KCCK’s Fourth of July Special: The Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts Tuesday, July 4th 6:00 AM – 12:00 Midnight Let KCCK be part of your Fourth of July celebration when we bring you the Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts featuring The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note, the premier jazz ensemble of the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. It was late June 2007 that NEA Jazz Master Dave Liebman received a call to produce a show for theBBC 3’s popular program, “Jazz on 3.” Noting that July 17, 2007 marked the 40th anniversary of John Coltrane’s passing, he was asked to bring in Saxophone Summit, Liebman’s outfit …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Leslie Pintchik) Lyrical New York pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik was an English major in college, but while working on a doctorate found jazz to be more fascinating than academia. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Veteran musical colleagues Don Braden and Joris Teepe continue a nearly quarter- century of collaborations with their new disc, “Conversations.” Having met back in 1992 at a session in New York City, the two titans of jazz immediately recognized their potential to work well together. As …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Annette Peacock) The individualist composer-pianist-singer Annette Peacock was the wife of bassist Gary …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Resonance Records has dipped into the vaults again and come up with another previously unreleased gem, “Truth, Liberty & Soul—Live in NYC: the Complete 1982 NPR Jazz Alive! Recording.” The first official release authorized by the Jaco Pastorius estate captures the iconic bass innovator leading …
A few adjustments have been made to the schedule and lineup for this year’s Iowa City Jazz Festival. The biggest change is for the Sunday schedule. Stacey Kent and the Donny McCaslin Group have traded time slots. Kent will now perform at 6pm, and McCaslin will close the Festival, taking the stage at 8pm. The Cookers …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Jennifer Leitham) Jennifer Leitham is an outstanding bassist and has played with a host of top names in jazz: George Shearing, Woody Herman, Gerry Mulligan, Bill Watrous and Benny Carter. …
