KCCK’s Featured Album for July 2023

The KCCK Featured Album for July is “Bossas and Boleros” from bassist Gabriel Espinosa, who recently retired after 27 years as the Director of Jazz Studies at Central College in Pella,. The title of the disc honors the music that Gabriel grew up with as a teenager during the Sixties in Yucatan, Mexico, and his original compositions are inspired by those styles. The disc features Grammy-nominated artists Kim Nazarian, Fred Hersch, and Anat Cohen on a program of originals and selections from the Mexican Songbook. “Bossas and Boleros” by Gabriel Espinosa is from Zoho Records. Purcahse