Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, drummer/bandleader Elvin Jones, bassists Wilbur and George Mraz, saxmen Sonny Rollins and James Clay and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven w/ Lester Young’s “Lester Leaps In” (1939), “The …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Jazz Corner of the World is pre-empted this week as we commemorate Labor Day with the rebroadcast of the 2021 Iowa City Jazz Festival! The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00 PM Lew Soloff at Kirkwood Trumpeter Lew Soloff’s dynamic and …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place September 9, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured Album for September is “Songs From My Father” by Gerry Gibbs’ Thrasher Dream Trios. The drummer pays tribute to his 96-year-old father Terry Gibbs, one of the last living architects of bebop and innovators of the vibraphone, by delving into Terry’s vast discography. Gerry gathers the members of his various Thrasher Dream …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Charlie Parker Live Last year, through the entire month of August, host Craig Kessler celebrated the centennial anniversary of the genius of modern jazz, Charlie Parker, all month long with studio recordings from each of Bird’s main record labels – Savoy, Dial, Clef (Verve), and others, …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer Velma Middleton, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, saxophonist Art Pepper, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Larry Ridley, drummer Mickey Roker and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Clifford Brown Memorial Album (1953), Jackie McLean’s “Jackie’s Bag” (1960), Blue …
Fred Easker has been paining full time since 1994, and his landscapes are currently being featured at Gilded Pear Gallery. Fred talks about the very first landscapes he painted, and what locations other than his native Eastern Iowa environs that have inspired him. “Meditations on Moments in the Landscape” will be up through Oct. 2 …
Hey, Jazz fans, tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer/pianist Jimmy Rushing, reedman Buster Smith, composer Leonard Bernstein, saxophonist Lester Young, bassist Leonard Gaskin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Mundell Lowe Quartet” (1955), “The Gerry Mulligan Quartets in Concert” (1957), Cannonball Adderley Quintet’s “Cannonball in Japan” …
