Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Illinois Jacquet, Zoot Sims, Ted Nash, Booker Ervin and Lou Donaldson, composer/arranger Neal Hefti, trumpeter Clifford Brown, singers Ethel Waters, Cleo Laine, Andy Bey and Carmen Lundy, bassist/singer Richard Bona and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Lou Donaldson’s 98th Birthday Although the great alto man Lou Donaldson has retired from performing, he is still with us and deserves a salute! In this birthday program, we’ll spin great material from a variety of jazz labels that Lou recorded for, such as Argo, Cadet, Timeless, …
This week the Big Mo Pod Show usher in the upcoming Halloween holiday with a selection of blues tunes that in some way embody the spooky, the supernatural, and the dark, and discuss the value of maintaining a positive attitude in the face of that darkness. Songs featured in the episode: Watermelon Slim – “The …
Celebrate the 80th birthday of Iowa composer Jerry Owen with a concert featuring six of Owen’s own song cycles right here in Cedar Rapids. In the studio to tell us all about it is Thaddeus Ennen, CR Opera General Director, and Jerry Owen himself. It’s CR Opera’s “Jerry Owen’s 80th Birthday Concert,” Sunday, Oct. 27, …
Maestro Hankewich is back ahead of Orchestra Iowa’s first concert of this season’s Pops Series, “The Music of Harry Potter.” Delivered as a multifaceted production, music from all eight of the films will be performed by the orchestra along with the Orchestra Iowa youth choir, Discovery Chorus. To make the night even more magical, everyone …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Byas, Sonny Criss and Jimmy Heath, trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, bassists Wendell Marshall and Hans Glawischnig, flutist Ali Ryerson, singer Dianne Reeves and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & James Moody (James Moody’s …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Eddie Harris Birthday Celebration Craig salutes Chicago tenorman Eddie Harris (born October 20, 1934) with an exciting array of jazz goodies from his lengthy recording career, from 1961 thru 1995. Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Jazz Under the …
Once again Noah and John are hooked up with all their wires and dials for another pod show! This week’s episode features an eclectic mix of old and new blues tracks from a variety of blues sub – genres, tune in to hear which! Songs featured in the episode: Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee – …
