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Culture Crawl 798 “Harder Than Doing Time”

There are huge barriers to success for a person trying to return to society after being incarcerated. Inside Out Re-Entry Community of Johnson County works to make the transition positive and beneficial to the returning person and the community. Inside Out is holding a fundraiser March 23rd at the Englert, featuring Iowa City native Jeff …

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This Week’s Special Programming

Jazz Corner of the World  Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Grant Green as a Sideman, Part 2  The Blue Note anniversary celebration continues with this  second show featuring guitarist Grant Green as a Blue Note sideman. We’ll hear more classic jazz records with Green and Horace Parlan, Harold Vick, Lee Morgan, Larry Young, John Patton, …

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Culture Crawl 797 “Tip of the Hat to Lord Nelson”

The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale presents what many call Hayden’s greatest single composition, “The Lord Nelson Mass,” at a concert on March 19 at 2:30pm at First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids. Composed during a time when the famous British commander had just won significant victories against the French, the mass will feature soloists Jessica …

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Taste of Jazz Tickets are on sale now!

  Get your tickets now!   Join KCCK on Friday, April 28 at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center, in collaboration with Kirkwood’s Culinary Arts and Hospitality Arts Departments for an evening of food, wine, beer and music to benefit KCCK’s Jazz Education Programs.Music by Orquesta Alto Maizand YesterNite The event features wine and beer tastings, …

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Order the 2023 Corridor Jazz Project Album!

Get your copy of the Corridor Jazz Project XVI album today! The album is available as a high-quality audio download for you to listen to or upload to your favorite music app. Included in the package is a PDF of the Corridor Jazz Project playbill with complete liner notes and solo information as well as …

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This Week In Jazz March 5 thru March 11

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Keeley Smith and Flora Purim, bassist Red Callender, pianists Dick Hyman and Billy Childs, saxophonist Ornette Coleman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Sonny Rollins’ “Way Out West” (1957), Miles Davis’ “Someday My Prince Will …

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Special Programs for March 6 – March 12

  Jazz Corner of the World  Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Wayne Shorter as a Sideman   Host Craig Kessler continues his celebration of 85 Years Of Blue Note Records with a look at some classic “Blue Notes” featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter as a sideman. We’ll hear Shorter’s sessions with Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Donald …

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KCCK’s Featured Album for March 2023

The KCCK Featured Album for March is KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Project Volume XVI. The disc showcases the outstanding high school jazz programs in the area and provides the opportunity for the student musicians to interact with and learn from college jazz directors and other professional players. The bands and their guest artists record tracks, under …

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