Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Roger Kellaway) The versatile Roger Kellaway began his career playing bass for the traditionalist trumpeter Jimmy McPartland, but soon began backing up such jazz luminaries as Phil Woods, Sonny Rollins …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “Great political speeches inspire us to believe we are capable of achieving great things together,” say Grammy-nominated composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Ted Nash. “I can’t think of a better time to release “Presidential Suite” than during this election season.” Subtitled “Eight Variations on Freedom,” the eight …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Dick Hyman) On the Short List this week it’s the encyclopedic Dick Hyman. Hyman has been on the scene for over six decades, and has played all of the styles …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Even for a successful composer and arranger in Hollywood, Gordon Goodwin’s numbers are impressive: a 2006 Grammy Award for his work on the Pixar film “The Incredibles,” three Emmy Awards, thirteen Grammy nominations. Another impressive number: eighteen, as in the number of players in Goodwin’s …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Art Hodes) Art Hodes was well known in jazz circles though most of his career was based in Chicago. Like fellow Chicagoans Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa and the Austin …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Although he’s best known as the hard-driving, groove-oriented drummer for the pioneering rock group Living Colour, Will Calhoun has played in a staggering variety of styles and traditions over the course of his eclectic career. Straight-ahead jazz, fusion, traditional African percussion, funk, hip-hop and, of course …
2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival (Labor Day Special) Monday, September 5th 6:00 AM – 1:00 AM Tuesday, September 6th Hear all the Main Stage performances from this summer’s festival plus KCCK’s exclusive, behind the scene, backstage interviews with each group’s leader! Our special holiday broadcast features the Akiko Tsuruga Trio with Jeff Hamilton, Marquis …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Guitarist Nels Cline makes his Blue Note Records debut with “Lovers,” an expansive double CD that he had dreamed of making for over 25 years. Inspired by the likes of Bill Evans, Jim Hall, Gil Evans, Johnny Mandel, Henry Mancini and others, Cline finally realized his …
