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This Week in Jazz June 30 thru July 6
Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman and Melissa Walker, pianists Richard Wyands, Ahmad Jamal and Michael Abene, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, saxman Teodross Avery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Uptown” (1952), Lee Morgan’s …
Culture Crawl 936 “You Can Sing The Guitar Part ”
Craig Erickson and Gerard Estella have been busy cooking up a unique to them album, “Dream Tracks” and are in the studio today to tell you all about it. The album release concerts will be Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29, 7:30pm at the Opus Concert Café. Tickets are $17 and can be purchased …
Culture Crawl 935 “Doctor of Rock Violin”
Rich Wagor, Phil O’Connor & Brett Copeland are in today to give us the rundown on this year’s Five Seasons Chamber Music Festival. Concerts are June 27, 7pm and June 28, 5pm and 7pm at Ballantyne Auditorium (Kirkwood) and June 29, 7pm at Ellis Park. Concerts are free and open to the public. For more …
This Week In Jazz June 23 thru June 29
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Richard Rodgers, guitarist Johnny Smith, pianist/composer Dave Grusin, drummers Joe Chambers and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, pianists Elmo Hope and Alan Pasqua, singers Georgie Fame, Tierney Sutton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz …
Culture Crawl 933 “This Weird Encounter”
Classmates turned collaborators Akwi Nji and L.D. Kidd have teamed up to breathe new life into “enuf,” a poetry album released last year by Akwi. This one of a kind live performance will feature vocalist Alicia Strong and percussionist EJ Swavv, as well as Akwi and L.D., as they invite you to explore what it …
This Week in Jazz June 16 thru June 22
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxman Joe Thomas, reedman Eric Dolphy, bassist Jamil Nasser, songwriter Sammy Kahn, pianist/composer Lalo Schifrin, guitarist Ernest Ranglin, pianist Eric Reed and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Cookbook, vol. 1” (1958), Hank …
Culture Crawl 931 “Go Hoosiers”
Cedar Rapids Opera is bringing back popular modern opera, Too Many Sopranos, and here to tell us a little more about it is Katie Stuelke, Jeffry Goldberg, and Gwen Sell. Originally commissioned for the CR Opera, Too Many Sopranos will be celebrating its 150th production right back where it all started. Shows are Thursday, June …
Culture Crawl 930 “Killing Elliott Nightly”
Riverside Theatre’s Kathleen Johnson, Elliott Bales and Max Cline are in today ahead of the kick off of Riverside’s 2024 Free Summer Shakespeare series. This year’s show is Julius Caesar, but if you were envisioning togas and grape leaves, think again. The production will be set in 1930s Italy which will make the famous story …