Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Compositions of Carla Bley, Part 2 Host Craig Kessler spins a fresh mix of Carla Bley charts. We’ll hear Carla’s own recordings of her remarkable material, as well as interpretations from other artists. The Wednesday Night Special …
Hey Jazz fans, tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder, saxmen Illinois Jacquet, Herb Geller, and Booker Ervin, singers Carmen Lundy and Lyle Lovett, percussionist Carlos “Potato” Valdez and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s “Moanin’” (1958), Horace Silver’s “Song For My Father” …
Jerry Lee Lewis was not a jazz artist, but we have a unique connection to him here at KCCK. We house the historic piano which was used for many years at Cedar Rapids’ Danceland Ballroom. The ballroom was the concert nerve center of town for decades, in business from 1926-1968. Throughout the Swing Era, nearly …
Key of G Dennis Green Sometimes (usually around pledge drive times), we’ll talk about the fact that music has become something of a scarce commodity at the public radio end of the dial, and jazz music in particular. By one count, there are only fifteen full-time jazz stations in the country. And now there are …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Wendell Marshall and Richard Bona, singers Cleo Laine, Andy Bey and Milton Nascimento, pianist Jacques Loussier, trumpeter Eddie Jefferson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1955), Horace Silver’s “Song For …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Milestone Records, Part 5 Tune in as Craig Kessler spins Joe Henderson music that can change your life. Craig spotlights the master reedman’s 12-plus records of astonishing jazz that Henderson made for Orrin Keepnews’s Milestone label. The Wednesday Night Special …
Progressive rock group The Beaker Brothers have added a new member. Pianist, guitarist, and singer Steve Protsman went to high school with Steve Grismore, and when Steve P relocated to the Iowa City area, it didn’t take long for Steve G to recruit him for the band. The new lineup of the popular band performs …
Culture Crawl 768 “Greatest Hits” Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre celebrates its 25th anniversary this season, and is kicking things off with “Norman and Abigail,” October 28 at CSPS Hall. The event pairs baritone Norman Garrett, who made his professional debut with Cedar Rapids Opera, with soprano Abigail Rethwisch, who despite being an Eastern Iowa native, …
