Veteran musician Tim Daugherty and friends perform with student groups
One of the most familiar names to local music fans tops the marquee for the next jazz concert at Kirkwood Community College. Keyboardist/producer Tim Daugherty will lead a quartet in a headline performance in Kirkwood’s Ballantyne Auditorium Saturday, April 17. Daugherty’s group will share the stage with three college student combos beginning at 7:30 p.m. The evening’s performances are directed by Kirkwood Instrumental Music Director Dr. Timothy Feldkamp.
Jazz Keyboardist Tim Daugherty is part of a well-known musical family. His father, Willis Daugherty has been a much-appreciated dance band drummer for decades, and his four brothers are also all professional musicians.
Daugherty found the limelight in his musical career early on, winning a national award for a composition he wrote while still attending Washington High School in Cedar Rapids. After graduating from the University of Iowa, he composed and produced songs for two of the Iowa Hawkeye bowl game appearances. Two tunes—“Go for It” and “Smell the Roses”—were anthems for Iowa’s appearance in the 1982 Rose Bowl.
Daugherty earned a steady following throughout Iowa as part of the Daugherty, Davis and McPartland group. He has been music director/composer for the Old Creamery Theater company since the early 1980s, and has also performed with the Quad City Symphony and Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony. Daugherty even took his talent to the high seas, performing and directing for several cruise ships in the Carnival Cruise Lines fleet.
Appearing with Daugherty and his group are three student jazz combos in quartet, quintet and sextet arrangements. They will perform a collection of standards including tunes by Chick Corea, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and others.
Tickets for the April 17 Kirkwood Jazz Combos concert are $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and students with current ID. Kirkwood faculty, staff and students are admitted free. Tickets are available from the Kirkwood Student Life office in Iowa Hall, (319) 398-5578. The concert is co-sponsored by Kirkwood Arts & Humanities and 88.3 KCCK-FM.