Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4: Mulgrew Miller Pianist Mulgrew Miller is the subject of this week’s Short List. Miller started poking at the piano when he was six, and began formal lessons two years later. As …
A group of UNI graduates, most of whom hail from Cedar Rapids, nabbed the top spot on KCCK’s Best of Jazz Under The Stars poll. Commons Collective played Jazz Under the Stars in 2014, and have also been one of the most popular groups to play at First Friday Jazz. Congratulations to Brian, Nolan, Jon, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. With his career spanning almost three decades, Willie Jones III has become one of the jazz world’s most respected and highly accomplished modern jazz drummers of our time. His associations with legendary artists such as Cedar Walton, Milt Jackson, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins and Roy Hargrove speak …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4: Cyrus Chestnut Cyrus Chestnut’s accessible mix of gospel, blues and bop-tinged piano jazz has emerged as a strong voice in just the last decade. Though he started his career with such …
You may have heard us refer to “Talking Pictures” host Denny Lynch as the very first Star Wars fan. If you wondered just how he got that designation, a recent article in the Jefferson, Iowa paper (where Denny managed the theatre at one time), tells the whole story. Read the article at this link. Catch …
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 for the Buddy Rich Big Band. He later formed his own quintet and toured worldwide popularizing bebop and his own Alto Madness style. He has recorded over fifty albums, and spends much of …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4: Renee Rosnes Pianist Renee Rosnes continues our “Cats On the Keys Four” series. Canadian-born, Rosnes started with music very young – at three on the piano; five on the violin. Rosnes …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Formidable” is the title of Pat Martino’s first studio recording as a bandleader in eleven years and it is an excellent metaphor for the guitarist’s fearless and virtuosic playing. Martino grew up in Philadelphia, a musical melting pot where many jazz greats began their journey, so perhaps it’s of …
