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This Week In Jazz December 28 thru January 3
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Al McKibbon, drummers Nick Fatool and Lewis Nash, singers Susannah McCorkle and Arthur Prysock, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist/saxophonist/conductor Gordon Goodwin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1957), Bobby Hutcherson …
This Week In Jazz December 21 thru December 27
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriter Harry Warren, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway, trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, composer/pianist Steve Allen, saxman Frank Morgan, bassists Monty Budwig and John Patitucci, pianist Ray Bryant, trumpeter Woody Shaw, guitarist John Scofield and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …
Culture Crawl 1158 “Going to the Stupid”
The holiday festivities continue with Crooked Path Theatre’s 10th anniversary Holiday Cabaret. Patrick DuLaney and Vicky Shellady are in the studio ahead of this salty-to-your-sweet holiday production. It’s “A Chris-mas Carol” Dec. 18-20, 7:30pm & Dec. 21, 2pm at The James Theater in Iowa City. For tickets visit thejamesic.com. For more Crooked Path info visit …
Culture Crawl 1157 “Build It Yourself”
This year’s Orchestra Iowa Holiday Spectacular features the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra with special guest, Lynne Rothrock. In the studio with the details is Tim Hankewich and IWJO’s Toni Lefebvre. It’s Orchestra Iowa’s “Holiday Spectacular,” coming up Sat, Dec. 20, 7:30pm & Sun, Dec. 21, 2pm at Paramount Theatre. Tickets and more info at orchestraiowa.org …
Culture Crawl 1156 “Let Me Tell You About My Uncle”
Riverside Theatre co-founder, Ron Clark, is in the studio ahead of the third annual “Christmas Express On Air” with Ron Clark & Streamline Deluxe ft. Annie Savage. It’s Dec. 20, 7:30pm at Riverside Theatre with a lobby acoustic set at 7pm. Tickets are $25 general admission. For tickets and more info visit riversidetheatre.org/special-events/. Subscribe to …
This Week In Jazz December 14 thru December 20
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/bandleader Stan Kenton, flutist Sam Most, reedman Harold Land, trombonist Curtis Fuller, organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith, pianists Barry Harris and Bobby Timmons, bassists Walter Booker and John Ore, trombonist/pianist/composer Bob Brookmeyer and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
Culture Crawl 1155 “Poking you at 120 bpm”
Lyn Curry returns to the studio this Christmas season ahead of the Vocal Artists of Iowa Christmas concert, “Love’s Pure Light.” These free to the public concerts will be Dec. 20, 7:30pm at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City and Dec. 21, 4pm at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. For more information visit …
This Week In Jazz December 7 thru December 13
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and Diane Schuur, organist Jimmy Smith, trumpeter/violinist/singer Ray Nance, trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianists McCoy Tyner and Beegie Adair and composer/pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Anita O’Day’s “This …