Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: Dave Holland Dave Holland has been a significant player for over fifty years, with his late-1960s stint with trumpeter Miles Davis as an early highpoint. Since the early 1970s, he has recorded on hundreds of …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place November 14, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured CD for November is “Blue World”, a previously unreleased album from John Coltrane and his classic quartet. Early in 1964, Coltrane was approached to record a soundtrack for a French Canadian film whose director was a die-hard fan. Amazingly, Coltrane agreed, revisiting and recording some of his earlier works. Only about ten …
Kaitlin Schlotfelt and Jim Miller, from the National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library are in to talk about fall and winter activities, particularly “Medieval to Metal,” an exhibit from the National Guitar Museum featuring instruments of sizes and kinds. Even an air guitar! (You have to see it to understand). Details at www.ncsml.org.
Lynn Jensen, who recently retired as a theatre director at Jefferson High School in Cedar Rapids, is back “home” this week, in her new role as Managing Director of Playtime Poppy Children’s Theatre, the venerable troupe that has been entertaining area children for nearly 70 years. Each year, the three Cedar Rapids high schools, each …
Cabaret singer Lynne Rothrock is producing a new show that she hopes will become a new cabaret series. “CR Sings – The Beatles” will feature a variety of Corridor singers with new and unique takes on the music of the Fab Four. At the Opus Concert Cafe, Nov. 1 at 8:30 (slightly later time because …
Hiya, Jazz Fans!!! Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of guitarists Amanda Monaco and Philip Catherine, vocalists Carmen Lundy, Cleo Laine and Julie Kelly, bassist/vocalist Richard Bona, tenor men Illinois Jacquet, Zoot Sims and Jimmy Woods, pianist David Hazeltine, composer Chico O’Farrill, trombonist Conrad Herwig, audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder and more! …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Basses Loaded: Christian McBride Encouraged by his mother and uncle, Christian McBride started playing bass in junior high school. While spending a year at Julliard, he joined up with the saxophonist Bobby Watson. He has joined the …
