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This Week In Jazz January 12 thru January 19
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Gene Krupa, Sid Catlett, Grady Tate and Gerry Gibbs, trombonists Melba Liston and Quentin Jackson, singers Allan Toussaint and Cheryl Bentyne, guitarist Joe Pass and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert …
Culture Crawl 1019 “I Get to Wear a Crown”
Cedar Rapids Opera presents “Cinderella,” performed in English with English subtitles and based on the French opera Cendrillon by Jules Massenet. Abigail Rethwisch (Cinderella), Kate Johnson (Fairy Godmother) and Dennis Jesse (Pandolfe) describe this two and half hour opera as a family friendly, ethereal retelling of the classic tale. Shows are January 17, 7:30pm and …
This Week In Jazz January 5 thru January 11
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of brassmen Wendell Culley, Vernon Brown, Willie Dennis and Don Sickler, percussionists Chano Pozo, Sam Woodyard, Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, bassist Eldee Young and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1958), …
This Week In Jazz December 29 thru January 4
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Al McKibbon and Jimmy Haslip, trumpeter Jonah Jones, pianist Herbie Nichols, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, singer Susannah McCorkle, saxmen Roger Neumann and Chris Potter, drummer Lewis Nash and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ …
This Week In Jazz December 22 thru December 28
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the holidays and the birthdays of songwriter Harry Warren, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway, trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, composer/pianist Steve Allen, pianist Ray Bryant, multi-instrumentalist Bill Crow, guitarist John Scofield and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & James Moody’s (James …
Culture Crawl 1016 “Nothing Says Christmas Like Burial Plots”
Ron Clark is with us ahead of “Christmas Express! On Air” a live radio show performance featuring music by Streamline Deluxe with special guest Annie Savage. It’s Friday, December 20th, 7:30PM at Riverside Theatre in Iowa City. Tickets are $25. For tickets visit riversidetheatre.org or call 319-259-7099. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or …
This Week In Jazz December 15 thru December 21
Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and Harold Land, organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith, bassists Walter Booker and John Ore, guitarists Barry Galbraith, Cornell Dupree and John Abercrombie and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Buck Clayton’s “Jam Sessions from …
Culture Crawl 1013 “Filled with Melismas”
The Cedar Rapids Chorale is bringing all the bells and whistles this holiday season for their upcoming second annual “Handel’s Messiah Part One, Sing-Along” and director Gerry Kreitzer is in the studio to tell us all about it. This year you’ll get two chances to see the concert with performances on Saturday, December 14 at …