KCCK’s “Big Band Memories” host Murray Kent, an expert on the music of the Twenties and Thirties, helped Marcus Eckhardt, curator of the Hoover Library and Museum in West Branch, locate music to provide just the right soundtrack for “Ain’t Misbehavin’ – The World of the Gangster.” The exhibit runs through Oct. 23. [embeddoc url=”http://www.kcck.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/The_Gazette_20160425_A07_1.pdf” viewer=”google”]
Friends, former colleagues, and fans of KCCK personality Mark Yother gathered to say goodbye at a memorial on April 23. Held at Tommy’s Restaurant in Cedar Rapids, Mark’s daily lunch haunt for decades, friends and family told stories for more than two hours. We remembered a true original with laughter and a few tears. Mark’s …
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Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Known for his charismatic performances, Israeli saxophonist-composer-bandleader Eli Degibri has recorded and performed extensively since the mid-1990s. He has been called “an exceptionally melodic improviser with a big, bold tenor tone” by Jazz Times, and “a bewitching fellow who shows impressive chops, as both a …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Gail Marten) Baltimore area singer Gail Marten is little known in the Midwest, but she is a steady performer in the East and has a quartet of albums …
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