Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Third Stream Music The Short List continues producer Bob Naujoks’ journey into jazz with a listen to some so-called “Third Stream Music.” The term was coined by the jazz historian …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. On a cold February evening in 1966, jazz fans lined up around the block waiting for the doors to open at the famed Village Vanguard to catch a new big band formed by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis. Vanguard founder Max Gordon had invited the orchestra to …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Ragtime/Early New Orleans The Short List this week will feature Ragtime and early New Orleans sounds. Producer Bob Naujoks lists his likes in that early pre-jazz and jazz, which include …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. For more than four decades, drummer Peter Erskine has proven among the most consistently innovative and reliable masters of his instrument. The Grammy Award-winner has appeared on over 600 albums and film scores, more than 50 of those discs as leader or co-leader. He has collaborated with …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Favorite Jazz Pianists This week Bob Naujoks concentrates on his favorite pianists, both traditional and modern. His list includes Teddy Wilson and Jess Stacy of Benny Goodman fame; …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. “A true and modern arrangement!” is how composer Claude Bolling refers to American composer/arranger Steve Barta’s new “Symphonic Arrangement: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano.” Bolling’s 1975 recording enjoyed a lengthy stay on the Billboard charts to become a standard in the jazz and classical worlds. …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Davis & Evans Two of modern jazz’ most famous musicians—Miles Davis and Bill Evans—are featured on this week’s Short List. Host Bob Naujoks continues his personal history of jazz with …
Mark Yother, long-time KCCK air personality and program host, died January 28th after a sudden illness. A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming,in 1941, Mark received his BA from Colorado State College, now the University of Northern Colorado, and a Masters in Music from Indiana University. Mark planned to be an elementary school music teacher, but the U.S. …
