Interviews and other special broadcasts
Jefferson, Iowa native Dick Oatts is one of the world’s movs celebrated jazz saxophonists. Soon after arriving in New York in the late 70s, he landed a gig in the prestigious Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and has gone on to release or appear on dozens of CDs, plus touring and performing all over the world. …
Singer Ann Hampton Calloway performs “A Night of Chicago Jazz” with Ramsey Lewis Sept. 28 at Hoyt Sherman Place in Des Moines. She tells Dennis Green about how she thinks musical improvisation and improv theatre are connected, as well as remembering growing up in a musical family in Chicago. Tickets and information at www.civicmusic.org.
We caught up with jazz legend Ramsey Lewis at his Chicago home, just prior to heading out on the road for a tour with singer Ann Hampton Calloway. He talks to Dennis Green about his off again-on again retirement plans, becoming the interviewer rather than the interviewee on a past BET show, and “taming the …
The Mark Letteri Trio was in Cedar Rapids for a show at Dick’s Tap & Shake Room April 5. Mark and Jason “JT” Thomas, who moonlight in another group you may have heard of, Snarky Puppy, stopped by KCCK to chat with Ron Adkins. Never miss an artist interview or surprise. Subscribe to the …
Pianist Billy Childs will be performing at Hancher Auditorium Friday and Saturday, Feb. 2 and 3. He talked with Bob Stewart about his career and his latest work.
Bob Stewart talks with Cedar Rapids native Pat Daugherty of New York Electric Piano about the group’s new CD and about his career.
Angela Mosley is a former Cedar Rapidian now singing jazz and blues around the world, including a recent tour of Italy. She is celebrating a trip home to Iowa with concerts at The Vue Rooftop in Iowa CIty on Nov. 16, and The Hive in Cedar Rapids on Nov. 17. She spoke with KCCK’s Ron …
Trumpeter Pat Harbison is on the jazz faculty at Indiana University, and is a frequent collaborator with St. Louis-based saxophonist Christopher Braig. Braig has developed a unique style of teaching he has dubbed “Jazz Brain Training,” which takes holistic techniques used to teach language and transfers them to music training. Performing as The Steam Brothers, …
