Special Programs for April 12 thru April 17
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Short List: John Graas
The Short List continues with a listen to horn man, composer, and arranger John Graas. Born in Dubuque, Iowa, he had a short but very prolific career on the West Coast from the 1940s until his death in 1962. Graas is celebrated as a pioneer of French horn in jazz, and for incorporating classical music into his jazz compositions.
Special Programs for April 5 thru April 10
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Short List: Dick Oatts
This week on the Short List is the Iowa born and raised saxophonist Dick Oatts. His career has taken him all over the world, first with the renowned Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and then as a soloist with many of the great European bands. He was a key member of the light jazz-fusion band, Flim & the BBs in the 1980s, then became a sought-after session player.
Special Programs for March 22 thru March 27 kcck.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcck.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Special Programs for March 15 thru March 20
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Short List: Popular Jazz Albums
The Short List concludes its feature of great jazz albums that crossed over into mainstream popularity and became lasting classics. This week, we hear from Shelly Manne’s
My Fair Lady, Art Pepper & Marty Paich’s
Modern Jazz Classics, Stan Kenton’s
Standards in Silhouette, more from Benny Goodman’s
Carnegie Hall Concert, and selections from Billie Holiday’s Columbia sessions.
Special Programs for March 8 thru March 13
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Short List: “The Hits”
The Short List continues its feature of great jazz albums that crossed over into mainstream popularity and became lasting classics. Listen for Miles Davis’s
Sketches Of Spain, Wynton Marsalis’s
Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1, Benny Goodman’s
1938 Carnegie Hall Concert, John Coltrane’s
A Love Supreme, and Stanley Jordan’s
Magic Touch.
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Charles Tolliver’s 79
th Birthday Party
Craig celebrates the birthday and on-going career of trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator Charles Tolliver. Along with pianist Stanley Cowell, he co-founded the legendary artist-owned jazz record label, Strata-East. We’ll hear some of Tolliver’s recordings as a leader, as well many appearances as a sideman with Jackie McLean, Gary Bartz, Andrew Hill, Booker Ervin, Horace Silver, and others … noting an