Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Peck Morrison, Wilbur Ware, Victor Wooten and George Mraz, saxmen Sonny Rollins, James Clay, James Clay, and Jim Tomlinson, singers Lorraine Feather, Barbara Morrison, and Harry Connick, Jr., organist Baby Face Willette and more! We’ll also mark the …
KCCK’s Labor Day Special All Day Labor Day 6:00am to Midnight The Iowa City Jazz Festival Tune in to KCCK all day Labor Day as we play back the Main Stage performances from the 2026 Iowa City Jazz Festival. We’ll hear the outstanding sets from Artemis, Mary Louis Knutson, the Howard Levy 4, the Saul …
oday’s guests are Tom Milligan from TKM Theatrical Productions and Toni LeFebvre from the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra ahead of a performance from the IWJO Sextet coming up September 12, 7:30pm at the Amana Performing Arts Center. For tickets and more info visit tkmtheatricalproductions.com or call 319-899-3799. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or …
Bluesman Kevin Burt and wife/manager Nicole Burt are in the studio ahead of the release party for the freshly released album, “This Trip.” Tune in to hear about Kevin’s career and to share in the “big love.” The release party is Saturday, September 5, 8pm at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. Tickets are available for …
Damani Phillips, saxophonist and director of jazz studies at the University of Iowa, joins Dennis in the studio ahead of the roll out of an upcoming show series called “Jazz, Candlelight and You: Damani Phillips w/ Strings By Candlelight.” Tickets for these three shows go on sale Labor Day weekend and can be found at …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Grammy-winning pianist and composer Zaccai Curtis returns with “Sonoluminescence, “Vol. 1.” The record marks a distinct turn in Curtis’ artistic evolution which finds him evolving from an Afro-Cuban focus into a wider sonic landscape, rooted in the textures and grooves of 1970s jazz and funk while pushing confidently …
Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Iowa City Jazz Festival Side Stage The 2026 Iowa City Jazz Festival boasted three stages full of music all weekend long. This month, we feature outstanding performances from the side stages. Starting off, it’s the David Donald Trio (the only act to play before the Friday night rain-out), followed …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, singers Velma Middleton, Teri Thornton and Van Morrison, saxmen Art Pepper, Clifford Jordan and Paul Winter, pianists Horace Silver and Gene Harris, bassists Trigger Alpert, Essiet Okon Essiet and Lonnie Plaxico, trumpeter/bandleader Gerald Wilson, drummer …
