Emma Bock and Renae Hasselbusch have been friends since they were little, and are finishing up their senior year at Lisbon. And they independently decided to attend Iowa State and major in Biology, so they’ll continue to be classmates in college!

The Lisbon Jazz Band has had a great year under first-year director Joseph Arch, making the Iowa Jazz Championships. During their guest DJ hour, they talk about how the band is a group of tight-knit friends, due to the fact that as a small district, they’ve been playing together since middle school. And they reveal which Mingus tune became the band’s informal theme!

Playlist 

1. “Flamenco Sketches” – Miles Davis
2. “Fables of Fabus” – Charles Mingus
3. “Blue Cellophane” – Duke Ellington
4. “Charade” – Henry Mancini
5. “Little Sunflower” – Freddie Hubbard.
6. “Moanin'” – Art Blakey
7. “Satin Doll” – The Lisbon Jazz Band featuring Aaron Ottmar

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Maddie Miller and Shannon Morgan miss a lot about band while they’re on “pandemic break” but it’s possible that getting to school for a 6:50am jazz band rehearsal isn’t one of them. Fortunately, their guest DJ show did not require them to get up that early! They picked several charts that they played in band to share with us, along with one that was a definite first, “Oogie Boogie’s Song” from “The Nightmare Before Christmas!” 

Playlist:

1. “The Chicken” – Jefferson Jazz Ensemble with Mike McMann (Corridor Jazz 2016)
2. “Spirit of New Orleans” – Turner Center Jazz Orchestra
3. “Isfahan” – Duke Ellington Orchestra
4. “Oogie Boogie’s Song” – The Nightmare Before Christmas
5. “In The Mood” – Glenn Miller
6. “Sunny Side of the Street” – Frank Sinatra
7. “Arnge Drank” – The Jefferson Jazz Ensemble feat. Steve Shanley (Corridor Jazz 2014)
8. “Blue Monk” – JJ Johnson & Kai Winding
9. “Ludicrous Speed” – Richard Elliot
10. “Georgia On My Mind” – Ray Charles
11. “Back in Time” – Jefferson Jazz Ensemble feat. Al Naylor (Corridor Jazz 2020)

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This time next year, Brody Joens and Ryan Neubuaer will be finishing up their first year at Dordt University and Wartburg College, respectively. But today they are guest DJs on KCCK, representing Prairie Jazz I. They tell the story of how Gordon Goodwin’s “Jazz Police” became the unofficial theme “rev-up” tune for Jazz I this year, and spin a fun variety of jazz and blues tunes from a variety of eras and traditions.

Playlist:

1. “Donna Lee” – Cory Henry
2. “Spain” – Al Jarreau
3. “The Jazz Police” – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
4. “How Blue Can You Get” – B.B. King
5. “Single Petal of a Rose” – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra feat. Joe Temperly
6. “Beaulah Witch” – “Burning for Buddy – A Tribute to Buddy Rich”
7. “Melancholy Serenade” – The Jackie Gleason Orchestra
8. “On the Sunny Side of the Street” – Dizzy Gillespie feat. Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt
9. “Clair De Lune” – Kamasi Washington
10. “Everyday I Have the Blues” – Prairie Jazz I feat. Eddie Piccard

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Shhh! Don’t tell, but Cavan O’Hara confesses during his guest DJ hour that he “may have” taken an extra sax or two from the Linn-Mar band room to practice on during this long break.

Meanwhile, Anna Kelly explains why the duet she played with her cousin, 10 of Soul’s Mike McMann for the Corridor Jazz Project this year is like Thanksgiving dinner.

Playlist:

1. “All The Things You Are” – Paul Desmond and Chet Baker
2. “Shiny Stockings” – Count Basie 
3. “Moonlight Serenade” – Glenn Miller
4. “Klactoveedsedstene” – Bird at 100
5. “Feelin Good” – Nina Simone
6. “Generique” – Miles Davis
7. “Have You Met Miss Jones” – Seth McFarland
8. “The Girl From Ipanema” – Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim
9. “Queen Bee” – Count Basie
10. “Somebody New” – Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble feat. Mike McMann (& Anna Kelly)

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