Short List with Host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: Tony DeSare This week marks the final entry in Bob Naujok’s Short List series. Capping off his 24 years of spotlighting jazz music’s great and unsung talents, Bob features outstanding pianist and vocalist Tony DeSare. The …
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This Week In Jazz June 13 thru June 19
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Erroll Garner and Jaki Byard, bassists Chuck Rainey and Chuck Berghofer, singers Tony Adamo and Dominique Eade, multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker & Chet Baker’s “Inglewood Jam: Bird & …
Culture Crawl 637 “No One More Courageous Than an Iowa Musician”
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band returns to in-person performance this week. But director Steve Shanley says the ensemble will be smaller each week and the band will perform in park parking lots, rather than the mobile band shell. Week 1 begins with the “Iowa Band Law” song, written in honor of the funding mechanism that …
Special Programs for June 7 thru June 12
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: Tony DeSare This week marks the final entry in Bob Naujok’s Short List series. Capping off his 24 years of spotlighting jazz music’s great and unsung talents, Bob features outstanding pianist and vocalist Tony DeSare. The …
This Week In Jazz June 6 thru June 12
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Cole Porter, guitarists Les Paul and Tal Farlow, drummer Shelly Manne, pianist Kenny Barron and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Clifford Brown Memorial Album (1953), Bennie Green Blows His Horn (1955), John Coltrane’s “Africa/Brass” …
KCCK’s Featured Album for June 2021
The KCCK Featured Album for June is “Daring Mind” from the Jihye Lee Orchestra. The South Korea native first found success as an indie pop singer before discovering large-ensemble jazz while studying at Boston’s Berklee College. She’s since been awarded several commissions for compositions that appear on the new disc, which Lee describes as a …
Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet June 10, 2021
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place June 10, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Special Programs for May 31 thru June 5
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: Michael Brecker Saxman Michael Brecker is well known in both jazz and popular music for his strong and concise playing. He had a stint with pianist Horace Silver, and formed the long-running Brecker Brothers with his …