November marks a double anniversary for Gentle Jazz, the longest-running jazz show in all of Iowa. Bob Naujoks has been hosting a soft jazz show on Eastern Iowa radio since 1978. The original Gentle Jazz began on 96.5 WMT-FM in that year, the height of the disco era. A jazz fan on the WMT staff …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. As a pianist, composer, and a fearless explorer of worldwide musical landscapes, Roger Davidson is uncategorizable, yet distinctive. Whether the music is classical, Latin, Brazilian, klezmer, sacred or jazz, he finds the common threads. Roger was born in Paris to a French mother and …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Cats on the Keys: Paul Bley Canadian pianist Paul Bley more than a hundred albums over his five decade career. When a teenager Bley filled in for Oscar Peterson in a Montreal jazz club, and over …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Ruben Blades—the salsa giant and nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and activist—collaborated with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in 2014 for an extraordinary series of performances on the Jazz at Lincoln Center stage. On these very special style-straddling, Americas-spanning nights, the …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Cats on the Keys: Kenny Werner Kenny Werner is one of the most creative of all contemporary jazz players. He found his musical direction at the Berklee School of Music. He prefers the traditional piano trio, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Richie Cole is an internationally recognized jazz legend who began his career as the lead altoist in the Buddy Rich Big Band. He later started his own quintet and toured worldwide popularizing bebop and his Alto Madness style. He has recorded over 50 albums as a leader. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Jazz sensibility comes naturally to pianist Benny Green, the New York City-born son of a jazz saxophonist. At a young age, Green’s ear became fine-tuned to the art form, and he soon found himself invited to perform alongside jazz icons like Betty Carter, Freddie Hubbard and Ray …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Cats on the Keys: Brad Mehldau Brad Mehldau has been called, “One of the most important pianists of any generation.” He played in clubs as a teen in high school and learned from Fred Hersch and …
