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This Week’s Shows: Week of August 15 – 21

Short List with Bob Naujoks    Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Jimmy Rowles) Jimmy Rowles who had a long career as a supreme accompanist and sideman. He accepted the complement that he was a “musician’s musician.” To some that is faint …

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Culture Crawl 181 “Specialization is for Insects”

This Week’s Shows: Week of August 8 – 14

Short List with Bob Naujoks    Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Hampton Hawes) West Coast pianist Hampton Hawes was called “one of the finest jazz pianists of the 1950s” by writer and critic Scott Yanow. Hampton Hawes came out of the …

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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet August 11, 2016

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place August 11, 2016. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

JUTS Preview: Culture Crawl 180 “Turn the Soul Up to 11”

This Week’s Shows: Week of August 1 – 7

Short List with Bob Naujoks    Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Eddie Heywood) Our summer Shortlist “Cats on the Keys” series 3 continues with Eddie Heywood. Heywood had several big pop hits in the 1950s, but also led a late 1940s …

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Culture Crawl 178 “After This, We Change Seats”

Dick Hyman 7-22-16

Pianist/composer-arranger and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Recipient Dick Hyman will be the Guest of Honor at the 2016 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival August 4-7 in Bettendorf and Davenport, Iowa. He spoke by phone with KCCK’s Gordon Paulsen.