The KCCK Featured Album for December is “This Year at Christmas” from the supergroup Band of Other Brothers. In the spring of this year, acclaimed pianist Jeff Babko received a text from veteran bassist Will Lee that simply read “Band of Other Brothers needs to do a holiday record.” Babko immediately wrote a new piece …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place December 5, 2024. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Happy 84th Birthday Billy Hart Craig celebrates another November birthday. This week, it’s a party for drummer Billy Hart. Craig spins choice goodies that feature Billy’s work from the early 70s, right up to the present! Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays …
Dovetailing the Pod Show’s interview comes another regular installment of the series! Just like always Noah and John review a selection of five songs from the most recent Big Mo Blues Show, this time taking a peek at a mixture of new and old, as well as vocals and instrumentals. Songs featured in the episode: …
This week’s Big Mo Pod Show is a special treat! Noah and John invite local legend Tom T-Bone Giblin to share his stories from when he played with Lonnie Brooks as well as how he approaches playing music as a “sideman” by profession. Tune in to hear his story! Listen to ‘da Friday Blues with …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm A Coleman Hawkins Birthday Party This week, Craig throws a birthday party for Coleman Hawkins, the “Father of Jazz Tenor Sax.” Hawkins was known for contributing to each of the major changes in jazz stylings. We’ll hear a wide variety of recordings made in the mid-1920s …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Billy Strayhorn, saxophonists Paul Desmond, Gigi Gryce and Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, brassmen Nat Adderley, Chuck Mangione and Terrell Stafford, singers Etta Jones and Holy Cole, pianists Jacky Terrasson and Jon Snell and and more. We’ll also mark the …
Some people spend Thanksgiving looking forward to Black Friday. But on KCCK, we’ll spend it with FIRST Friday! First Friday Jazz, that is. All day on Thanksgiving, we’re playing back some of your favorite shows from the past year of KCCK’s First Friday Jazz. Here’s the schedule (times approximate): 6:00 am – Betsy Hickok & …
