Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify “Torch Bearers” is the new recording from Grammy Award winning trumpeter-composer-arranger Brian Lynch, featuring legendary saxophonist Charles McPherson. Recorded at Van Gelder Studios with an all-star lineup, the album documents the first recorded collaboration between Lynch and McPherson since their initial meeting in1980, reflecting a shared artistic lineage shaped …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Prestige’s New Jazz Label Craig explores some fine examples from Prestige’s New Jazz subsidiary. From 1956 through 1963, Prestige founder Bob Weinstock created New Jazz to spotlight unestablished artists. A great many of these artists, like Benny Golson, Jackie McLean, and Dorothy Ashby, became a very …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Saxmen Bud Freeman, Gene Ammons, John Ellis and Nolan Schroeder, singers Bessie Smith, Rosa Passos and Judy Wexler, vibist Teddy Charles, bassists Richard Davis and Gene Cherico, flutist Herbie Mann, composer Henry Mancini and more. We’ll also mark the …
Clear Creek Amana High school presents “Guys & Dolls.” In the studio is Hayden Bailey (Miss Adelaide), Carson Brandt (Nathan Detroit), Logan Weber (Arvide Abernathy) behind the scenes is Makayla Ratliff. Its April 16 & 17 at pm and April 18 2pm & 7pm at Clear Creek Amana High School Performing Arts Center. Get your …
Orchestra Iowa is getting ready for Masterworks V of their 2026 season featuring pianist Winston Choi. Tim Hankewich is in the studio with the details. Its Saturday, 4/11, 7:30pm at Paramount Theatre & Sunday, 4/12, 2pm at Coralville Center for the Performing Arts Saturday insights at 6:45pm and Sunday insights at 1pm at West Music …
Cindy Monroe with The Friends of the Cedar Rapids Public Library is in the studio ahead of the annual Friends of the Library Big Spring Book Sale. It’s Fri, Apr 10 & Sat, Apr 11 from 9am-5pm, and Sun, Apr 12 from 1-5pm. More information at crlibrary.org. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Trombonist-arranger-composer Dr. Javier Nero deepens his artistic vision with “Alkebulan,” a sweeping concept album from the Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra. Drawing its title from theories of a unified precolonial African civilization, the disc explores themes of cultural connection, humanity, and shared ancestry. The music weaves lush jazz orchestration with …
This year’s Thaler Holocaust Remembrance speaker is Dr. Alex Kor, son of Holocaust survivors, Eva and Mickey Kor. Dr. Kor is joined by Thaler Holocaust Education Trust committee member, Amy Belice, as they chat with Dennis over zoom. You can hear Dr. Kor speak on Monday, April 13 at 1pm at Kirkwood Community College and …
