Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Lennie Tristano Piano Rarities Host Craig Kessler presents an array of Lennie Tristano’s private recordings, live sets, and some obscure studio work from the archives of the master jazz pianist. We’ll hear solo piano recordings, up to sextet recordings from the late …
Culture Crawl 853 “Please Don’t Make the Mansion Disappear” Jackson Green has been entertaining area audiences with magic since he was a teenager. (And Dennis has been there for all of it, since Jack is his son!) Jack teams up with Brucemore Artist-In-Residence Gerard Estella to create a new full-length show as a part of …
Culture Crawl 852 “We’ll Call ‘em Cat Butts” Maggie Vanderwalle paints animals and animal scenes, some realistic, some some not so much, such as the fanciful “battycat.” She is featured in her first solo exhibit at Gilded Pear Gallery, “Animalia,” going on at the same time as Jim Ochs’ posthumous exhibit, that we discussed in …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Hank Mobley’s Blue Note Sessions Hear an array of classic Blue Note gems as host Craig Kessler presents the great tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. We’ll hear Hank as a leader, as well as a sideman with the likes of Lee Morgan, Freddie …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Buddy Bolden, Joe Newman, Wilbur Ware, Richie Powell, Sonny Rollins, Lonnie Plaxico and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido” (1954), Oliver Nelson’s “Sound Pieces” (1966), Mary Lou Williams’ “Mary Lou’s Mass” …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place September 14, 2023. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Feature Album for September is “Trios” from Buddy Rich. This collection of rare recordings captures the legendary drummer’s intimate three-man interludes he performed within his big band concerts. Although these jazz sessions were staples during many of his shows, there has never been a recording released of them until now. Taped during a …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, and Jerry Dodgion, singers Velma Middleton, Dinah Washington, Van Morrison and Rachel Price, pianists Kenny Drew and Gene Harris, trumpeter Kenny Dorham and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Clifford …
