Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Sampling Enja Records Craig serves up a choice sampling from the wonderful ENJA record label. Founded in 1971 by Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber, ENJA recorded and released classic sides from Elvin Jones, Abbey Lincoln, Mal Waldron, John Scofield, Bennie Wallace, and Max Roach. …
Summer of the Arts is back with a fundraiser featuring The Beaker Brothers Band coming up March 6 at First Avenue Club in Iowa City. Doors open 6:30pm with the show going 7:30-10:30pm. SOTA Development Director, Eric Johnson, and Beaker Brothers band member, Ed English, are in the studio with the details (and some big …
Riverside Theatre presents “Primary Trust” by Eboni Booth coming up Feb 27-Mar 15. In the studio with the details are cast member Randy Jackson-Alvarenga (Kenneth) and director Saffron Henke. For tickets and more info visit riversidetheatre.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Betty Bryant is a Los Angeles treasure. The singer, pianist and composer has been a regular on the Southern California jazz scene since 1955 when she moved from her hometown of Kansas City, where she was mentored by the late, great Jay McShann. Her blues-based piano and vocal stylings …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Blue Mitchell as a Session Leader Craig spotlights a stack of records led by trumpeter and composer Richard Allen “Blue” Mitchell from his work at Blue Note, Riverside, and Mainstream Records. We’ll enjoy some fine discs led by one of the all-time greats! …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers John Benson Brooks, Hall Overton and Michel Legrand, bassists Ralph Pena, Bob Magnusson and Steve Charlson, saxmen Flip Phillips, Tommy Newsom, Dextor Gordon, and David “Fathead” Newman, cellist Fred Katz, singers Mildred Bailey and Roseanna Vitro and more! …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Mentorship, lineage, and community lie at the heart of “Buddy!,” the vibrant debut album from bassist and composer Stephen Parisi Jr. Rooted in his upbring in Buffalo and shaped by his evolution within Chicago’s thriving jazz community, Parisi’s music reflects a young artist deeply committed to understanding—and extending—the traditions …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Weather Report Live 1970-1986 Craig takes us around to many venues across the globe to experience the excitement of Weather Report live in concert. This wonderful group, led by Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter, put on fabulous concerts for 16 years. …
