About the Fancy Broccoli Show

The Fancy Broccoli Show airs on WVKR, 91.3FM, Poughkeepsie NY on somewhat alternate Sundays from 3 - 6 pm, Eastern Time.

The Fancy Broccoli Show is three hours of (loosely defined) jazz from all periods, and discussion of prison issues. In the music part of the show I emphasize vocals and standards. You'll hear plenty of Billie Holiday, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Etta Jones, Etta James, John Coltrane, Johnny Hartman, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, ... and also new releases, occasional poetry and Dr. Seuss. Around 3:30 I conduct an interview with someone connected to prison. Around 5:00 I read my mail which mostly comes from prisoners in the listening area. I have received mail from Green Haven, Fishkill, Mid-Orange, Wallkill, Shawangunk, Otisville...

You can write to The Fancy Broccoli Show, WVKR, Box 726 Vassar College, Poughkeepsie NY 12604-0726 or email me at info@fancybroccoli.org. Let me know whether you would like your correspondence read over the air, whether I can say your first or full name or where you are from, and whether you would like your correspondence posted on this web site. I will respect your wishes to the best of my ability.