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5/4 Interview with Simon Laskey
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4/27 Interview with Summer Camargo
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3/23 Interview with Brian Scarborough
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For reasons of copyright we cannot include musical selections in our podcasts or interviews, but were pleased to present examples from Scarborough’s work during our FM show!
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Radio Kansas plays Jazz on FM, too!
Jazz has a long history on public radio, and we’re glad to bring you several great shows for fans of jazz and blues! Saturday evening kicks off early with Leslie Keros bringing you her unique take with All That Jazz at 7, Dave Schwan then hosts Jazz Lab– from his deep library starting at 8.
Of course, we’re most famous with the Wichita and central Kansas jazz community for the extraordinary dedication we show with our 24-hour stream!
Those with special HD Radios in the Wichita market can also listen over-the-air 24 hours per day! Click here for more info!
Jana Lee Ross
Producer/Host, All That Jazz, Saturdays at 7
Jana Lee Ross is a lifelong pianist and vocalist with a repertoire that blurs the lines between classical music and jazz. Unifying these two art forms is the overall arch of her career as a performer, composer, and broadcaster. Jana Lee worked her way up from the long dark jazz night of the graveyard shift disc jockey as host of Jazz Beyond Midnight to become Director of Music for Classical 88.7 KCME in Colorado Springs. Capping off her 20‐year stay at KCME, she steered the launch of KCME’s sister station, Jazz 93.5, while still wearing her classical hat. Jana Lee has produced the weekly programs Ladies Who Lunch, which highlights the accomplishments of women in classical music, and The Bridge, which explored music and musicians that cross the bridge between classical music and jazz. Always up for a little retro fun, her nightly Bachelor Pad Cocktail Hour was a listener favorite.
In addition to her broadcasting work, Jana Lee Ross has a thriving performance career. She is in demand as a pianist and vocalist, incorporating Bach, BeBop, Bill Evans, and David Bowie into her personalized sound. She works regularly throughout Colorado as a sideman, accompanist, and music director. Between gigs as a honky‐tonk barroom groover and five‐star‐resort ivory‐tickler, she leads her own “punk jazz” combo, Jana Lee and the Powers That Be.
At the heart of Jana Lee’s love of jazz is a fascination with how this art form reveals the players’ musical lineage and expresses the individual’s soul. Respect for the past, an eye toward the future, and playing rooted firmly in the present moment ‐‐ that is her favorite sound.
Dave Schwan
Producer/Host, Jazz Lab, Saturdays at 8
Born and raised in Northwest Indiana very near Chicago, Dave Schwan has been around music all of his life. Thanks to musical family members, Dave was exposed to jazz as early as age five and never looked back.
While playing and performing music on an amateur level, Dave has had a life-long fascination with the history of jazz, American music and its contributions to the world. Dave believes that jazz is a true art form and agrees with Duke Ellington’s dictum: “If it sounds good, it is good.” He has worked as a broadcast journalist and program host for nearly40 years and has been associated with Chicago’s WFMT-FM since 2010. In addition to music, travel is one of his main interests and that has taken him to all 50 U.S. states, Europe and Peru.
Along with taking in the history of these places, Dave has always made a point to seek out their musical culture as well, something that never fails to enhance a journey anywhere in the world.