The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place May 12, 2022. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
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This Week In Jazz May 1 thru May 7
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Lorenz Hart, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, pianist John Lewis, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, bassists Jymie Merritt and Ron Carter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Miles Ahead” (1956), Charles Mingus’ “Ah Um” (1959), Dexter Gordon’s “Doin’ Alright” (1961), Eddie “Lockjaw” …
Special Programs for May 1 thru May 8
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM More Bitches Brew Descendants It’s always fun to see important releases inspire great new art! Host Craig Kessler plays “new” music made possible by Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew. This landmark set inspired not only the jazz fusion and progressive rock sound of the 70s, …
KCCK’s Featured Album for May 2022
The KCCK Featured Album for May is “Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1” from the Alternative Guitar Summit. There have been a mere handful of guitarists that have changed the way we think about the instrument over the past five or six decades. Pat Martino is perhaps one of the greatest and best known of those …
Special Programs for April 25 thru May 1
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Mingus Centennial, Part 2 Host Craig Kessler continues his celebration of Mingus at 100! Again, we’ll hear more classic Mingus material – this time from the later years of his career. Tune in for some amazing material from 1962 thru 1977 from Atlantic, Impulse, Columbia and other …
This Week In Jazz April 24 thru April 30
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Ma Rainey, Ella Fitzgerald and Blosssom Dearie, saxophonists saxmen Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson and Teddy Edwards, drummers Denzil Best, Connie Kay and Freddie Waits, multi-instrumentalist Jean “Toots” Thielmans and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Peggy …
Vivian’s Cadenzas – Washington Guest DJs 2022
Phil Perea, Vivian Shanley, and Annika Twedt-Ball present a rollicking hour of music and stories from the the past year in jazz band with the CR Washington Revolutionists, including the terror, joy, and even love affairs that happen at KCCK’s Middle School Jazz Band Camp. Phil, Vivian, and Annika’s playlist
Rhythm Section Ruling Class-Marion Guest DJs 2022
The Marion Jazz Band One rhythm section takes center stage, as Rhea Lord, Chris Oberbroeckling, and Ray Redondo join KCCK announcer (and 2021 Marion guest artist) Saul Lubaroff for a guest DJ hour, where we learn about a lot of last-minute shuffling (including Peter Hart stepping in at the last minute to sub for guest artist Jen …