Jazz Corner of the World Encore with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Kenny Burrell on Blue Note Craig continues his celebration of the Blue Note Record’s 85th anniversary by spinning the choicest cuts from guitarist Kenny Burrell’s 38-plus recording sessions with the label. We’ll hear great sides from 1956 through 1968. …
A temporary truce is in effect in Gaza…ongoing drought has had a negative impact on Iowa Christmas tree growers.
Israel and Hamas agree to a pause in fighting to allow the release of hostages…the wife of a northwest Iowa county supervisor has been found guilty of voter fraud.
Some optimism about the release of hostages in Gaza…Governor Reynolds says she’s working on another tax cut.
The Biden administration says it could support a pause but not a ceasefire in Gaza…the Iowa Board of Medicine starts work on rules for doctors if the fetal heartbeat law were to take effect.
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Skeeter Betts, singer June Christy, pianist/composers Hoagy Carmichael and Horace Henderson, songwriter Johnny Mandel, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Sketches of Spain” (1958), Phineas Newborn Jr.’s “A World of …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Boogie-Woogie & Other Keyboard Stylings, Part 4 Craig shares more curriculum from his senior class in boogie-woogie piano. We’ll hear more stride, some ragtime, a little early Blues piano, and a huge serving of boogie-woogie from Memphis Slim (a.k.a. Peter …
President Biden reaches agreements with Pacific nations…the Board of Regents is directing Iowa’s public universities to cut some DEI programs.
