Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Nat King Cole, Bill Henderson and Vera Lynn, cornetist Ruby Braff, pianists Marian McPartland, Tommy Flanagan, Harold Mabern and Eliane Elias, trombonist Curtis Fowles, bassist Harry Babasin, vibist Joe Locke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
Linn County’s History Center is abuzz with programing and special events including Skywalk Tours, Meet the Author, Chew on This, History Happy Hour, and the popular special event, “History Headline Hijinks” (March 27). Program manager, Jenny Thielman, is in the studio with the details and an overview. For more information visit historycenter.org. Subscribe to The …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Wes Montgomery, reedmen Barney Bigard, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Ricky Ford, pianist Lou Levy, bassists Doug Watkins, Pierre Michelot and Red Callender, trumpeter Howard McGhee, singers Carol Sloan and Flora Purim and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
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! …
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 …
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 …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, John Handy and Gregory Tardy, drummers Bobby Durham and Vinnie Colaiuta, pianists Lil Hardin Armstrong, Bill Mays and Caili O’Doherty, singers Dennis Rowland, Natalie Cole and Melody Gardot and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Shelly Manne’s “2-3-4” (1962), George …
