Interviews and other special broadcasts
Grant Lapointe is not just a talented jazz pianist, who KCCK listeners have heard at Jazz Under the Stars, Taste of Jazz, and many other events. The rising junior at Cedar Rapids Washington also recently solicited vocal tracks from all sixteen members of the Wash vocal group Slice of Jazz, and put them together for …
Author Derrick Bang has chronicled the life of pianist Vince Guaraldi and has also written dozens of articles on the Charles Schulz and the Peanuts comic strips. But he recently turned his attention to making an exhaustive survey of the role of Jazz in the music of TV and movies. His two-volume set, Crime and Spy …
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Vocal Short List: Leo Watson Scat vocalist Leo Watson not widely known now, but his work influenced virtually all scatting jazz singers in the modern era – Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter and Mel Torme among them. Watson …
Saul Lubaroff talks with James Dreier about Ritmocano’s second CD, “Iowa Friends, Cuban Music.”
Dr. Damani Phillips, director of Jazz Studies at the University of Iowa and a well-known performer and composer, joins the Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble and CR Jazz for a concert on Nov. 16. Hollis Monroe talks with Damani and Kirkwood jazz director Joe Perea about the tunes they’ve chosen for the show, and about what they …
Funeral services were held October 18, 1994, for former KCCK personality Bill Bell. George Dorman produced this feature about Bill for our Local Color program 25 years ago .
Blake Shaw’s new album showcases not only the busy player’s bass chops, but also his talents as a singer. “It Happened” features Blake with some of his most-frequent collaborators, like Christopher Jensen, Dan Padley, and Ryan Smith, as well as special guests Damani Phillips, Nick Leo, and Mike Conrad. Blake talks with KCCK’s Ron Adkins …
Bassist and composer Rufus Reid has been in Iowa City for a residency surrounding his performance of “Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project.” Catlett, the first African-American woman to receive an MFA, did so at the University of Iowa. Reid talked to Ron Adkins about the origins of the composition, and also his years as …
