Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM West Coast Jazz #3 Week Three of Four in his exploration of West Coast Jazz finds host Craig Kessler taking a closer look at a number of very important jazz artists and arrangers. We’ll hear more from Jimmy Giuffre, Howard Rumsey, Lennie Niehaus, Duane …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place February 10, 2022. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Adam Knight and Mat Smart have been friends and collaborators since college, and now they’re working together on simultaneous world premieres: the first performance of Mat’s new play, “Eden Prairie, 1971” and the debut of Riverside Theatre’s brand new performance space, in the Crescent building on the Iowa City Ped Mall. “Eden Prairie, 1971” runs …
The KCCK Featured Album for February is “Dear Love” from Jazzmeia Horn. When the pandemic hit, Ms. Horn took charge by writing a book, teaching college courses, and financing her third album. She wrote, arranged and produced all the music for the new work, which is one of the first times that a female vocalist …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Joe Mondragon, trumpeter Snooky Young, saxmen Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz and Sadao Watanabe, John Handy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of trumpeter Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Wynton Kelly’s “Piano!” (1958), Brother Jack McDuff’s “Honeydripper” (1961), …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM West Coast Jazz #2 In this second of four “West Coast Jazz” presentations, host Craig Kessler takes a closer look at some relatively obscure artists, as well as major players Clifford Brown, Jack Montrose, Howard Rumsey, Bob Cooper, and others. Along the way, …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Benny Golson, Jimmy Forrest and Bob Mintzer, composer/guitarist/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim, vibist Bobby Hutcherson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Hampton Hawes’ “Four!” (1958), Nat Adderley’s “Work Song” (1960), Keith Jarrett’s “The Koln Concert” (1975), …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM West Coast Jazz #1 Join host Craig Kessler as he begins a four-week series on the phenomenon of “West Coast Jazz.” We’ll take a closer look at music from Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, and other artists involved in the beginnings of the Pacific Jazz record …
