Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Mary Osborne) Guitarist Mary Osborne grew up in North Dakota, but was mentored by the great Charlie Christian as he was on the road with a territory band. The meeting cemented the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. The brilliant pianist Benny Green grew up in 1970s Berkeley, California, where he devoured all the jazz he could. He listened to 1950s and ‘60s Blue Note recordings relentlessly, imprinting the sound and feel of his heroes into his psyche. In the early ‘80s Green was …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Alice Coltrane) Multi-instrumentalist Alice Coltrane was Alice McLeod growing up in a musical …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify When Mark Murphy died in October of 2015, the obituaries claimed that he had been almost the last of his kind. Murphy, it was said, was a man who embodied the spirit of postwar bohemia, the ‘On the Road’ Kerouac generation who fought against the straight …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Melissa Aldana) Chilean-born tenor saxophonist, Melissa Aldana’s dad was a well-known saxophonist in Santiago and she inherited his love for Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley and Phil Woods. She began with …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Motown has had a tremendous impact on popular music. Although it was founded over 55 years ago, Motown’s music and artists are still relevant and popular today, and many of the songs that came out of their Hitsville offices in Detroit have been covered by jazz …
The latest update to IOS from Apple broke the KCCK app on many people’s phones. We’re happy to say that the app has been updated and now works fine. If your app still doesn’t work, head to the iTunes App Store and get the updated version. And for both IOS and Android, check out the app’s …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Emily Remler) On the Short List this week we start a new series on significant – but not necessarily well-known – women jazz instrumentalists. Up first is guitarist Emily …
