Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Leo Watson Scat vocalist Leo Watson not widely known now, but his work influenced virtually all scatting jazz singers in the modern era – Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and Mel Torme among them. Watson …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Duchess’s embrace of merriment is not merely a by-product of the group’s natural joie de vivre; their commitment to joy stems from a deeply rooted belief that in troubled times, sharing and spreading happiness is a necessary act. On its third full-length release, “Live at Jazz Standard,” the …
Chris Merz, Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Iowa, has just released the second Christopher’s Very Happy. Band. collection, “While We Wait.” Dennis Green talked with Chris about the new project, how he is handling his teaching duties during social distancing, and also some thoughts about Lee Konitz, who recently passed away. …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays drummers Tommy Benford and Carl Allen, vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, trombonist Slide Hampton, guitarist/composer Mundell Lowe, bandleader/multi-instrumentalist Tito Puente, saxmen Johnny Griffin and Joe Henderson, bassists Charles Mingus and Paul Chambers, singers Ella Fitzgerald and Madeleine Peyroux and more!!! We’ll also …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify The dynamic young saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin presents “Pursuance: The Coltranes,” paying homage to two of the greatest musical innovators of the 20th century, John and Alice Coltrane. Under the tutelage of jazz luminary and co-producer Reggie Workman, whose supple bass lines underscored countless of the Coltranes’ recordings, Benjamin …
The underclassman speak for the Mt. Vernon Swingin’ STANGS! Aden Grudzinski and Trystan Lashley are both first-year members of the band and are working hard to be future leaders. Trystan plays tuba, and has a feature in the band’s tune on this year’s Corridor Jazz Project CD. Playlist: “Bessie’s Blues” – John Coltrane “Midnight Blue” – …
Students from area high school jazz programs join Dennis Green remotely to talk about music, and play some of their favorite songs. Each show will air twice at 4pm most weekdays during April. If you miss a show, click the listen link below or subscribe to the KCCK Specials podcast channel. Here is the schedule: …
Emma Bock and Renae Hasselbusch have been friends since they were little, and are finishing up their senior year at Lisbon. And they independently decided to attend Iowa State and major in Biology, so they’ll continue to be classmates in college! The Lisbon Jazz Band has had a great year under first-year director Joseph Arch, …
