Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Chris Connor, Ernestine Anderson, Jo Stafford and Rene Marie, trumpeter Buck Clayton, bassist Sam Jones, saxophonists Houston Person and Jesse Davis and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Horace Silver Quintet’s “Six Pieces of Silver” (1956), …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Tribute to Dr. Lonnie Smith Host Craig Kessler salutes the glorious career, legacy, and wonderful memories of the recently-departed organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith. We’ll hear fine material from his early days with guitarist George Benson, through his years on Blue Note Records, right up …
KCCK’s Hollis Monroe talks to Nneena Freelon about “Georgia On My Mind,” a Ray Charles tribute show that will team the award winning singer with Take 6, saxophonist Tom Scott, and singer-actor Clint Holmes. Nov. 12 at Hoyt Sherman Place with the Des Moines Civic Music Association. Details at www.civicmusic.org/georgia.
Tom Milligan directs “Androcles and The Lion” at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Nov. 12-13. Tom knows the play well, since he first performed it as a student himself. The all-female cast will perform the play, set in Ancient Rome, as if they were a troupe of 17th-century itinerant players, it’s a bit of …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place November 11, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder, saxmen Herb Geller and Phil Woods, singers Carmen Lundy, Lyle Lovett, Gregory Porter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “A Night at the Village Vanguard” (1957), J.J. Johnson & …
The KCCK Featured Album for November is “No More Apologies” from saxophonist Damani Phillips, who directs the Jazz Studies Program at the University of Iowa. There are limits in working with a string section in a jazz context and the musical directions that can be explored. A twist of fate brought Damani together with a …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Flora Purim & Airto Moreira Host Craig Kessler invites you along for some great fun, as he takes a loving look at Flora Purim & Airto Moreira – two giants of modern jazz. We’ll hear them individually, as well as recordings that these life-long partners …
