Several drawings and watercolors by KCCK’s Bob Naujoks are featured in the latest edition of New Letters, the University of Missouri-Kansas City magazine of writing and art.
Some of the drawings are illustrations that go along with his KCCK series, The Short List, such as The Trombone Section and Jazz & The Spoken Word. Others include watercolors of Billie Holiday, Benny Goodman, Diz, Bird, and others.
The feature came about because Kansas City poet Dan Jaffe was asked to edit a “Jazz Writing” feature for the magazine. A few years ago, Jaffe was the subject of a “Jazz & The Spoken Word” segment during that series. Bob sent Dan a CD of the series, and Dan liked the drawing Bob did for the CD cover, and recommended he submit to the magazine.
Dan was so taken with Bob’s drawings in New Letters, he is talking with Bob about illustrating his next book!
Check out the magazine at www.newletters.org.