Host, “Into The Dawn” aka “The FLIGHT Time Edition”
Nathan was born in Washington, D.C.’s historic/Georgetown; Columbia Hospital For Women and is a former resident of Georgetown/West End, who attended THE Western High School. He is the host, Pilot and Commander (P.I.C.) of “Into The Dawn’s” FLIGHT Time Edition along with his wingman/co-pilot IGOR Ludwig Quasimodo aka Quasi. Nathan arrived at WPFW 26+ years ago as an apprentice analog board operator for the news, talk shows and several other music media related show productions. As a Deejay, he quickly became an asset and reliable journeyman radio volunteer who could type and earned his own show; “Late Night Jazz” Wednesday Mornings from 1:00 am – 5:00 am featuring Straight Ahead/Cool Jazz; yet he performed the duties and tasks assigned to numerous other personnel and their music genres via all climates and terrains. Over the years that has evolved, so did Nate; he initially Incorporated Straight Ahead Jazz (Classic), Smooth Jazz (Contemporary), Cool Jazz, Acid Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Motown, Neo-Soul, Funk and a sip of Pop into his shows to cover all listener ears & ends.
He is a proud United States Marine Veteran/Disabled from The Viet Nam era and was drafted. Nathan retired from The Department of Defense as a Computer Specialist (IBM/Amdahl Compatible ) and as an Oracle Database Administrator using servers at The Pentagon. His prior career was that as a Computer Operator of Mainframe(s), Computer Programmer, Computer Specialist and Computer Developer utilizing COBOL languages and applications to design military & civilian payroll systems for ALL DoD, DoN and DFAS Agencies. Nate is a widower and married for nearly 50 years. His junior H.S. 1962, 1963 and 1964 homeroom teacher was THE late Roberta Flack at Brown. He unsuccessfully auditioned for The Whispers in late 1968 and occasionally modeled men’s haberdashery for fashion shows. Nathan loves GOD, Music, Jazz, Hand Dancing, Clothes and WPFW. So, we; Igor and I, welcome you to board Pacifica Flight # 8-9-3 weekly, but encourages you to Fly our altitudes and listen by any means necessary without a chute; we got you!
