Hot Club on the Air
A radio show hosted by Matthew “Fat Cat” Rivera every Tuesday from noon to 3pm ET on WKCR. Tune in at 89.9FM in NYC area and streaming from wkcr.org.
Featuring original 78rpm records from the Fat Cat’s collection, Hot Club on the Air includes everything from undisputed masterpieces to unheard rarities. Guests on Hot Club on the Air include musicians, scholars, and friends. Hot Club of the Air is an open ended love letter to the music.
A selection of shows is posted on this page. Click Radio Archive below for the full archive of downloadable radio shows, available for members only:
Louis Armstrong 1923-1926 with Ricky Riccardi
June 10, 2025
Chick Webb with Stephanie Crease
February 11, 2025
V-Disc Small Group Jazz Sessions with Michael Steinman and Scott Wenzel
December 10, 2024
Earl Hines in the 1920s
November 19, 2024
Pete Brown
November 5, 2024
Bud Powell and Fats Navarro
September 24, 2024
Fats Waller
May 21, 2024
Buster Bailey
July 23, 2024
Ken Romanowski on Early Gospel Recordings
October 17, 2023
Linda Dahl on Mary Lou Williams
September 26, 2023
Hank O'Neal on Chiaroscuro Records
September 19, 2023
Catherine Russell and Paul Kahn on Luis Russell
June 12, 2023
Stephanie Crease on Chick Webb
May 8, 2023
Topsy Durham and Al Vollmer on Eddie Durham
February 6, 2023
Ricky Riccardi on King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (Part 2 of 2)
December 19, 2022
Ricky Riccardi on King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (Part 1 of 2)
October 24, 2022
Paul Austerlitz and Jhensen Ortiz on Dominican Merengue
December 12, 2022
Vince Giordano
November 28, 2022
Steve Little and Art Baron on Duke Ellington
August 1, 2022
Phil Schaap interview on Eddie Durham
September 13, 2021
Phil Schaap interview on Dicky Wells, Gene Krupa and more!
March 22, 2021
Phil Schaap on Charlie Parker
August 28, 2020
Jess Stacy
August 10, 2020
Great Sounding 78s
July 27, 2020
PreBop, ReBop, Mop Mop
June 22, 2020
Decca
April 27, 2020
1932
April 20, 2020
Hot Club History
April 6, 2020
Al Vollmer
September 16, 2019
Ricky Riccardi
September 9, 2019
Phil Schaap
August 19, 2019
Scott Wenzel
August 12, 2019
Paula Morris on Maxine Sullivan
July 22, 2019
Lloyd Rauch
July 8, 2019