It’s April Jazz Appreciation Month, which means we turn KCCK over to high school jazz students to host an hour on the air. First up, it’s Ana Koch, Nolan Vibhakar, and Rika Yahashiri from City High. Ana is familiar to KCCK listeners from her performances in the Ana Koch-Vivian Shanley Duo, the Corridor Quintet, and …
After months of planning, the Corridor Jazz Project 2021 has begun. It’s a big project, even without a pandemic to complicate things. We launched the program on Feb. 18 at Mt. Vernon, where the Swinging’ STANGS performed with guest artist (and Mt. Vernon alum!) singer Amy Friedl Stoner. It would have been far easier to …
Diego Loria-Eivins, a freshman at City High School in Iowa City, has been chosen as the winner of the 2021 Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Diego will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM. His design will serve as the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project XIV”, a compilation of recordings from the top jazz bands from …
The underclassman speak for the Mt. Vernon Swingin’ STANGS! Aden Grudzinski and Trystan Lashley are both first-year members of the band and are working hard to be future leaders. Trystan plays tuba, and has a feature in the band’s tune on this year’s Corridor Jazz Project CD. Playlist: “Bessie’s Blues” – John Coltrane “Midnight Blue” – …
Students from area high school jazz programs join Dennis Green remotely to talk about music, and play some of their favorite songs. Each show will air twice at 4pm most weekdays during April. If you miss a show, click the listen link below or subscribe to the KCCK Specials podcast channel. Here is the schedule: …
Emma Bock and Renae Hasselbusch have been friends since they were little, and are finishing up their senior year at Lisbon. And they independently decided to attend Iowa State and major in Biology, so they’ll continue to be classmates in college! The Lisbon Jazz Band has had a great year under first-year director Joseph Arch, …
Maddie Miller and Shannon Morgan miss a lot about band while they’re on “pandemic break” but it’s possible that getting to school for a 6:50am jazz band rehearsal isn’t one of them. Fortunately, their guest DJ show did not require them to get up that early! They picked several charts that they played in band …
This time next year, Brody Joens and Ryan Neubuaer will be finishing up their first year at Dordt University and Wartburg College, respectively. But today they are guest DJs on KCCK, representing Prairie Jazz I. They tell the story of how Gordon Goodwin’s “Jazz Police” became the unofficial theme “rev-up” tune for Jazz I this …
