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Culture Crawl 1077 “Bill, Barbie, and Benny”
For the first week of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band season, director Steve Shanley is working his Coe College colleague Bill Carson pretty hard. Bill’s clarinet playing is featured in a Benny Goodman medley, then Bill picks up the baton to conduct Percy Grainger’s “Spoon River,” a piece that Bill resurrected when the master …
IC Jazz Festival 2024 Memorial Day Special
We’re kicking off the summer of 2025 by re-living one of our favorite memories from 2024 with a Memorial Day broadcast of the 2024 Iowa City Jazz Festival. Join us for a day-long concert featuring all the mainstage shows, as we get tuned up for this year’s Festival, only a few weeks away! Here is …
2025 Guest Djs-West Liberty
2025 was the first year for West Liberty Varsity Jazz in the Corridor Jazz Project. Maddie Christensen, Alyssa Stagg, and Jacob Zeman brought new energy and another first. We don’t think the hard-rock band Cake has ever appeared on Iowa’s Jazz Station before, but it definitely worked! Maddie, Alyssa, and Jacob’s Playlist: Ray Charles, “What’d …
25 Guest Djs-Clear Creek-Amana
Liam Carhoff, Odin Hankins, and Emma Oberg from Clear Creek-Amana showed us their Jazz Hands while playing some great jazz music during their guest DJ hour. Liam, Odin, and Emma’s Playlist: Clear Creek-Amana Jazz Ensemble featuring Anthony Williams, “Soul Bagel” Count Basie and His Orchestra, “Vine Street Rumble” Gato Barbieri, “Fiesta” The Horace Silver Quintet, …
25 Guest Djs-Mt. Vernon
Emmett Jordan, Mya Stoner, and Cyrus Johnson from the Mt. Vernon Swingin’ Stangs represented their band proudly as Guest Djs. Emmett, Mya, and Cyrus’s playlist: Frank Sinatra, “Something Stupid” Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, “Moanin’” Pat Metheny Group, “Minuano (Six Eight)” Laufey, “From The Start” Count Basie Big Band, “Wind Machine” Dizzy Gillespie, Joe …
25 Guest Djs – Liberty
It was Asa Pelzel and Megan Squared (Megans Brewer and Smelser representing the Liberty Jazz Ensemble as KCCK guest Djs. Megan, Asa, and Megan’s Playlist: Oscar Peterson Trio, “Days of Wine and Roses” Patsy Cline, “Crazy (feat. The Jordanaires)” Michael Bublé, “Everything” Weather Report, “Teen Town” Orquesta Alto Maiz, “Bang Bang” Thelonious Monk, “I Mean …
Culture Crawl 1062 “What He Painted, He Saw”
Artist Saw Naing Lin watched first-hand as his home village in Burma (now Myanmar) was destroyed, sending him and his family to a refugee camp, where he taught art to kids and teens. Eventually, he and his family made their way to the U.S. and settled in Cedar Rapids, to be near their friend John …
Culture Crawl 1061 “Animal Style”
The Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra exclusively performs new jazz music created by Iowa composers. The group performs May 7 in Ballantyne Auditorium on the Kirkwood campus. Also performing will be the Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble, directed by Chris Navarette, who will sit in with the IJCO on trumpet. Tickets are $10, available in advance at Kirkwood.edu/ballantyne …