Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Billy Strayhorn, pianists John Bunch and Wynton Kelly, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, guitarist Jim Hall and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Satchmo at Symphony Hall” (1947), The Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick 2: Hank D’Amico & Aaron Sachs The mid-20th century clarinetists Hank D’Amico and Aaron Sachs were both veterans of various ensembles of vibraphonist Red Norvo over the years. D’Amico would spend five years in the studios …
Like everything else, Tuba Christmas in Cedar Rapids, which annually features nearly 100 tuba players in a huge holiday concert, looks different this year. Organizers Jim Engelbach and Kyle Patrick say that Cedar Rapids Municipal Band director Steve Shanley offered the band’s Facebook livestream and low brass quartet in a roll-your-own concert that you can …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/pianist/singer Hoagey Carmichael, pianist/composer Scott Joplin, songwriter Johnny Mandel, saxman Paul Desmond, cornetist Nat Adderley singer Etta Jones and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers “At the Cafe Bohemia” (1955), The …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick 2: Kenny Davern As a teen, Kenny Davern was entranced by the sound of Pee Wee Russell. Right out of high school, Davern joined Ralph Flanagan’s Glenn Miller-styled orchestra for a year, then joined up with …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists June Christy, Sheila Jordan and Diana Krall, cornetist/composer W.C. Handy, singer/composer Johnny Mercer, guitarist Skeeter Best and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Drew’s “Walkin’ and Talkin’” (1955), Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Miles Davis’ “Sketches …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick 2: Jimmy Dorsey The great clarinetist, alto saxophonist and orchestra leader was easily in the same class as the other two renowned Swing Era clarinetists, Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Jimmy Dorsey’s band was well-known and …
Ernie Schiller has been involved in raising funds for education in Nepal, devastated in 2015 by a severe earthquake from which the country has never fully recovered. A science teacher by trade, Ernie has found himself director and curator of Nepal’s first ever art show, featuring works by students and professional artist Sujan Tamang, whose …
