Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vibeman and bandleader Lionel Hampton, Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion, bandleader/multi-instrumentalist Tito Puente, guitarist Mundell Lowe, trombonist Slide Hampton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), Miles Davis’ “Birth of the …
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: John Graas The Short List continues with a listen to horn man, composer, and arranger John Graas. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, he had a short but very prolific career on the West Coast from the 1940s …
Patrick Seaton, Paige Radcliffe, and Zoe Young are our guest DJs from Solon High School. Even during a pandemic, they’ve had an eventful year. The Solon vocal jazz groups went 1 & 2 in the Vocal Jazz Championships. Patrick, Zoe, and Paige talk about and play the songs that first got them interested in jazz, …
The 2021 Liberty High Senior class is the first graduating class to attend the new school for all four years. Spencer Knight, Milo Savage, and Sam Ross are proud of the traditions they’ve helped build in a brand new band program, even with the restrictions and losses of the past year. They talk about their …
It’s the Abby, Josie and Daniel show on Iowa’s Jazz Station, from Prairie Jazz One. Abby Bell, Josie Dalton, and Daniel Hollinger talk about band at Prairie this year and through their school careers, and play Dave Brubeck, Ella Fitzgerald, Art Pepper, and even Cedar Rapids’ own Al Naylor! Playlist: 1. Blue Rondo A La …
It’s the Revolutionists in the spotlight as Guest DJs from Cedar Rapids Washington. Megan Bennet, Grant Lapointe, and Vivian Shanley began their jazz careers at KCCK’s Middle School Jazz Band Camp, and among their many high school honors, they are each multiple Jazz All-State honorees! You’ll hear how each of them first became interested in …
Riverside Theatre is spending the month of April diving into the sonnet, a poetry form most identified with Shakespeare, but that still is in use today. Artistic Director Adam Knight says the virtual production of “Sonnets From An Old Century,” Available to watch April 16-25, is the most complex thing Riverside has ever attempted, as …
It’s April Jazz Appreciation Month, which means we turn KCCK over to high school jazz students to host an hour on the air. First up, it’s Ana Koch, Nolan Vibhakar, and Rika Yahashiri from City High. Ana is familiar to KCCK listeners from her performances in the Ana Koch-Vivian Shanley Duo, the Corridor Quintet, and …
