Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton and Reginald Workman, singer/bandleader Phil Harris, reedmen Cap’n John Handy, Sahib Shihab, Donald Harrison, pianist/composers Dave Gruisin and Arturo O’Farrill, singer Helen Humes, percussionist Ray Mantilla and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Benny …
Riverside Theatre presents this summer’s Free Shakespeare Series: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” running through June 28 in Iowa City’s Lower City Park. Director, Adam Knight & Kathleen Johnson, Director of Education and Outreach as well as a cast member playing the role of Snug, are in the studio with details and insights. Shows are Thursdays-Sundays …
Steve Shanley returns to the culture crawl ahead of week three of this summer’s Cedar Rapids Municipal Band season. The Wednesday, June 17 concert will kick off with the CR Youth Flute Ensemble at 6:30pm at Kingston Yard with the Muni Band taking the stage at 7:30pm. The Sunday, June 21 concert will start at …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “We Dream” is the new studio album by New York-based alto saxophonist, composer, bandleader and 6-time Grammy nominee Lakecia Benjamin. Conceived as a deeply band-driven project, her sixth album centers on her frequent collaborators in pianists Oscar Perez and Miki Hayama and bassist Elias Baily—along with new associates in …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Joe Zawinul Post-Weather Report Craig presents special selections from keyboardist Joe Zawinul’s releases after his stint with Weather Report. We’ll hear such choice cuts as “My People,” “Faces and Places,” “Dialects,” “Stories of the Danube,” “Brown Street,” and others. Wednesday Night …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Erroll Garner and Jaki Byard, guitarists Al Viola and Ernest Ranglin, songwriter Sammy Cahn, vocalists Sue Raney, Tony Adamo, saxman Jerry Jerome, drummer Billy Drummond and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Charlie Parker & Chet …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Bassist Carlos Hendriquez has built his artistic life through the decades with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, joining as a teenager performing with Wynton Marsalis and becoming a full-time member, with Jazz Times praising his playing as “jet fuel” for the Orchestra. “Monk Con Clave” presents Henriquez’s big …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Cole Porter, guitarists Les Paul, Joe “Handyman” Negri and Joao Gilberto, pianists Hazel Scott, Kenny Barron and Chick Corea, drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Frank Sinatra/Count Basie & His Orchestra’s …
