Andrew Wendel had to join Jaden Patterson and Nate Buelow remotely, but that didn’t stop the three members of the Counterpoint-Urbana Jazz Band from an enjoyable hour playing some favorite songs and talking about an excellent year at CPU, including the band’s first trip to Jazz Championships in a decade! Nate, Jaden, and Andrew’s playlist.
“KCCK is a resource that has been there my entire adult life,” says Peg Dana. She began listening in 1973 as an undergrad at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon. Her future husband, the late Robert Dana, introduced her to both KCCK and the larger world of jazz. “Bob loved jazz,” says Peg. “He could hear …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Mingus Centennial Show, Part 1 Host Craig Kessler celebrates the life and legacy of Charles Mingus. In this episode we’ll hear very important American music from early in his career, beginning with his early west coast days in the 1940s. We’ll also take a listen …
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion, vibist/bandleader Lionel Hampton, bandleader/multi-instrumentalist Tito Puente, bassist Charles Mingus, guitarist Mundell Lowe, trombonist Slide Hampton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” (1959), “The Electrifying Eddie Harris” 1967), Jim Hall’s “Concierto” (1975), …
Dave Rosazza founded Shade of Blue as a guitar trio, but soon found himself adding friends on keyboards, saxophone and vocals. When singers Simone Green and Joan Ruffin moved out of the area, it seemed to spell the end of the band, but they have kept the groove alive with a reunion concerts once a …
Culture Crawl 708 “100%” All of the students who graduated last year from the programs of the Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success have gone on to post-high school study, two of them at Princeton, the first Academy students to matriculate to an Ivy League school. The Academy’s fundraising gala will be May 12 at …
2022 has been a big year for the Liberty High School music program, with a trip to the national Jazz Educators Network conference and the school’s first trip to Iowa Jazz Championships. Tyson, Killian, and Christian from Liberty High School tell tales and play a very tasty hour of music on Iowa’s Jazz Station. View …
Ron Clark directs the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning play “Proof” April 14-17 at Kirkwood Community College. Ron and actor Travis Cooper dissect this unique and emotional play. April 14, 15, 16 at 7:30, and April 17 at 2pm in Ballantyne Auditorium. Tickets available at the door.
