Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For the past five years, 29-year-old trumpeter Marquis Hill has been invigorating the Chicago jazz scene with his sleek approach to modern jazz, which often incorporates elements of spoken word and hip-hop. JazzTimes magazine praised his trumpet playing by stating, “His articulation, precise but unlabored, calls …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Ori Dagan) Ori Dagan is a deep-voice male jazz singer who scats. Dagan who was born in Israel, but moved to Canada at a young age. He is a significant part …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For 20 years, Guillermo Klein has been creating some of the most singular and exciting music for his highly adept 11-piece ensemble, Los Guachos. His compositional style has been evolving over the years, though always utilizing elements of jazz, folkloric music of his native Argentina, …
KCCK’s programming intern, Laura Eckles, has been spending a lot of time listening to the artists performing at this year’s Iowa City Jazz Festival. She’s been largely responsible for setting up the music for the Jazz Fest Channel, and has researched and listened to each artist in preparing profiles that include bio and sample tracks from …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Claire Martin) On the Short List this week is an English jazz singer who has been called “one of the four or five finest female jazz vocalists on the planet.” Claire …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Trinidad-born trumpeter Etienne Charles’ sixth full-length release, “San Jose Suite,” is an ambitious ten-part work exploring the histories, cultures and musical traditions of three Western settlements that share a name: San Jose, Costa Rica; San Jose, California; and Charles’ native St. Joseph, Trinidad, known as …
Once again this year, Iowa’s Jazz Station gives you the chance to binge on the artists coming to the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Our Jazz Fest Channel is a 24-7 audio feed of all the artists playing at the Festival June 30 – July 2. From the United Jazz Ensemble to Stacey Kent, they’re all …
2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival – Memorial Day Special Monday, May 30th at 6:00 AM KCCK gives you a great way to kick-start the summer and get pumped for the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival (July 1-3) when we bring you all of the 2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival Main Stage performances plus our exclusive, …
