Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Harold Arlen, trumpeters Taft Jordan and Charlie Spivak, baritone saxmen Charlie Fowlkes, Pete Christlieb and Jeff Clayton, clarinetist Buddy Defranco, singers Irma Thomas and Nancy Wilson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’s “Rainbow …
UNI celebrates 75 years of jazz at the university with an exciting lineup for the annual Tallcorn Jazz Festival. Festival committee member Eric Torneten has the details. It’s Thursday 2/19 & Friday 2/20 at the University of Northern Iowa. The Thursday night concert features UNI Jazz Bands One & Two with drummer Matt Wilson at …
Musician, author, and vocal empowerment guide, Mary Jane Knight, is in the studio ahead of the release of her new book of poetry, “The Light Between the Lines.” A book presentation and mini concert will be held at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City on Sun, Feb 15 at 3pm and a longer, intimate concert …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Vibraphonist and composer Joel Ross releases his fifth Blue Note album, “Gospel Music,” a sonic interpretation of the biblical story and an exploration of his faith that delivers a message of hope and love, performed by an expanded version of his Good Vibes band. An homage to an array …
Nate Basinger with Swampland Jewels is in the studio ahead of the band’s upcoming Carnival 2026 tour. The schedule for this Mardi Gras/Carnival celebratory tour is as follows: 2/13/26: RIBCO, Rock Island IL 2/14/26: Club 76 The Lodge, North Liberty IA 2/17/26: Wildwood Saloon, Iowa City IA 2/22/26: Old Neighborhood Pub, Cedar Rapids IA For …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Remembering Ralph Towner Craig pays tribute to the virtuoso guitarist Ralph Towner, who recently passed on January 18, by presenting a variety of his work with ECM Records, as well as beautiful examples of his brilliant work with his own group, Oregon. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Chick Webb, Joe Dodge, and Walter “Baby Sweets” Perkins, pianists Mel Powell, Sir Roland Hanna and George Winston, saxophonists Wardell Gray and Buck Hill, harmonicist Larry Adler and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Chico Hamilton …
Trent Yoder and Michelle Payne Hinz are in the studio ahead of the IC Community Theatre production of “Ripcord” by David Lindsay-Abaire. It’s Feb 13-14 & 20-21 at 7:30pm and Feb 15 & 22 at 2pm at The James Theater in Iowa City. For tickets and more info visit iowacitycommunitytheatre.org & thejamesic.com. Subscribe to The …
