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This Week’s Shows: Week of December 26 – January 1
KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2016 – Day after Christmas Special! Monday, December 26th 6:00 AM – 12:00 PM (repeated 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM) Mirage (indoors at Parlor City Pub) 6am – 8:am / 12pm – 2pm A downpour forced our 2nd scheduled Jazz Under the Stars concert of the 2016 season indoors at …
This Week’s Shows: Week of December 19 – 26
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Claude Bolling) French pianist Claude Bolling may be best known here for his Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano with flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal from the mid-1970s. That recording put his name on …
Culture Crawl 218 “It’s All Christmas Today”
Pretty much all Holiday stuff this weekend. Concerts, theatre, even a chance to drop the kids off for a few hours at the Iowa Children’s Museum while you finish Christmas shopping. Rebecca Larkin from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) reminds us that there is plenty to do in the Corridor, and www.culturalcorridor.org is a …
This Week’s Shows: Week of December 12 – 18
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Michael Gibbs) English arranger and composer Michael Gibbs was born in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, but educated in England. He was on track to be a scientist, but his friends liked jazz. When …
Laura Caviani Brings the Holiday Cheer
Pianist Laura Caviani stopped by KCCK to play some of her music and talk a little about her career. Laura is a Twin Cities-based jazz player, composer, and arranger, whose most recent CD is a holiday collection “Holly, Jolly, and Jazzy.” She plays two carols for us, and one original, inspired by the Nutcracker’s Russian …
Culture Crawl 217 “YEAH!”
It doesn’t matter how “O Holy Night” you’re feeling, when Ron DeWitte finishes a guitar solo, you want to shot “YEAH!” Lynne Rothrock admits sometimes that’s her. Lynne’s Christmas show is in its 14th year and features her husband Ron, Julia West, Greg Kanz, and Dave Ollinger in the band, and special guests Cathy Koebrick …
Culture Crawl 216 “Teens Without Phones in Their Hands”
Only seven tickets remain for this weekend’s final shows of “Little Women” at Giving Tree Theater in Marion. Director Hollie Ternary talks about the challenges and rewards of guiding a group of 21st Century teens through this Civil War period piece. Giving Tree co-founder Heather Akers explains the concept behind Giving Tree, and previews upcoming …
This Week’s Shows: Week of December 5 – 11
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Jan Garbarek) This week it is off to the frozen north in Europe and the cool music of saxophonist Jan Garbarek. His mixture of Norwegian folk music, Indian harmonies and edgy avant-garde …