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This Week In Jazz March 2 thru March 8
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau, Red Callender, Pierre Michelot, Jimmy Garrison and Rocco Prestia, reedmen Barney Bigard and Ricky Ford, trumpeters Howard McGhee and Bobby Shew, guitarist Wes Montgomery, singer Carol Sloane and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
This Week In Jazz February 23 thru March 1
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of arranger/composer Michel Legrand, saxmen Dexter Gordon, Tommy Newsom, Dave Pell, David “Fathead” Newman and Richie Cole, singers Dinah Shore and Roseanna Vitro, baritone saxophonist Claire Daly and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jimmy Smith’s “The Sermon!/House …
Culture Crawl 1031 “Nice to Wear a Dress Again”
Culture Crawl 1031 “Nice to Wear a Dress Again” As the midwest hunkers down for these late winter cold spells, Crooked Path Theatre invites everyone to a summer getaway of sorts in an immersive Jane Austen experience. Patrick Du Laney and Katy Hahn (playing Elizabeth Bennet)are in the studio to give us the details on …
Culture Crawl 1030 “Epic Cinematic Sweep”
Tim Hankewich has returned from hibernation ahead of Orchestra Iowa’s one-night-only Pops IV performance, “Video Games Live.” With guests choirs from Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy, you can expect to immerse yourself in nostalgia with a range of themes from classic to contemporary video games. It’s Saturday, February 22, 7:30pm at Paramount Theatre. Tickets …
Culture Crawl 1029 “My Mom’s Favorite Part”
Kirkwood Community College’s own Jed Peterson, professor of history, returns to the studio ahead of upcoming touring show, “Black Women Walking,” Written by Dr. Karen F. Williams, adapted and directed by Kevvin L. Taylor. This multimedia production explores and celebrates the strength, resilience, and power of women and offers an experience you won’t want to …
This Week In Jazz February 16 thru February 22
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of hornmen Charlie Spivak, Lew Soloff and Warren Vache, singers Nina Simone, Irma Thomas, Randy Crawford and Nancy Wilson, clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, reedman Bobby Jaspar and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Wynton Kelly’s “Kelly Blue” (1959), Gene …
Culture Crawl 1028 “The Mick Jagger of Czechoslovakia”
Cecilia Rokusek, president and CEO of Cedar Rapids’ National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library, is in the studio with a star studded list of upcoming events at NCSM: February 19 – “Love” concert with the Slovak Srdcovka Band. March 7 – Petr Janda, Czech rock icon. April 16 – Jan Smigmator, Czech swing and …
Culture Crawl 1027 “Wow, He Knows Me!”
UNI’s Tallcorn Jazz Festival fast approaches and today we have festival coordinator and UNI upperclassman Luke McIlhon on board to talk details. Spoiler alert: they got John Clayton. The festival is Thursday, Feb. 20 & Friday, Feb. 21. For schedules and more information visit tallcornjazzfest.com. For concert tickets visit unitix.evenue.net. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl …