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New Music Monday for February 2, 2015
New Music Monday Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Innovative and electrifying Toronto-based drummer Ernesto Cervini has shared the stage with many legendary musicians, including Joe Lovano, Clark Terry, Benny Golson and Buddy DeFranco. He has energy to burn, whether radiating it from behind his drum kit or working on any number of musical and …
New Music Monday for January 26, 2015
New Music Monday Playlist on Youtube and Spotify. Tenor saxophonist Ian Sims was advised early in his career that in order to fully captivate your audience, you must consider a variety of programming. Your material should engage the listener by presenting different styles and tempos while still maintaining continuity. “Conundrum” takes the listener on …
New Music Monday for January 19, 2015
New Music Monday Playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Saxophonist Chris Potter began his musical journey in the late 1980s with bebop veteran Red Rodney and laid the foundation for his current position as a leading light in jazz, sharing the studio and the bandstand with a staggering list of major artists including Paul Motian, …
Shop in the KCCK On-Line Store
Support KCCK by purchasing great jazz music or merchandise in our online store. Purchase CDs — including the latest Corridor Jazz Project CD — Jazzed T-shirts in both men’s and women’s styles, coffee mugs and much more. You can also purchase tickets for various KCCK events. There’s something for every jazz lover. All proceeds from …
KCCK’s Clean Up Your Act takes first place
KCCK’s Clean Up Your Act took first place in the Iowa Broadcast News Association’s 2013 News Awards Contest in the In-Depth/Series category for expanded reports or series that provide background and understanding of a specific news event or issue. The award was announced at IBNA’s 2014 convention in Cedar Rapids May 3. Produced by George …
JazzWeek Honors KCCK, Bob Stewart
KCCK has been named Station of the Year for Markets 88-plus for the fourth time by JazzWeek and Bob Stewart has been tabbed as Program Director of the Year for an unprecedented sixth time (he also won in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2012. Stewart was on hand to receive the awards at the annual …
KCCK Producers Choose Top 10s of 2014
KCCK’s music producers have each chosen their 10 favorite jazz, smooth jazz and blues releases from 2014. Their top choices range from Ryan Keberle & Catharsis to Craig Handy to Ariel Pocock. Click here to see their choices. Mark Yother: Monday-Friday 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. / Sundays 6 a.m. – 9 a.m. 1) Spike …
First Friday Jazz February 6
The Opus Concert Cafe, located next to the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids, continues its jazz series February 6 with the Peter Schlamb Group. Schlamb was born and raised in St. Louis and started taking piano lessons at the age of five. When he turned 11, he discovered Lionel Hampton and started playing jazz …