Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Pianist Eric Lewis grew disheartened by the jazz music industry in the late ‘90s after a promising start in the ensembles of Wynton Marsalis and Elvin Jones. Subsequently, Lewis won the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition only to find he wasn’t connecting to the material any longer. He …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Bob Barnard) The Short List goes “down under” for a listen to Australian trumpeter Bob Barnard. He’s a world-class traditional jazz player and has a global reach with tours to South …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The music of the late, great Woody Shaw set a standard of excellence that has not been surpassed in the 50-plus years since he first came onto the jazz scene. “Madero Latino” is an exploration of this giant’s music as viewed through the lens of authentic …
On October 29th over 200 of you joined us to party and dance! Thank you to everyone who came out to our Hot Autumn Nights Party at Ernie Found’s Barn! Special thanks to Ernie and Catherine Found The Dandelion Stompers Casey Cook and Garage Mahaul Kirkwood Culinary Arts Iowa Brewing Company and Harvest Bread Company Find …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Christian Jacob) This week it’s the piano of Frenchman Christian Jacob, though he has been in the United States for over 30 years. His main fame is with the Tierney Sutton Band, …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. It was only a matter of time before guitarist Paul Mehling focused his creative mojo on Lennon and McCartney’s vast and enduring treasure trove of songs. The founder and guiding spirit of the Hot Club of San Francisco, America’s longest running Gypsy swing ensemble, Mehling …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Whether moving from Japan to the United States or navigating between the influences of jazz, soul, hip-hop, Afrobeat and electronica, trumpeter and composer Takuya Kuroda has never followed a straight path. On his fifth album, “Zigzagger,” Kuroda darts between those wide-ranging interests with a funky swagger …
If you’ve ever missed a favorite show on KCCK, or want to go back and listen to one again, you can now hear Iowa’s Jazz Station on YOUR schedule. In partnership with Radio Free America, KCCK’s entire broadcast schedule is now being archived online, and you can hear a show for two full weeks after …
