Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Shortlist: Carlis Faurot Violinist Carlis Faurot began playing at age three. By 16, he was gigging in coffeehouses. He moved to Cedar Rapids as a young man, and struck up a friendship with guitarist Mike …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Eight years after becoming an NEA Jazz Master, with critics declaring him one of the top jazz pianists in the world, Kenny Barron is still striving to reach new creative heights as he continues to record and tour with many different instrumental configurations. This year, the …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Shortlist: Chris Merz The Short List this week spotlights Chris Merz, director of the University of Northern Iowa Jazz Program. Merz is also a gifted saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He has a dozen albums under …
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 …
