For nearly 24 years our affable local curmudgeon, Mark Yother, offered us his weekday “Got A Minute” commentaries – his sometimes skewed perspective on what everybody else is up to. Occasionally serious; always more or less reality-based. Mark wrote all of his scripts for “Got A Minute” on his typewriter. He kept every single one filed …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: Vocal Short List 14 (Carol Welsman) Over the years there have been a host of great jazz performers who came over the northern border to make a splash in the United States, including pianist Oscar Peterson, …
We lost a jazz loving friend April 28. William D. “Bill” Ford of Iowa City wrote a number of poems on jazz, some contained in his self-published Descending With Miles. Ford’s jazz poetry was featured on KCCK’s “Short List” program in the Spring of 2015. Bill came to the studio to record some poems with …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place May 12, 2016. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured CD for May is “Culcha Vulcha” by Snarky Puppy, their first true studio album in eight years. Groove reigns supreme for the Texas-bred, Brooklyn-based collective, showcasing intricate melodies and fluid counterpoint while proving why Rolling Stone magazine calls them “one of the more versatile groups on the planet right now.” Influenced by the travels …
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