Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Herbie Hancock, trumpeters Shorty Rogers and Ryan Kisor, reedmen Bud Freeman, Johnny Dodds, Gene Ammons and Jan Harbeck, singer Al Green and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Thelonious Monk’s “Thelonious Himself” (1957), Bobby Hutcherson’s “Stick-Up” …
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 …
Clear Creek-Amana High School presents “Shrek” April 15-17, a show the school has now been working on for two years! Originally scheduled for April 2020, the school decided to try again in 2021. Cast members Laurel Preston, Joey Lepire, and Morgan Malli explain the precautions the cast and crew are taking to stage a live …
Family Promise of Linn County presents the 10th Annual “Joyful Noises,” on April 10, featuring some of the Corridor’s top performers, such as the Vivian Shanley Duo, Lynne Rothrock, The Low Down Four, Jonny Lipford, and Kevin Burt. And MC’ed by KCCK’s Ron Adkins. Enjoy the show and support Family Promise’s mission to make sure …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Charlie Rouse, Gerry Mulligan, and Gary Smulyan, drummers Stan Levey, Jake Hanna and Pete LaRoca, pianists Andre Previn and Victor Feldman, singer Carmen McRae and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Bud Powell’s “Inner Fires” (1953), …
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 …
