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Culture Crawl 954 “Unnecessarily Difficult”
August 15 at KCCK’s at Jazz Under The Stars, it’s a class reunion with Group X. Nearly 20 years ago, 5 UNI music students formed a band and recorded an album. Today, the members of Group X lead some of our top area music programs, including Linn-Mar, Cedar Rapids Washington, and even UNI, their alma …
Culture Crawl 953 “I Guess I’m a Puff”
Emma Kostiv and Matthew James are gearing up to tell the accelerated tale of a certain school of magic concerning an alternative group of misfit heroes. “Puffs” a play by Matt Cox will run two weekends August 9-18 at Kirkwood’s Ballantyne Auditorium with all proceeds going towards the Iowa Trans Mutual Aid Fund. For tickets …
This Week In Jazz August 4 thru August 10
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jeri Southern, Jimmy Witherspoon and Abbey Lincoln, percussionists Airto Moreira and Jack DeJohnette, violinist Regina Carter, reedmen Benny Carter, Buddy Colette and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jazz impresario Norman Granz and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …
Culture Crawl 950 “Fingers Going Everywhere”
The Invisible Band headlines Week 2 of KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars, and we managed to squeeze the entire band into our studio! Formed by John Reasoner and Ken Duncan, this band has been entertaining audiences since the mid-80s, when they composed the “Hawk Rap” featuring members of the Iowa Football team. You’ll hear modern …
Culture Crawl 949 “His Inner Mary Martin”
Kicking off their ’24-’25 season, Iowa City Community Theatre presents Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “A Grand Night for Singing,” with shows August 9 and 10 at 7:30pm and August 11 at 2pm at The Englert Theatre. Wes Habley and Josh Sazon are in the studio to tell us all about it. For tickets visit www.englert.org. For …
This Week In Jazz July 28 thru August 3
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Redman, Hilton Jefferson, James Spaulding and David Sanborn, guitarists Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell and Stanley Jordan, pianists Hank Jones and and Gap Mangione, singers Ellyn Rucker, Kevin Mahogany and Claudia Acuna, trumpeter Carl Saunders and more. We’ll …
Culture Crawl 946 “When You Bring a Sousaphone Into A Bar”
BYOBrass is a group of UNI alums who have continued to perform and tour together since 2017. Even though many of their venues haven’t ever hosted a nearly-all wind instrument ensemble before, they’ve amassed a devoted following wherever they play with their high-energy mix of originals, pop covers, and jazz charts. BYOBrass opens the 2024 …
This Week In Jazz July 21 thru July 27
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Johnny Hodges and Bill Perkins, trumpeters Ernest Hawkins and Emmet Berry, bassists Keter Betts, Charles Ables and Jack Six, pianist Dr. Billy Taylor, hornman Jon Faddis, singer Janis Siegel and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …