Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Since moving to New York from his native Cleveland twelve years ago, Jerome Jennings has become one of the most in-demand jazz drummers on the scene. With his debut album “The Beast,” Jennings—who is currently a member of the Christian McBride Trio—steps to the …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Jazz (Dick Watson) Pianist Dick Watson has been a fixture for many years at the Lighthouse Inn in Cedar Rapids. Dick is a resident of Iowa City, a graduate of the University of Iowa and a …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Pop music has been a rich resource that jazz artists have mined for generations and the music of the 1960s is no exception, with many finding inspiration in the songs of the Beatles. Organissimo, the acclaimed Michigan-based trio centered around the powerful Hammond B3 organ, …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Jazz (Tim Daugherty) Keyboardist Tim Daugherty should be a familiar name to many. From his emergence with the Daugherty-Davis & McPartland group in the early 1980s to his current steady gig as a musician on …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Heads of State made their debut recording in 2015, just months after they played together for the first time as a quartet at Smoke in New York. Now, with another year of playing together under their collective belts (on top of the nearly five decades …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Jazz (Damani Phillips) This week The Short List profiles the outstanding alto saxophonist Damani Phillips. He teaches both jazz music and African-American studies at the University of Iowa. He may be better known as the instrumentalist …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. A native of Geneseo, Illinois, Jim Buennig is a saxophonist now based in Iowa City. He received a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies from Western Illinois University and is currently completing a Master of Arts degree in Jazz Studies at the University of Iowa, …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Corridor Jazz (Jim Dreier) Latin percussionist Jim Dreier of Iowa City is an educator at the University of Iowa, but also a familiar face for Latin and jazz fans. He is one of the founding members of …
