The Iowa City Jazz Festival will take place July 1-3 on the UI Pentacrest. There will be music on four stages, Culinary Row, Kids FUN Zone, and Beverage Garden. All performances are free. Here is the Main Stage schedule: Friday, July 1 5:00 United Jazz Ensemble 7:00 Akiko Tsuruga Trio featuring: Jeff Hamilton 9:00 …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Women in Jazz In jazz it seems that women were either to be singers or ignored. In that male domain it was a rare event to see a woman playing …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Any chance that one has to hear a master musician in his or her preferred setting is a gift. For all the one-offs and ensemble-by-committee type of gigs that spring up, it is the reunion with familiar collaborators for a stint of a few nights that really …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Movies / TV Producer Bob Naujoks concentrates on television and movie themes that are jazz based. The Peter Gunn theme by Henry Mancini is at the top of his TV …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Jazz harmonica master Hendrik Meurkens, whose numerous CDs have established him as an important stylist in the world of Brazilian music, is releasing his first all straight ahead jazz album in 15 years. Jazz came first for Meurkens, long before the Brazilian bug caught him. His …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Jazz Fusion It may seem a far cry from Gentle Jazz, but producer Bob Naujoks offers a glimse into his enjoyment of Jazz Fusion — that blending of Jazz and …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Latin Jazz The Short List delves into Latin Jazz this week. Producer Bob Naujoks will offer up examples of his likes with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band, George Shearing’s Quintet, some …
The KCCK Featured CD for March is “All My Yesterdays” by the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra. The first official release of the two-disc set documents the debut recordings of the Orchestra at the Village Vanguard in 1966, a Monday night gig which lasted for twelve years. Many of the charts were things that Jones had …
