Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Hampton Hawes’s Final Years Host Craig Kessler takes a listen to the nearly forgotten talents of this great pianist during his final decade. We’ll hear Hawes as a leader of his own groups, as well as work as a sideman with a number …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Little Jimmy Scott and Helen Merrill, pianists Sonny Clark and Vince Guaraldi, saxmen Bill Perkins and Plas Johnson and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jackie McLean’s “4, 5 and 6” (1956), Red Garland Trio’s “Bright …
Culture Crawl 836 “Drawn to Iowa in the Middle of July” Ryan Jeter is the founding sax player of Euforquestra, who moved back to Iowa a few years ago. He has recently formed a new group, Mind@Large, with Jay Foote, a bassist who also recently moved back to Des Moines. The mission of Mind@Large is …
“It’s going to be a good one,” says Steve Shanley on week six of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band’s 2023 season. Ryan Smith will be featured with a classical saxophone solo and the band will present a challenging piece by Valerie Coleman that mixes styles from Latin jazz to Turkish music. Other selections this week …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm More Vibes from Bobby Hutcherson The celebration of Blue Note Records’ 85th anniversary continues. In this next presentation, host Craig Kessler serves up another wonderful sampling of vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s work for Blue Note. The …
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Keyboard Wizard Joe Zawinul, Show 3 It a special live evening edition of the Jazz Corner of the World, as host Craig Kessler presents selections from the later years of the group Weather Report, as well as work from the Zawinul Syndicate …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place July 13, 2023. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Johnny Hartman and Bill Withers, trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen, trombonists Vern Friley and Frank Rehak, saxophonist Hank Mobley and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Duke Ellington at Newport” (1956), Buddy Rich Big Band’s “Mercy, Mercy” (1968), …
