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, …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer saxmen Lucky Thompson, Joe Thomas and Eric Dolphy, songwriter Sammy Khan, composer Lalo Schifrin, trombonist Jimmy Cheatham, bassist Jamil Nasser and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of ”Inglewood Jam: Bird & Chet” (1953), Elmo Hope …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Jane Ira Bloom We begin our summer-long series of Women in Jazz with Jane Ira Bloom. Hailed as one of the premier reed artists of the day, Bloom has recorded 20 critically-acclaimed albums. …
The History Center of Cedar Rapids is offering a series of summer camps for young people beginning June 17. Program Manager Jenny Thielman says kids will get to become detectives, investigating the History Center grounds for clues to local historical events and people, study the impact of women on Linn County history, and even make …
