Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Randy Weston Centennial Show Craig celebrates the 100th birth date anniversary of pianist and composer Randy Weston, who passed away in 2018 at age 92. We’ll hear a diverse program spanning his earliest recordings from the early 1950s into the 2000s. …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Billie Holiday and Carmen McRae, saxophonists Charlie Rouse and Gerry Mulligan, songwriter Yip Harburg, pianist/composers Andre Previn, Victor Feldman and Claude Bolling, horn man Freddie Hubbard, percussionists Art Taylor, Steve Gadd and Mongo Santamaria and more. We’ll also …
Crooked Path Theatre presents “Small Mouth Sounds,” by Bess Wohl. Director Patrick DuLaney is in the studio with the details. It’s April 9-11, 17-18 at 7:30pm & April 12, 18-19 at 2pm at The James Theater. Tickets and more info at crookedpaththeatre.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your …
Director of Instrumental Music at Kirkwood Community College, Chris Navarrete, is in the studio ahead of several upcoming jazz events involving Kirkwood ensembles: Thurs, April 9, 7:30pm: Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Fusion at Ballantyne Sun, April 12, 2pm: Kirkwood Groove + CR Jazz Big Band at Ballantyne Fri, May 1, 1pm: Big Band Boogie …
Odin Hankins and Elijah Thompson
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art curator, Julia Jessen, is in the studio to chat about current CRMA exhibits and upcoming events. “From the Outside Looking In: Interior Spaces” is open through May 3 & “Art is the Word: Text in Art” is open through May 17. Upcoming juried exhibit, “Threading the Needle: Fiber Art in …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Pittsburgh Pianist Horace Parlan Craig presents a tasty variety from Horace Parlan’s many releases on Blue Note and Steeplechase Records, as well as his work with Mingus, Lou Donaldson, Frank Foster, Dexter Gordon, and many others. Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Gil-Scott Heron and Norah Jones, saxophonists Harry Carney, Sal Nistico, Dick Oatts and Lannie Morgan, vibist Red Norvo, trumpeters Herb Alpert and Al Naylor and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles …
