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This Week In Jazz June 9 thru June 15
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Doc Cheatham, Marcus Belgrave and Alex Sipiagin, guitarists Joe Negri, Joao Gilberto, Jonathan Kreisberg, bassists Charnett Moffett and Chuck Berghofer, pianists Chick Corea, Geri Allen and Harold Danko and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries ofBennie Green’s …
This Week In Jazz September 1 thru September 7
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, bassists Trigger Alpert, Lonnie Plaxico and Larry Ridley, pianists Horace Silver and Water Davis, Jr., saxmen Ernie Henry and Clifford Jordan, drummers Mickey Roker, Otis “Candy” Finch and Sherrie Mericle, singer Claire Martin and more. We’ll …
Culture Crawl 960 “We Ran Out of Pedestals”
Gilded Pear Gallery’s Lauren Tucci and Iowa Ceramics Center’s Ellen Kleckner are teaming up in a big way this October to present the 2024 Iowa Clay Conference in conjunction with the River 2 River National Juried Exhibition. The conference will be held October 4-6 at the Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio with the exhibition …
Culture Crawl 959 “Sing Your Favorite Notes”
Gerry Kreitzer is back with a breakdown of the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale’s ’24-’25 season. Their first concert will be Friday, November 8, “Veterans, We Salute You,” at the Veterans Memorial Building. December will feature two concerts of “Handel’s Messiah (Part One),” March will bring a concert featuring Craig Hella Johnsons’s modern day oratorio, “Considering …
This Week In Jazz August 25 thru August 31
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and Bradford Marsalis, singers Jimmy Rushing and Dinah Washington, pianist Kenny Drew and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Barney Kessel/Shelly Manne and Ray Brown’s “The Poll Winners” (1960), Joe Pass’ “Virtuoso” (1973), …
This Week In Jazz August 18 thru August 24
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, trombonists Eddie Durham, Jack Teagarden, Frank Rosalino and Jiggs Wigham, trumpeter Art and bassist Addison Farmer, drummer Ginger Baker, pianist/singer Jamie Cullum and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Red Garland Trio w/ John …
Culture Crawl 955 “That August Show”
TKM Productions’ Ron Gilbert & Tom Milligan are in the studio to talk about the birds and the bees… “Sex Please We’re Sixty” by Michael & Susan Parker will be running August 23-25 at The Amana Performing Arts Center with 7:30pm shows Friday and Saturday and a 3pm matinee on Sunday. For tickets and more …
This Week In Jazz August 11 thru August 17
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Doc West, Stix Hooper, Alvin Queen and Cecil Brooks III, singers Lorez Alexandria and Mary Stallings, pianists George Shearing, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong’s “Ella …