Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyEd Palermo is not your typical big band leader. Renowned for his unconventional approach, Ed’s repertoire defies expectations –don’t be surprised if you hear the music of Frank Zappa, Todd Rundgren, The Police, or Pat Metheny at one of his shows. As Gil Evans once said: “He was using …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) (June 2) Mondays at 6:00pm Gypsy Jazz, Part One Tune in for some real surprises as Craig presents fascinating music inspired by the guitar and violin traditions of Django Reinhardt, Stepane Grappelli, and many others. We’ll hear from Bireli Lagrene, Jimmy Rosenberg, Dorado Schmitt, John Jorgenson, Pearl Django, several …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Jimmie Lunceford, trumpeter Ernie Royal, trombonists Britt Woodman and Al Grey, singers Dakota Staton and Ian Shaw, guitarist Grant Green, drummer Charlie watts, pianists Pete Jolly and Monty Alexander and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman, trumpeters Miles Davis, Shorty Baker, Ziggy Ellman and Claudio Roditi, saxophonists Bud Shank and Jim Snidero, singers Peggy Lee, Dee Dee Bridgewater and Ann Hampton Callaway, bassist Niels-Henning Orsted-Pedersen pianist Ramsey Lewis and more. We’ll also …
KCCK’s Memorial Day Special (May 26) All Day Monday – 6:00am to Midnight 2024 Iowa City Jazz Festival KCCK is your Memorial Day soundtrack as we present a day-long listen back to the 2024 Iowa City Jazz Festival. You’ll hear the stellar performances of headliner Lakecia Benjamin, plus Matt Wilson’s Good Trouble, Emiliano Lasansky, Ingrid …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm A Loving Look at Impulse! Craig celebrates the important Impulse! Jazz label by presenting some great material from a variety of artists. We’ll hear classics from John Coltrane, Pharaoh Sanders, Milt Jackson, Howard Roberts, McCoy Tyner, Gabor Szabo, and a host of others. …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/singer/composer Fats Waller, arranger/saxophonist Bill Holman, reedmen Sonny Fortune, Tony Scott and Ken Peplowski, drummers Victor Lewis and Dick Berk, pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, singers Rosemary Clooney and Jackie Cain and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyWhen the late jazz impresario and trailblazer Meghan Stabile first launched the Revivalist platform and Revive Da Live concert series in NYC, the goal was to bridge the gap between young Hip Hop audiences and traditional jazz purists. Born from this vision in 2010 was the Revive Big Band, …
