For Immediate Release: April 17, 2023- IOWA CITY, IA 8-time GRAMMY® Award-winning bassist, composer and arranger Christian McBride headlines the nationally renowned Iowa City Jazz Festival, presented by GreenState Credit Union, returning to downtown Iowa City for Friday, June 30 – Sunday, July 2. This free festival includes music on two stages, culinary delights, artists …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion, vibist Lionel Hampton, percussionist/bandleader Tito Puente, bassist Charles Mingus, guitarist Mundell Lowe, vocalist Madeleine Peyroux and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), Miles Davis’ “Kind of …
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Early Hampton Hawes Host Craig Kessler takes a listen to the near-forgotten talents of pianist Hampton Hawes during his formative years in the 1950s. We’ll hear him performing with his own trios and quartets, as well as his playing with Shorty Rogers, Art Pepper, The Lighthouse …
It’s the Ron and Phil show, as percussionist Phil Perea represents the Cedar Rapids Revolutionists jazz band. Phil talks about meeting one of his idols, Dave Weckl, and played music from the Brecker Brothers, John Pattitucci, and the University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band. Phil’s Playlist
We had a rollicking hour of music and laughs with Paladin, Leona, and Kayla from the Solon Jazz Orchestra. We heard about their plans for next year, and also the story of Mr. C (Solon director Desmond Cervantes) drop-kicking a stuffed animal across the band room. And loads of great music, too, from Gordon Goodwin, …
Local favorites the Evan Stock Band and Glass Leaf Company will appear at the Ideal Theater on April 20 with the Omaha-based Kris Lager Band. Both our guests keep busy schedules outside of performing. Evan coordinates youth bands for the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy, and Adam Sines of Glass Leaf Company co-owns Up In Smoke …
Orchestra Iowa presents the next installment in its historic 100th season, “Percussive Fire,” featuring “Dreamachine,” a composition by Cedar Rapids native Michael Daugherty featuring up and coming percussion star Britton René Collins. Tim says the opening piece by Arturo Marquez will literally make you want to get up and dance, and if all this didn’t …
2023 marks the very first year that Mid-Prairie High School participated in the Corridor Jazz Project, adn they made the most of if, bringing in not just one, but two guest artists, Randy Swift, guitar, and the legendary Gary McCurdy a.k.a The Tubador, on tuba. Jacob Carillo and Emily Righter brought the heat with Big …
