Short List with Host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: Dick Oatts This week on the Short List is the Iowa born and raised saxophonist Dick Oatts. His career has taken him all over the world, first with the renowned Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and then …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place April 8, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured Album for April is “The Mulligan Chronicles” by David Larsen. The disc is a culmination of years of research by the saxophonist into the compositional style of Gerry Mulligan, traveling to the Library of Congress to study hundreds of scores and interviewing countless musicians. Larsen enlisted the help of veteran players who …
City Circle Acting Company of Coralville presents “Acting Out While Staying In” – An Evening of Virtual Comedy, available to stream April 9-11. It’s 3 brand new short plays, including a new piece from Chris Okiishi, with the… provocative title “Scandinavian Death Cleaning.” It stars Chris’s husband, Patrick Dulaney, on a break from his Broadway …
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Astrud Gilberto, Frankie Laine and Doris Day, guitarists Remo Palmier, Freddie Green, Larry Coryell, and Dave Stryker, trumpeters Booker Little and Herb Alpert and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Afro-Cuban” (1955), Art Pepper’s …
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: The Final Series The Short List continues its final series with pianist Horace Parlan. Another great jazzman to come out of Pittsburgh, Parlan worked with Sonny Stitt and later with Charles Mingus – collaborating with Mingus …
Book Review – Chasin’ The Bird By Ron Adkins If Charlie Parker were to be remembered solely for his saxophone virtuosity, that alone would be an incredible legacy. But Bird was so much more. He was a quixotic soul, as deeply troubled as he was introspective and wise. He was unique. There will never be another like him. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarists George Benson and Melvin Sparks, pianist/composer Dave Frishberg, vibists Dave Pike and Stefon Harris, saxmen Flip Phillips and James Moody and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Afro-Cuban” (1955), “Sonny Rollins Plus 4” (1956), …
