Emma Bock and Renae Hasselbusch have been friends since they were little, and are finishing up their senior year at Lisbon. And they independently decided to attend Iowa State and major in Biology, so they’ll continue to be classmates in college! The Lisbon Jazz Band has had a great year under first-year director Joseph Arch, …
Gilded Pear Gallery isn’t letting the pandemic keep them from opening a new exhibition. John Beckelman’s show “Stillness and Occurrence” begins April 17th and runs through May 30. The gallery’s traditional opening reception has been moved to a closing event, scheduled for May 22. The show combines John’s paintings and unfired clay work, and you …
Maddie Miller and Shannon Morgan miss a lot about band while they’re on “pandemic break” but it’s possible that getting to school for a 6:50am jazz band rehearsal isn’t one of them. Fortunately, their guest DJ show did not require them to get up that early! They picked several charts that they played in band …
This time next year, Brody Joens and Ryan Neubuaer will be finishing up their first year at Dordt University and Wartburg College, respectively. But today they are guest DJs on KCCK, representing Prairie Jazz I. They tell the story of how Gordon Goodwin’s “Jazz Police” became the unofficial theme “rev-up” tune for Jazz I this …
Shhh! Don’t tell, but Cavan O’Hara confesses during his guest DJ hour that he “may have” taken an extra sax or two from the Linn-Mar band room to practice on during this long break. Meanwhile, Anna Kelly explains why the duet she played with her cousin, 10 of Soul’s Mike McMann for the Corridor Jazz …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Bud Freeman, Gene Ammons and Leo Parker, vibist Teddy Charles, trumpeter Shorty Rogers, trombonist Freddie Green, flutist Herbie Mann, vocalist The. Rev. Al Green and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Arthur Prysock The deep-voiced Arthur Prysock started out under the influence of Billy Eckstine, but soon found his own way. His first fame came with the mid-1940s band of saxophonist Buddy Johnson. In the …
Reddyn Brunner-Luse and David Reisner from Marion High School are old hands at being KCCK Guest DJs, as this is their second time around. Things we learned during this show include: Reddyn has played Ronnie Cuber’s bari sax solo from Moanin’ on his bass trombone. David danced in the rain with a member of the …
