Week of April 27, 2015
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Jazz and the Spoken Word: Kenneth Patchen
Over the years there has been a small group of writers and musicians who have worked to blend together the rhythm of jazz with the rhythm of poetry and the spoken word. This week on “Jazz and the Spoken Word” it is Kenneth Pachen who was a major influence on the Beat Generation of poets though he disliked being included in their group. Kenneth Patchen was one of the first to do live readings of his poetry, and one of the first to use jazz music as a background track.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Rosemary Clooney: An American Treasure
For more than 40 years, Rosemary Clooney’s simple and exquisite singing style defined her career. Her dynamic career also included movie roles and a star turn in her own television show. Rosemary will always be remembered as one of America’s finest jazz-based vocalists.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“The Music of Gil Evans”
This week, Craig throws the spotlight onto the legendary arranger, pianist, and band leader, Ernest Gilmore “Gil” Evans. We’ll hear Gil’s music from a variety of record labels – such as Impulse!, Verve, Prestige, Columbia, and others …concentrating on his famous collaborations with Miles Davis. Stone classics!!
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
“Rhythm of Life”
This week’s episode, titled “Rhythm Of Life,” takes a look at New Orleans as a city filled with young musicians, who embrace the traditions here, and keep them alive by making them their own. Sometimes it’s a matter of taking old music in a new direction. Sometimes it’s playing new music in an old style. Or even creating something nobody has ever imagined before. This week on New Orleans Calling, we take a listen to their music and their stories.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
The Simon Bolivar Big Band and El Sistema
Highlights from the Simon Bolivar Big Band performing for the first time at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The band is a student-based group, created in Venezuela in 2007 with the goal of promoting jazz throughout the nation.
Highlights from the Simon Bolivar Big Band performing for the first time at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The band is a student-based group, created in Venezuela in 2007 with the goal of promoting jazz throughout the nation.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
(Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with student jazz groups from the “Creative Corridor”)
The 2015 Corridor Jazz Project Concerts (new)
Every year, KCCK matches professional jazz players and teachers with our area high school jazz bands to create a unique CD and performance experience. The Corridor Jazz Project concert takes place in April to coincide with the release of the Corridor Jazz Project CD during Jazz Appreciation Month. Each school performs two different compositions assigned specifically for them. The first tune performed by each group features solos by individual band members. The second is a live performance version of the composition that band recorded earlier this year exclusively for the Corridor Jazz Project CD Volume VIII with a guest artist/teacher as the featured soloist. This year for the first time, we divided the concert into two performances to accommodate the busy schedules of participating students. The concerts were April 6th and 7th in Sinclair Auditorium, Coe College in Cedar Rapids. Schools are given blocks of tickets that they can sell and keep the proceeds. The CD is made available to each school, below cost, to sell and keep the profit. The CD airs periodically on KCCK, particularly during April for Jazz Appreciation Month, and is also available at local retailers and from our website at: the KCCK Store.
Here are the High School jazz Bands and their guest artist in order of performance:
2015 CJP Concert I
Marion, with Al Naylor, Trumpet
Solon, with Alisabeth Von Presley, Vocals
Lisbon, with Blake Shaw, Bass
Iowa City West, with Rod Pierson, Sax
CR Washington, with Chris Merz, Sax
2015 CJP Concert II
CR Kennedy, with Joel Nagel, Trombone
CR Prairie, with Bob Washut, Keys
CR Jefferson, with Jacob Yarrow, Sax
Iowa City High, with Drew Morton, Bass
CR Xavier, with Jim Dreier, Drums
Linn Mar, Nolan Schroeder, Sax
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Shirley Horn
Jazz musicians have long admired pianist and vocalist Shirley Horn (1934 – 2005). Her sensitive and relaxed playing style and unique vocals earned her comparisons to fellow jazz greats such as Count Basie and Nat King Cole. In this Piano Jazz session from 1995, Horn brings her unmistakable contralto to a set including “Wouldn’t It Be Lovely” and “End of a Beautiful Friendship.” McPartland performs her original tune “Days of Our Love.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM
“The Incomparable Artistry of Andrew Hill — Part 2”
Craig brings us the 2nd of 4 shows in which he’ll throw the spotlight onto the career of one of the most innovative jazz pianists of the last 65 years! In this show, we’ll examine more material from Andrew, including groups under his leadership, as well as some of the many appearances of Hill as a sideman. ASTONISHING MUSIC THAT IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
The Great Innovator: Clarinetist Benny Goodman
Reed men Allan Vaché and Harry Allen, and vibists John Cocuzzi and Lionel Hampton join the Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate a kid from Chicago who would change the face of American popular music: Benny Goodman, credited with transforming ’20s-style hot jazz into swing, and setting off a pop craze that spanned the Great Depression and World War II.
Reed men Allan Vaché and Harry Allen, and vibists John Cocuzzi and Lionel Hampton join the Jim Cullum Jazz Band to celebrate a kid from Chicago who would change the face of American popular music: Benny Goodman, credited with transforming ’20s-style hot jazz into swing, and setting off a pop craze that spanned the Great Depression and World War II.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
http://www.kcck.org/onair/midnight_cd.php
Week of April 20, 2015
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Jazz and the Spoken Word: Jack Kerouac
Over the years there has been a small group of writers and musicians who have worked to blend together the rhythm of jazz with the rhythm of poetry and the spoken word. This week it is not a poet but the writer of the Beat novel On The Road, Jack Kerouac. He wrote indelibly about the 1950s in a literary bebop style. His recordings with Steve Allen and Zoot Sims are treasures of his art.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Milt Hinton: “The Ultimate Timekeeper”
Double bassist Milt Hinton built his reputation on being one of the most versatile and consistent players in jazz. Over a thousand recordings feature his rhythmic handiwork. He played with all the greats, including Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and the Count Basie Orchestra-and collected funny stories about every one of them. This program features vintage and contemporary recordings from Hinton’s prolific career and interviews with Clark Terry, Dick Hyman, Rufus Reid and David Berger.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“More of The Compositions of Herbert Horatio Nichols”
Craig assembles another fine list of exciting Herbie Nichols compositions and gives us multiple versions of each song as played by Herbie himself and a variety of other artists as well. We’ll also hear a short interview that Craig conducted with bassist Ben Allison at the end of last year, that concerns THE HERBIE NICHOLS PROJECT and some newly discovered Herbie Nichols sheet music of previously unheard compositions!!
Craig assembles another fine list of exciting Herbie Nichols compositions and gives us multiple versions of each song as played by Herbie himself and a variety of other artists as well. We’ll also hear a short interview that Craig conducted with bassist Ben Allison at the end of last year, that concerns THE HERBIE NICHOLS PROJECT and some newly discovered Herbie Nichols sheet music of previously unheard compositions!!
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
“The Squeezebox”
Experience the culture of the “Big Easy” with New Orleans Calling featuring exclusive New Orleans stories, interviews and music. This week we take a look at an instrument that might be old fashioned in much of the world — but very much alive in New Orleans and Louisiana. It’s the accordion, and you’ll be surprised by just how versatile and beautiful the accordion really is.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Home Cookin’
In Philadelphia, in the 1950s into the 1970s, dozens of organists emerged and reshaped jazz into a popular, swinging, danceable, yet artistically refined contemporary music. Usually featuring a trio consisting of an organ, drums and saxophonist or guitarist, these ensembles were portable orchestras. This episode of Jazz Night in America goes to the source, and brings a concert from Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live paying tribute to three masters of the jazz organ tradition: Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott and Charles Earland. We’ll dive into what exactly made Philadelphia jazz organ culture thrive and hear interviews with local talent featured in the show.
In Philadelphia, in the 1950s into the 1970s, dozens of organists emerged and reshaped jazz into a popular, swinging, danceable, yet artistically refined contemporary music. Usually featuring a trio consisting of an organ, drums and saxophonist or guitarist, these ensembles were portable orchestras. This episode of Jazz Night in America goes to the source, and brings a concert from Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live paying tribute to three masters of the jazz organ tradition: Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott and Charles Earland. We’ll dive into what exactly made Philadelphia jazz organ culture thrive and hear interviews with local talent featured in the show.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
(Celebrating Jazz Appreciation Month with student jazz groups from the “Creative Corridor”)
Encore: United Jazz Ensemble / North Corridor Jazz All Stars at the 2014 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Every May, this collaborative high school ensemble comes together to prepare for the Jazz Festival. Directed by Rich Medd and Ryan Arp, the band is composed of students from Iowa City High School and West High School in Iowa City. For 20 years, this group has served as one of the signature elements of the Iowa City Jazz Festival’s commitment to education outreach. The deep immersion of students in jazz over the summer not only strengthens their musical growth, but builds a strong bond between the programs at the two schools. Their sound swings so hard that you can’t help but agree about the bright future of the music!
The North Corridor All-Star Big Band returned for its third performance at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Like the United Jazz Ensemble, this group is composed of some of the most talented high school jazz musicians of the corridor from Cedar Rapids to Cedar Falls. Under the direction of Steve Shanley, the North Corridor Jazz All Stars will present a musically diverse program featuring the many facets of Big Band repertoire. Always ensured to be a romping and swinging live jam, the North Corridor Jazz All Stars had the crowd moving to the beat and grinning with local pride.
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Stanley Cowell
Recorded before a live audience at NPR studios in Washington, DC, Marian McPartland hosted pianist Stanley Cowell for this 1999 Piano Jazz. Known for his brilliant and highly personal approach, Cowell bridges traditional and contemporary styles of jazz. He and McPartland challenge each other in inventive duets, and Cowell performs his famous composition “Euqipoise.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM
“The Music of Gil Evans”
This week, Craig throws the spotlight onto the legendary arranger, pianist, and band leader, Ernest Gilmore “Gil” Evans. We’ll hear Gil’s music from a variety of record labels – such as Impulse!, Verve, Prestige, Columbia, and others ….concentrating on his famous collaborations with Miles Davis. Stone classics!!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
The Rise and Fall of Joe “King” Oliver
Joe “King” Oliver put the “hot” in hot jazz. Through his personal letters, read by stage legend William Warfield, the rise and fall of Oliver’s career comes to life. And cornetist Leon Oakley and tubist Mike Walbridge join the Jim Cullum Jazz Band to turn up the heat with a collection of 1920s classics.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: