Category: KCCK Blog

Strayhorn Specials-Bob

If you missed out on the special for Jazz Masters this afternoon, “Lush Life: the Music and Life of Billy Strayhorn,” hosted by Rhonda Hamilton, you can catch it again tonight. We’ll be replaying that on John Heim’s Jazz Masters session at 10pm. This coincides with our Featured CD for the Month of February, “Billy …

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Jazz Under The Stars is “ICCY”–Dennis

A big night for the arts and culture crowd, KCCK in particular last night, as we were honored at the inaugural Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance Awards for Innovation and Excellence, the “ICCYs” (Pronounced “Ickies”). Jazz Under The Stars was recognized in the Music Programming category, a field that also included Holiday Pops and Cabaret in …

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Paquito Interview Tomorrow, Abe on Saturday-Bob

In anticipation of his rescheduled concert next Friday, February 2, at Hancher Auditorium, we’ll be having a chat with NEA Jazz Master Paquito D’Rivera tomorrow right around noon or so. Saturday will see the return to the KCCK airwaves of Abe Kellison, who’ll be filling in for John Heim from noon-3pm. John will be plying …

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GM in the House-Dennis

Monday, January 2211:00 am We start out the week with a lineup shift. I will be in for Gordon Paulsen this afternoon. It will certainly be a radio adventure as we’ll learn whether I still know how to fly the control board. I’ll feature JJ Johnson, Teddy Smith and Lizz Wright on their birthday, and …

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Busy Weekend for Jazz Fans-Bob

There’s lots of live jazz to take in this weekend in the area. In addition to Eddie Piccard’s regular gigs at the Fireside Grill in Kalona tonight, Konstantino’s in Cedar Rapids tomorrow night, and the Top of the Five Seasons Hotel in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, plus the Dick Watson Trio at the Lighthouse Friday …

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Notes From New York (Thursday)-Dennis

Another day of seminars and great music. There is a jazz radio track at the IAJE, and we spent a great deal of time today in various meetings talking about what is wrong with, andright with, jazz radio. The good news: Jazz radio’s audience is not decreasing as fast as the overall radio listening audience. …

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Notes from the IAJE-Dennis

Greetings from The International Association of Jazz Educators conference in Manhattan! In between plenary sessions (I have no idea what that means, I just like to say the word “plenary”) and concerts, I hope to sneak away to give you a little flavor ot the King of All Jazz Meetings here in the Jazz Capital. …

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Jazz in the New Year-Bob

Well, here we are a week into the new year. Historically, this is a slow time for new jazz releases. The record labels stop releasing new discs from about the end of November through mid-January, so things should start picking up again very soon. What we feature in the interim are things we haven’t had …

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