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First Friday Jazz January 5
Soul Sacrifice will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, January 5, 2018 at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary music and more in an intimate, upscale environment. For a $12 cover, enjoy …
KCCK’s Featured CD for January 2018
The KCCK Featured CD for January is “State of the Art” by New York Electric Piano. The group, led by Cedar Rapids native Pat Daugherty, is celebrating its fifteenth year together as a classic piano trio built around the sound of the Fender Rhodes electric keyboard. The new recording was inspired by the crowd-pleasing extended …
Producers’ Top Tens for 2018
Bob Stewart: Monday-Friday 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. 1) As a longtime fan of the great tenor man, it was a wonder to hear this set for the first time. Since I wasn’t around or aware when he was putting out his classic material back in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s, I got to discover …
KCCK Top 88 for 2017
Click here for the 2017 Top Tens from our Show Hosts ARTIST TITLE LABEL 1) DeJohnette Grenadier Medeski & Scofield Hudson Motema 2) Gerry Gibbs & Thrasher People Weather or Not Whaling City Sound 3) Dizzy Gillespie & Friends Concert of the Century Justin Time 4) Nate Smith KINFOLK: Postcards from Everywhere Rope-a-Dope 5) …