Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women in Jazz: Mary Osborne Guitarist Mary Osborne started her career playing banjo in her father’s ragtime band. By chance, she caught a gig with Charlie Christian, and knew immediately that jazz guitar was what she …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists Mel Torme, Michael Buble, Harry Connick, Jr., Lorraine Feather, Maria Muldaur, Giacomo Gates and Caecilie Norby, bassists Wilbur Ware, George Mraz and Victor Wooten, and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Thelonious Monk Quartet feat. John …
Riverside Theatre presents the famous Chekhov play “Uncle Vanya” Sept. 13 – Oct. 6. It’s the Iowa premiere of a brand new translation of the legendary play. Director Adam Knight says the new translation brings even more nuance to the play’s themes of family, sacrifice, and obligation. Tickets and info at www.riversidetheatre.org.
Bur Oak Land Trust hosts its Fall Family Day on Sept. 15 at the Trust’s Belgum Grove property. There are activities for the whole family, but particularly for children, who can see raptors, and wade in the water to catch frogs, see fish, and many other things you can’t do in front of a screen! …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place September 12, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women in Jazz: Barbara Dennerlein Organist Barbara Dennerlein, dubbed “the organ tornado from Munich,” has received critical acclaim not only for her performance, but for her collaborations with some of the most cutting edge musicians in …
The KCCK Featured CD for September is “Wareika Hill: Rastamonk Vibrations” by Monty Alexander. The title refers to the neighborhood in Kingston, Jamaica, where Monty heard the reggae music of Rastafarian musicians as a child, and where he was introduced to the music of Thelonious Monk as a teenager. The pianist has now combined these …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Charles Fambrough, drummer Karriem Riggins, composer Leonard Bernstein, trombonist Michael Dease, vibist Mike Freeman, guitarist Pat Martino, saxmen/composers Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Wayne Shorter and Branford Marsalis, singers Jimmy Rushing and Cecile McLorin Salvant, pianists …
