Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite Iowa City Jazz Festival performance. KCCK’s Best of the Fest kicks off at 5pm on Friday, with performances chosen by Jazz Fest co-founders Mark Ginsberg and Steve Grismore. Steve chose “Mumbo Jumbo – A Tribute to Paul Motian,” the 2012 Festival closer led by drummer (and Jazz …
KCCK’s Featured CD for July is “Swallow Tales” from guitarist John Scofield. Steve Swallow is one of the most versatile and satisfying bassists around, and his quirky and thoroughly appreciated compositions have been played by the likes of Gary Burton, Chick Corea, Bill Evans and Art Farmer. John Scofield celebrates the music of his friend …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM B-3 Blitz: Milt Buckner Keyboardist Milt Buckner’s pioneering parallel chords style influenced many of the jazz elite, including Red Garland, George Shearing, Bill Evans, and Oscar Peterson. Buckner is also credited with popularizing the Hammond organ. He …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers Richard Rodgers pianists Richard Wyands and Ahmad Jamal, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Frank Loesser, singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman and Melissa Walker, bassist Stanley Clarke and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue …
Iowa City native Bridget Kearney has toured the world and performed on The Tonight Show, Stephen Colbert, and countless others as a part of Lake Street Dive. In fact, just before the pandemic shut everything down, legendary singer Mavis Staples sat in with the band! Bridget’s latest release, “Still Flying,” was recorded in Ghana with …
Gilded Pear Gallery presents “Peculiar Reality” a two-person exhibition of new works by Mary Koenen Clausen and Jillian Moore. The exhibit Peculiar Reality displays bizarre flora/fauna, fictional environments, and other unique interpretations of the world. You can see the works online, or make an appointment to stop into the gallery. Visit www.gildedpeargallery.com.
Red Cedar Chamber Music presents the final concert in their summer series of live-streamed events, “Biber, Bach, and Beethoven,” June 24-27. The centerpiece of the concert is “Sonata Representative,” a work performed with narration written by Janet Burroway and multimedia images. Watch beginning at about 4:45 for Carey’s performance of one of the verses! Four …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton, Jamil Nasser and Reggie Workman, drummers Joe Chambers, Joey Baron and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, percussionist Ray Mantilla, vocalists Helen Humes and Georgie Fame and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jay Jay johnson’s “The …
