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 Listen to the Iowa City Jazz Festival
We'll Be Broadcasting Live July 3-5
2009 JUTS Lineup Released
Event to Return for 22nd Year
Jazz Band Camp Set July 13-17
Registration is open for Middle School students
Listener Wins Rolex
Top 88 of 2008 KCCK's Featured CD for April -- Connie Evingson's "Little Did I Dream" -- was the most-played CD during 2008. The Twin-Cities-based vocalist performed the songs of jazz great Dave Frishberg. "The Monterey Jazz Festival 50th Anniversary All Stars" CD was the second most-popular on our airwaves last year. Jason Miles' "Soul Summit" came in third. "A Swingin Session" by Duke Robillard and Friends was Number-88. You can purchase these CDs through Amazon.com and a portion of your purchase will go to supportKC CK. Just click on (Purchase) next to the title of each CD. Click here to see the entire list. KCCK Producers Choose Top 10s of 2008 KCCK's music producers have each chosen their 10 favorite jazz, smooth jazz, blues and new age releases from 2008. Their top choices range from Keith Jarrett and Ben Allison to Maceo Parker, S.M.V., Herbie Hancock, Taj Mahal, The Sax Pack and Jeff Oster. Click here to see their choices. "Lost" Ellington Song Performed Featured at KCCK's Jazz to the World More than 300 people kicked off the holiday season at Jazz To The World Nov. 29 at the Englert in Iowa City. Among the highlights of the program was Duke Ellington's "lost" Christmas song. "A Song For Christmas" was discovered by Ellington scholar Janna Steed and transcribed by jazz pianist Dan Knight, music director for Jazz ToThe World. It was performed by the acapella jazz group "Magic 8"...a group from Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School. Click on the image above to watch their performance. Donate Your Used Car to KCCK Receive a deduction on your tax return 
Thinking about selling your car, boat, motorcycle, truck, or other vehicle? Donate it to KCCK instead! Take part in our Vehicle Donation Program and support the radio programs you love on KCCK and receive a tax deduction when you itemize your return. Click here for more details about this exciting new program or call 877-883-KCCK (5225). DeForest Named to Iowa Blues Hall of Fame KCCK's Bobby D. Just Second DJ Honored 
Bob DeForest, host of "da Blues" on Jazz 88.3 KCCK, was inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame at a September 21 ceremony at Blues On Grand in Des Moines. DeForest is only the second radio personality ever to be inducted into the Iowa Hall of Fame. DeForest has hosted "da Blues" on KCCK since 1992. He is a charter member of the Linn County Blues Society. (Read more...) Stewart Wins National Award Named Programmer of the Year by JazzWeek
Flood of 2008 KCCK is offering expanded news coverage as recovery from the Flood of 2008 continues. Much of the information you hear on the air is contained in the scripts linked below. Other media in the area are doing a great job of posting info as well. There are a wealth of resources online as well as on the airTo volunteer, donate and find out where you can get help: www.corridorrecovery.org.
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The KCCK Featured CD for July is "Kind of Brown" by Christian McBride and Inside Straight.
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KCCK will once again provide live coverage of all the mainstage performers at the 2009 Toyota-Scion of Iowa City Jazz Festival plus exclusive backstage interviews.
Dave Holland, Bill Frisell, David Sanchez, Chris Potter, Trombone Shorty (pictured) and Lionel Loueke will headline the 2009 Jazz Festival July 3,4 and 5 on the University of Iowa Pentacrest. This year's festival features local, regional, national and international jazz musicians and will include four stages, a culinary row with food from around the world and artists displaying their works in a mini-art fair. All activities are free and open to the public.
Listen to interviews with 
The 2009 Jazz Under the Stars lineup will continue our tradition of bringing some of the most talented jazz musicians around
to the stage at Noelridge Park for free live music every Thursday night in August. Concerts begin at 7 p.m.
KCCK and Kirkwood Community College are again offering a summer jazz band camp for middle school students. This year's dates are July 13-17. Sessions are offered for brass, woodwinds, and rhythm section, in Theory, Improvisation, Big Band, Combo, sectionals, jazz listening and private lessons. The camp is held on the Kirkwood campus. Registration is open now at 
What started out as a normal work day ended with true excitement for Bob Burns in the Office of Student Life at Kirkwood Community College.
Burns was notified that his raffle ticket was drawn for a beautifiul Rolex watch. Burns accepted the watch at the KCCK studios. Tickets were offered until December 10 as a fundraising project for KCCK.
Bob Stewart was named Programmer of the Year at the annual JazzWeek Awards. KCCK's Music and Program
Director has earned the award twice in the past five years. Awards were presented in 14 categories
to radio stations and programmers in three market-size groups. They are chosen based on the votes
from readers of JazzWeek and participants in JazzWeek's Jazz Programmers' Mailing List.
The awards ceremony was held June 21 at the JazzWeek Summit in Rochester, New York.
In 2004 KCCK also won Small Market Station of the Year honor from JazzWeek.
