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Culture Crawl 895 “He Wrote That?”
Everyone loved the Cole Porter show at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts back in September so much that Josh Sazon and Wes Habley have cooked up another exciting show, this time featuring the music of Johnny Mercer. Head over to Coralville on Saturday, March 23 for Moon River: The Songs of Johnny Mercer at …
Culture Crawl 894 “Can I Bring My Kazoo?”
Jessica Altfillisch, executive director of Cedar Rapids’ Harmony School of Music, is back again to announce an exciting line up for this year’s Community Music Day. An instrument petting zoo, a music and mental health panel with music therapists from the University of Iowa, and an epic mixed ensemble performance of “Ode to Joy” led …
This Week In Jazz February 25 thru February March 2
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Flip Phillips, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Dexter Gordon and Richie Cole, singers Mildred Bailey Dinah Shore and Roseanna Vitro, bandleaders Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey, bassist Nilsson Matta and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s …
Culture Crawl 893 “I Drive on Her Street”
With Black History Month coming to a close and Women’s History Month fresh on the horizon, Karen F. Williams’ play, adapted & directed by Kevvin L. Taylor, “Black Women Walking,” seems the most appropriate segue. First time producers LaNisha Cassell and Jed Peterson are here with all the details. The show is March 2 @ …
Culture Crawl 892 “He Had Stinky Feet”
Riverside Theatre’s Curtis M. Jackson and Adam Night continue celebrations of Black History Month this February with their production of Katori Hall’s, “The Mountaintop,” a play reimagining the night before Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination. Opening night is Friday, 2/23 @ 7:30pm. For more show dates and tickets visit www.riversidetheatre.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl …
This Week In Jazz February 18 thru February 24
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Tadd Dameron, singers Nancy Wilson and Nina Simone, brassmen Joe Wilder, Lew Soloff and Warren Vache, flutist/saxophonist Bobby Jasper, drummers Harvey Mason, Sr., Joe La Barbera and Dave Bailey, saxman Buddy Tate, bassist Rodney Whitaker and more. We’ll …
This Week In Jazz February 11 thru February 17
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Harold Arlen, baritone saxman Charlie Fowlkes, saxmen Wardell Gray, Roger “Buck” Hill and Maceo Parker, drummer Herlin Riley, singer Dena DeRose and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Chico Hamilton Quintet in Hi-Fi” (1956), Stan Getz/Charlie …
This Week In Jazz February 4 thru February 10
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Eubie Blake, bassist Walter Page, reedman Joe Maini, drummer Joe Dodge, arranger Sammy Nestico, singer Natalie Cole and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Tatum Group Masterpieces, Vol. 7” (1956), Hank Mobley’s “Soul Station” (1960), …