Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. As a young man growing up in Louisville in the 1970s, Don Braden discovered the music of both Earth Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder, and it immediately captured his heart, mind and soul. The esteemed saxophonist explains that “the messages within their music—built around core …
May 1, 2018 KCCK-FM, the award-winning jazz radio station licensed to Kirkwood Community College, has a rare opening for an Office Manager. This person will coordinate the traffic, billing and bookkeeping functions of the radio station. This individual will assist in managing the donor database, and be an important part of the leadership team of …
Danielle Homrighausen and Matt Morrical from the Mt. Vernon Swingin’ STANGS wrap up the 2018 edition of our Corridor Jazz Guest DJ series, with music from the Manhattan Transfer, Duke Ellington, Mingus, and Melody Gardot. Danielle also made sure we featured a tune from her sax teacher, Lynne Hart, and also explained Lynne’s “Dying Cow” …
Sam Kelly and Nathan Wylie from the Linn Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble choose some personal favorites during their guest DJ show. Sam brought in a vintage UI Johnson County Landmark CD that features not only his cousin, 10 of Soul founder and North Scott band director Mike McMann, when he was a student, but …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Shortlist: Pat Smith Guitarist Pat Smith came to Iowa from Illinois by way of San Francisco. When he plays, he says, he “just tries to play with some feeling, and I always want to have …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Following her Grammy wins in 2015 and 2017, Eliane Elias returns with “Music from Man of La Mancha,” recorded with two different trios—one that finds the piano virtuoso accompanied by bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Jack DeJohnette and the other featuring Marc Johnson on bass …
Bob Washut Reflects On His Career and Music By Dennis Green (This article originally appeared in the newsletter of the Jazz Educators of Iowa) In some parallel universe, Dr. Bob Washut is accepting accolades from friends and colleagues as he wraps up a successful career. As a veterinarian. And had it not been for a …
The percussion section takes over the show as drummers Miles Damaso and Luke Foster are our guest DJs from Kennedy. In a shocking twist, the hour features drummers Buddy Rich, Louie Bellson, and Art Blakey. Not to mention the full, unexpurgated 12-minute “Sing Sing Sing” by Bennie Goodman.
