The KCCK Featured Album for September is “Reflections” from Al Foster. As he approaches his 80th birthday, Foster looks back at his celebrated career as a first-call drummer for iconic legends Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson and McCoy Tyner. There are vital treatments of well-known and less-traveled numbers by those jazz masters, …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Charlie Parker, Art Pepper and Jerry Dodgion, pianists Horace Silver and Gene Harris, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, vocalists Vela Middleton, Dinah Washington, Teri Thornton, Van Morrison and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Max Roach & Clifford …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Artistry of Ron Carter Join host Craig Kessler as he takes a loving listen to bassist Ron Carter’s 62-year recording career. Carter is still going strong at 85 years old. He has played in many styles, and with the absolute best in jazz. …
Playwright and actress Megan Gogerty is back with a hilarious new show. “Chipmunk’d” opens Sept. 9 at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City. After Megan’s character (not coincidentally named Megan Gogerty) is bitten by a chipmunk, she and her family encounter an increasingly alarming chain of disasters. Megan says the play is at its heart, a …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Milestone Records, Part 4 Craig Kessler spins choice selections from Flora Purim’s days at Milestone Records. We’ll hear the “Queen of Brazilian Jazz” with George Duke, McCoy Tyner, husband Airto Moreira, Stanley Clarke, Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, Milton Nascimento, and a host of other …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, saxmen Buster Smith, Wayne Shorter and Branford Marsalis, bassists Leonard Gaskin and Charles Fambrough, guitarists Pat Martino and Mimi Fox and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries Count Basie’s “Jumpin’ at the Woodside” (1938), Jimmy …
Blake Shaw is one of Iowa’s first-call bassists, as well as a singer, arranger and composer. He fell in love with the bass when his jazz band director asked him to switch from trombone. He went on to study at Kirkwood, finally receiving his Masters at the University of Iowa. Pretty good for a musician …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm A Look at IAI Records Craig Kessler looks at the short-lived IAI (Improvising Artists Incorporated) jazz label, owned and operated by pianist and composer Paul Bley. It was founded in 1974 to record improvised music and video art. We’ll hear true obscurities culled from …
