Jiles Tihpen and Riley Walton are our guests from the Jefferson Jazz Ensemble. They take over the KCCK airwaves to play tunes from Chuck Mangione, Duke Ellington, Brian Setzer, and their own band, which featured guest artist Dr. Bill Carson on clarinet, and Riley on trumpet.
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Local Shortlist: Bob Washut This week features Bob Washut, who was Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Iowa for 22 years. Under his leadership, the UNI Jazz Band One performed at the Montreux …
Morgan Eadie and Zack Johnson’s playlist includes Roy Eldridge, Charles Mingus, and Take 6. They talk about their favorite charts from band, cool moments from the past year, and what their plans are after graduation.
Carl Richey and Lance Martin from Solon High School take over the airwaves with a great mix of old and new. Trombone Shorty, Chet Baker, The Staple Singers, and International Blues Challenge winner Kevin “B.F.” Burt. Carl and Lance perform in both jazz band and jazz choir, so picked a nice mix of instrumentals, vocals, …
Iowa City Community Theatre presents “A Man of No Importance” April 20-29. It’s a lesser-known work musical with tunes by Stephen Flaherty & Lynn Ahrens, famous for “Ragtime.” Set in a 1960s Irish amateur theatre, it’s the sweet story of a man coming to terms with his sexuality in a community and time not known …
Jacob Fields, Patrick Weiss, and Casey Yeaman spin Trombone Shorty, Bob Florence, Duke Ellington & John Coltrane, among others. Plus… why playing flute is HARD!
Please pardon Orchestra Iowa’s Tim Hankewich for being just a tad jittery this week, as he takes the stage with world-renown pianist Emanuel Ax for three performances, April 12-15. It’s a landmark event for Orchestra Iowa, which Emanuel chose out of all the orchestras in the country to come for free to perform and clinic. …
Red Cedar Chamber’s Carey Bostian first worked with harpist Katherine Siochi when she was just thirteen and a student at Iowa City’s Preucil School. She went on to win the 2016 USA International Harp competition and is regarded as one of the world’s leading young harp players. Katherine comes home to perform “HarpStrings” with Red …
