad hoc ensemble put together by pianist Misha Mengelberg (1970).
Feature: Elizabeth Vercoe's "Herstory II" performed by the Boston Musica Viva (1983).
Feature: "Soften the Blow", a new release on ECM by Sun of Goldfinger: David Torn (gtr), Tim Berne (as), Ches Smith (perc).
Feature: "Oof" by the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble (2008), plus several humorous tracks related to Mostly Other People Do the Killing among others.
Feature: Bill Evans' "Very Early" performed by Parish (2001).
Feature for Black History Month: "Evil Nigger", composed in 1979 by Julius Eastman (shown), and performed by the Kukuruz Quartet in 2017.
Feature: "Guardians of the Truth" by Beck Hunters (2016).
Feature: "The Undertaker's Dance" by the William Parker Trio (2002).
3-hour program with feature for MLK Day: "At Dr. King's Table", this time in its entirety by the posthumous Julius Hemphill Sextet, plus other lengthy pieces to stretch things out and expand the mind.
