Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jimmy Rushing and Cecile McLorin Salvant, composer/pianist/conductor Leonard Bernstein, saxmen Lester Young, Buster Williams, Med Flory, Wayne Shorter and Branford Marsalis, pianist Kenny Drew, bassists Leonard Gaskin, Charles Fambrough, and Peter Washington, guitarist Pat Martino and more. We’ll …
The fourth and final week of this summer’s Jazz Under The Stars series put on by KCCK is upon us. This week features headlining group, Vandello, with the Chase Beightler Trio (Coe College) opening. In the studio is Vandello lead vocalist, Meg Adam. It’s JUTS week four, Thursday 8/27, 6:30pm at Noelridge Park in Cedar …
Orchestra Iowa’s Brucemorchestra is back and Tim Hankewich returns to the studio with the details. It’s Saturday, August 29 on the grounds of the Brucemore Mansion. The event begins at 7pm with additional tickets available for a reception preceding the show at 5:30pm. Tickets and more information at artsiowa.com & orchestraiowa.org. Subscribe to The Culture …
Tim Daugherty returns to Cedar Rapids for an afternoon show at the Campbell Steele Gallery. Tim chats with Dennis about his cruise ship career and other highlights from his career as a musician. It’s “Tim Daugherty & Friends – Live at Campbell Steele” Sunday, August 23, 2pm. Tickets and more information at campbellsteele.com. Keep up …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify When they first took the stage at NYC’s Augie’s Jazz Bar (now Smoke Jazz Club), organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Bill Stewart would never have imagined that 35 years later they’d not only still be working together, but that they would be considered by many …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Monday at 6:00pm A Listen to Sunnyside Host Craig Kessler samples choice cuts from the Sunnyside record label. What began in 1982 as a means to release a Harold Danko album has grown into one of today’s premier jazz labels. Sunnyside has given us standout work from Lee Konitz, …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen pianist/composer/bandleader Count Basie, Ike Quebec, Irv Williams and Ray Blue, pianist/composer Duke Pearson, singers Grazyna Auguscik and Jamie Cullum, bassist George Duvivier, brass men Chuck Connor, Jack Teagarden, Jiggs Wigham and Oscar Brashear, drummers Frank Capp and Ginger …
It’s week three of KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars and Vivian Shanley is in the studio ahead of her headlining show with the Vivan Shanley Quartet. Tune in to hear Vivian’s full circle KCCK story, from attending Jazz Band Camp in middle school, to graduating college and returning to Cedar Rapids to play bass in …
