Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummer/bandleader Panama Francis, saxmen Hank Crawford, Frank Morgan and Ronnie Cuber, and Ralph Moore, singers Esther Phillips, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1954), John Coltrane Quartet’s “Ballads” …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: “The Hits” The Short List begins a series about jazz tunes that became popular hits. There have been a number of significant jazz artists who have charted well. This week we look back at some Number …
The Swiss Family Bostian is back! “Holidays with Wolfgang” is a post-Christmas concert streamed on YouTube by Red Cedar Chamber Music. Principals Miera Kim and Carey Bostian will be joined by their sons Oliver and Adrian for a program that includes a well-known Mozart piece and the premiere of a composition by Red Cedar composer-in-residence …
The Englert Theatre and Filmscene of Iowa City are in the “Final Act” of their $6 million Strengthen Grow Evolve Campaign, which ends just after the first of the year. An exciting symbol of the campaign’s progress will the lighting of the completely refurbished Englert marquee, Dec. 18 at 5pm. Limited in-person attendance will be …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of horn man Clark Terry, pianists Phineas Newborn, Jr. and Barry Harris, composer/bandleader Stan Kenton, reedman Sam Most, singer Abbe Lane and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers” (1945), Red garland’s “Groovy” …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick 2: Irving Fazola Irving Fazola was a master of the instrument, but not necessarily his life. He loved jazz, drinking, food and women … but not always in that order. His biggest claim to fame might …
The current exhibits at the National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids are “Formed in Fire,” a collection of Czech glass pieces from the extensive collection of Joyce Anderson of Cedar Rapids; and “Stitching History from the Holocaust,” which features the innovative dress designs of Hedy Strnad, who perished in the Holocaust. …
Fresh from her solo show at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Mary Zeran opens an exhibition at Gilded Pear Gallery entitled “Mission Happiness” Dec. 11. Mary and Gallery Director Lauren Tucci say the show will consist of early and recent work. Unlike the Museum of Art show, it’s also all for sale! Reserve a …
