Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List 16: Blanche Calloway Blanche Calloway is noted for a number of firsts. She was on-stage before her famous brother, Cab Calloway. She was the first African-American female to lead an all-male orchestra. She …
Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre presents “Threepenny Opera,” the Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill work that gave us the classic “Mack The Knife.” Evan Dunn and Jessica Pray Patel say that the show is a departure for them, as it is more of a musical comedy (albeit a dark comedy), than a true opera. But these professional singers …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place January 10, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured CD for January is “Humoresque” by the Emil Viklicky Trio. On May 30, 2008, the Czech pianist played the Grand Hall of the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids just prior to the epic flood. Ten years to the day, May 30 2018, he returned to perform at the refurbished, …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List 16: Adelaide Hall Adelaide Hall starred in Eubie Blake’s great 1920’s musical, Shuffle Along, and several others written by Fats Waller and James P. Johnson. She is considered one of the first real …
Soul Sacrifice will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, January 4, 2019 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 intimate, upscale environment. For a $12 cover, enjoy …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List 16: Nancy LaMott Cabaret singer Nancy LaMott was not a jazz singer, per se, but one of the superior interpreters of American Popular Song. By the end of her short life – she …
We’ll play back the entire Top 88 jazz releases of 2018 all day and night New Year’s Day. Click here for the 2018 Top Tens from our Show Hosts. Click here to listen to the Top 88 Spotify Playlist Karrin Allyson “Some of That Sunshine” (Kas) Julian Lage “Modern Lore” (Mack Avenue) Erroll Garner “Nightconcert” (Mack Avenue) …
