As a part of its “TCR Anywhere” series, Theatre Cedar Rapids has commissioned a brand-new piece from playwright, monologist, and actor Megan Gogerty. “Feel Better” is about how to feel good when things are so bad. Not at all a play filmed from onstage, “Feel Better” was filmed and produced as a movie, which you …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick 2: Jimmie Noone Born in Cut Off, Louisiana in 1895, clarinetist, composer and bandleader Jimmie Noone’s influence on music extended far beyond the bayou. He gained fame with his Chicago-based Apex Club Orchestra. His songs were …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Bud Powell and Kenny Kirkland, drummers Buddy Rich and Victor Jones, bassists Oscar Pettiford, Dave Holland and Curtis Lundy and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris” (1953), Johnny Smith and …
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has had to adjust HOW it’s observing it’s 125th anniversary, but the celebration goes on with “125! 125 masterworks from the Collection,” opening September 26th. Associate Curator Kate Kunau picked many unique and surprising pieces to showcase the Museum’s collection, which consists of more than 8000 works. Local favorite …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Licorice Stick: Acker Bilk Bernard Stanley “Acker” Bilk was considered by critics the “Great Master of the Clarinet” and known for his breathy, low-register vibrato. His 1962 recording, “Stranger on the Shore,” was the UK’s biggest-selling single of …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer George Gershwin, bassists Slam Stewart and Jimmy Woode, singer/pianists Ray Charles and Les McCann, trumpeter Fats Navarro, saxmen Frank Foster and Damani Phillips and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Charlie Parker at Storyville” (1953), “Thelonious …
“The Parking Lot” is a new play written especially for the pandemic. Not because it deals with the virus, but because it was written to be performed by a couple, and presented outdoors in (surprise) a parking lot. Mirrrorbox Theatre, whose mission is to bring new plays to Iowa, presents the show Sept. 18-26, with …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Mel Torme, Charles Brown, Jon Hednricks and Giacomo Gates, Bluesman B.B. King, saxophonists Cannonball Adderley, Hamiet Bluiett, violinist Joe Venuti and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Chet Baker & the Lighthouse All-Stars “Witch Doctor” (1953), …
