Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton and Reggie Workman, guitarist Johnny Smith, singers Helen Humes, Tierney Sutton and Georgie Fame, pianists Elmo Hope and Bill Cunliffe and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), “Hampton Hawes …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. On November 26, 1961, saxophonist Stan Getz and his relatively new quartet with Steve Kuhn, John Neves, and Roy Haynes performed at New York’s Village Gate. The show was professionally recorded, possibly for eventual release, but was soon forgotten and the tape languished in the vaults for …
North Liberty hosts the 13th edition of “Blues & BBQ” on July 13, with some of the nation’s biggest Blues stars attending. Admission is free, but Festival Chair Jillian Miller says get there early for the best seats in the beverage tent or on the grounds. Performers include Iowa’s own International Blues Challenge winner Kevin …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton and Reggie Workman, guitarist Johnny Smith, singers Helen Humes, Tierney Sutton and Georgie Fame, pianists Elmo Hope and Bill Cunliffe and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), “Hampton Hawes …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Marjorie Hyams Our summer-long series of Women in Jazz continues with vibes master Marjorie Hyams. She was also a prolific arranger, and led her own band trio and quartet in the late 1940s. …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. With “Songs Were Made to Sing,” vocalist Mary Stallings has crafted an exquisite collection of classic songs that reflect a life well and passionately lived. Although she didn’t write any of the lyrics on the disc, each one represents a chapter in her life. The soulful chanteuse …
Dawn Jones from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) is in with a roundup of upcoming events. Don’t miss your chance to see not one, but two excellent productions of “Newsies” in the Corridor, as well as the final two weeks of Old Creamery’s “Once A Ponzi Time,” and more. Details on these and hundreds …
Steve Shanley, director of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band, outlines the next two shows in the Band’s season. June 19, the band performs at The History Center for the very first time, and will feature Kevin Judge, bassoon professor at Iowa State, performing a Mozart concerto, Callie Fay from Xavier featured as a Young Artist, …
