The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4 The Short List this week features pianist Bill Charlap as Bob continues his “Cats On the Key Four” series. Bill Charlap has been on the jazz scene for over two …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. In celebration of their 20th anniversary, Basin Street Records presents a collaborative disc between its two most recorded artists. “A Beautiful World” features trumpeter and singer Kermit Ruffins, co-founder of the Rebirth Brass Band, and two-time Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Irvin Mayfield. Combined, the two musicians share a staggering output …
An ensemble of musicians from schools up and down the Corridor will join New York musicians Gabe Medd and Gabe Schnider at KCCK’s “Homecoming,” November 4 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts: Morgan Eadie, Trumpet (Prairie) Austin Piper, Saxophone (Marion) Nathan Tansey, Trombone (West) Cody Techau, Piano (Lisbon) Riley Higgins, Guitar (Linn-Mar) Vivian …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4 Listen to the best jazz pianist you have never heard of – Ted Rosenthal. His resume includes performances with trombonist Bob Brookmeyer, saxophonist David Sanborn and trumpeter Art Farmer. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. While every great jazz musician knows the value of spontaneity, few understand the true value of being in the moment quite like Johnny O’Neal. A rising star in the early 1980s, O’Neal left New York after a mugging in 1986. Performing and recording in Atlanta, St. Louis, Montreal and …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Ramsey Lewis had a monster hit in the 1960’s with “The In-Crowd.” It shouldered aside both the Beatles and Barbra Streisand from the charts. The Gospel-Funk groove launched Lewis into a long, successful career that …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. With his Caribbean heritage, classical training and a unique rhythmic and melodic approach to jazz improvisation, Nestor Torres’ talkative and mellifluous flute sound remains in a class all by itself. Now, with his 15th album release, “Jazz Flute Traditions,” the Latin Grammy Award-winner shows his deep respect and …
The Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Cats On The Keys 4 Featured this week is the somewhat forgotten, but brilliant technician Dorothy Donegan. Critics ignored her because of her flamboyant performance style. Some said her antics got in the way of …
