Meet the Team Behind the Mic
Brenda Phillips & Linda Hall
Journey Into Jazz with Brenda and Linda
Brenda: I have been with WHPK-88.5 FM since 1998. Started with Rudolpho Sanchez with Jazz for Shutins.
Linda: I’ve been @ whpk Jazz format since “2005” with my twin sister Brenda. I belong to many Jazz organizations.
Bryan Muhammad
My Daddy’s Music: The Best in Jazz from the 50s & 60s
For 20 years, Bryan Muhammad has hosted My Daddy’s Music: The Best in Jazz from the 50’s and 60s, a weekly celebration of classic jazz masters. With a smooth, knowledgeable style, he spotlights timeless recordings, honors the era’s legends, and delivers an authentic listening experience for devoted jazz enthusiasts worldwide.
George Smith
All That’s Jazz With ‘The King’
Richton Thomas
Jazz Academics
Michele Drayton
Sunday Morning Alchemy
Ed Mead
The Jazz Menagerie 2.0
To me, Jazz, the highest form of individual freedom, evokes a conversation between highly intelligent virtuosic musicians and audiences. It is a living journey capturing joy, struggle and human resilience.
Jazz is America’s classical music, a wide range of styles from early traditional, big band swing to complex bop, avant garde, and modern fusion-characterized by improvisation, syncopation, and blues notes.
Jazz acts as a very personal, emotional and rhythmic soundtrack of my life, from my earliest formidable years to the present. It acts as a grounding force during times of stress transforming mundane daily tasks into artistic moments.
Providing a “soothing backdrop” with records acting as “timestamps” of past memories, relationships and experiences.
And I love to curate and play musical storytelling for the global jazz nation…
Mark Coulter
Urban Inspirations
Jorie K. Logan
Jorie K’s Journey
Hi! I’m Jorie K. Logan, host of Jorie K.’s Journey on WHPK 88.5 FM, where I dig into the many layers and corners of jazz; from straight-ahead classics to funk-soaked grooves and eclectic sounds that stretch the tradition in new directions. With a background in broadcasting, voiceover, and media production, I approach every show as both listener and storyteller connecting the dots between the records and artists that built the foundation of the music and those carrying the tradition forward today. Whether it’s a timeless standard, a soul-jazz burner, or something beautifully unexpected, the goal is always the same: follow the groove and let the music lead the way. So, come aboard and take the ride for yourself.
Rick Lopez
The Jazz Idiom
I believe that jazz has something for everyone. If it hasn’t spoken to you yet, just keep on listening and eventually it’s voice will come through loud and clear
Laurence Smith
The Jazz Lab
20 year veteran of internet radio, 38 years of radio experience.
Darrell Johnson
Jazz Is
I am a Chicago native born and raised on the South Side. As a child, I was surrounded by music, particularly Jazz and R&B. But my love of jazz started in my teens when I would spend time with my uncles, listening to Freddie Hubbard, Milt Jackson, Weather Report, Miles. All the greats. I went to my first jam session at the old Enterprise Lounge on 75th when I was 18 to see Von Freeman. Playing music on WHPK is the realization of a lifelong dream and I consider it a privilege to be able to entertain our listeners with the music in my library.
John Morgan
All Jazz Considered / Future-Tone
I discovered my love for not only jazz, but also college radio during my time as an undergrad. My show All Jazz Considered covers the classics (Parker, Coltrane, Monk). Future-Tone is tailored to those brave enough to hear something new and different.
Julian “JP” Moreno
Free for All / 20th Century Jazz
Ryan Lobo
Living Room Lounge