Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Christian McBride has worn many hats across his 30-plus-year career: bandleader, composer, arranger, and collaborator with some of music’s biggest names including Sting, James Brown and Paul McCartney. But at the heart of his work is a deep commitment to creating opportunities for younger artists to share their …
Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm IWJO Sextet at First Friday The Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra Sextet, a small group ensemble of the larger Orchestra, includes some of the most sought after musicians in Iowa. This incredible six-piece delivers great music from across the jazz spectrum, including many originals. Jazz …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Gus Kahn, audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder, saxmen Herb Geller, Phil Woods and Ernest Dawkins, bassists Joe Benjamin, Henry Grimes and Reginald Veal, singers Jane Monheit and Gregory Porter, trumpeter Arturo Sandoval and more. We’ll also mark the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The legacy of Joey DeFrancesco was solidified decades ago, not only by single-handedly resurrecting the organ’s prominence in jazz, but through the passion and power of every note he played on any instrument he touched. “Live at Keystone Korner,” the first posthumous album from the legendary organist and …
Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm IWJO Sextet at First Friday The Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra Sextet, a small group ensemble of the larger Orchestra, includes some of the most sought after musicians in Iowa. This incredible six-piece delivers great music from across the jazz spectrum, including many originals. Jazz …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Zoot Sims, Warne Marsh, and Jimmy Woods, singers Cleo Laine, Andy Bey and Julie Kelly, pianist Jacques Loussier, percussionist Poncho Sanchez, bassist/vocalist Richard Bona and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Miles Davis’s “’Round About Midnight” …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Juno Award-winning guitarist and composer Jocelyn Gould celebrates the rich lineage of the organ trio on “So Delighted,” a spirited collection that pairs five original compositions with five standards. Drawing inspiration from guitar greats including Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell, Gould embraces the classic guitar-Hammond B3-drums …
Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Vivian Shanley at Jazz Under the Stars Vivian Shanley has demonstrated her mastery of the bass since middle school. Over the years, she has played in many diverse ensembles and dozens of times at KCCK events. This Jazz Under the Stars season, however, marked her first time on stage …
