Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: “The Hits” The Short List continues its listen to great jazz tunes in the popular mind. Join host Bob Naujoks as he spotlights jazz tunes that crossed the boundaries of jazz and other genres. This week, …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place February 11, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured Album for February is “Bud Powell in the 21st Century” by Ethan Iverson. Of the half dozen true pioneers of the bebop movement, pianist Bud Powell has remained somewhat in the shadows. His brilliant original compositions are essential, infinitely listenable but also strangely tricky. Pianist and historian Iverson provides a fantastic validation …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz and Sadao Watanabe, pianist Joe Sample, trumpeter Snooky Young, singer Dennis Rowland and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Charles Mingus’ “Blues & Roots” (1959), Brother Jack McDuff’s …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: “The Hits” The Short List continues to explore great jazz tunes in the popular mind. Join host Bob Naujoks as he spotlights jazz tunes that also scored high on the pop charts. Hear the songs and …
Marty and Brian Stoll make a great couple. Their love and respect for each other is evident when you talk to them. They joke with one another, they truly enjoy each other’s company, and they have many interests in common. KCCK is one of those common interests. They’ve been KCCK members for 10 years, but …
Kimberlee Rocca is an artist who works in paper, fiber, foil and metal whose work is included in collections at the University of Iowa Museum of Art and UIHC. She brings a new show to Gilded Pear Gallery Jan. 29 – Feb. 27, titled “Picking Up The Pieces.” Kimberlee and Gallery Director Lauren Tucci are …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriters Jerome Kern and Jimmy Van Heusen, saxmen Jimmy Forrest, Tubby Hayes, Benny Golson and Bob Mintzer, violinist Stephane Grappelli, composer Antonio Carlos Jobim and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Hampton Hawes’ “Four!” (1958), Nat Adderley’s …
