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 …
We close out the summer of 2019 with a look back at arguably the biggest jazz weekend of the year, the Iowa City Jazz Festival. All day today, we’re playing back the mainstage sets, featuring Nayo Jones, Jane Bunnett, the all-star students of the United Jazz Ensemble and North Corridor big bands, Danilo Perez, Chris …
Unless you want to be humming “Mamma Mia” for the rest of the day. That’s the next show coming up at Old Creamery Theatre. Kristen Behrendt-DeGrazia (Donna) and Sean McCall (Bill) say the cast and crew are pulling out all the stops on the started that began the current trend of “jukebox” musicals. Opening September …
Jennifer Beall from the African American Museum of Iowa stops by to talk about the upcoming exhibit “Untangling The Roots – The Culture of Black Hair,” opening September 7. This brand new exhibit looks at how history and culture has defined standards of beauty for African American hair, from pre-slavery Western Africa right up through …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Women In Jazz: Barbara Carroll Pianist and vocalist Barbara Carroll was proclaimed “the first girl ever to play bebop piano” by Leonard Feather. Her longstanding trio once featured Charlie Byrd on guitar. She worked briefly with …
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 …
The Blake Shaw Quintet with special guest Dave Hagedorn on vibes will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, September 6, at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary music and more in an …
