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This Week In Jazz October 9 thru October 15
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Thelonious Monk, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, pianist Art Tatum, drummers Art Blakey and Billy Higgins, singers Oscar Brown, Jr. and Roy Kral, bassist Buddy Montgomery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York …
This Week’s Shows for October 10 thru October 16
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm The Art & Compositions of Mike Gibbs Craig Kessler salutes master composer Michael Gibbs. He is probably best known for his collaborations with Gary Burton, Graham Collier, Kenny Wheeler, the NDR Big Band, and many others. We’ll hear samples his work through the years. …
Culture Crawl 764 “Rehearse at Crazy Times”
Miera Kim and Carey Bostian are in the midst of 19 performances of “Fresh Folk,” a show focusing primarily on new compositions (with a little Dvorak thrown in), with folk melodies from a variety of cultures as their base. The tour culminates with two main programs, Oct. 22 at Mt. Mercy’s Chapel of Mercy, and …
Culture Crawl 763 “Too “Soon?
Orchestra Iowa kicks off its 100th season a little late, after the cancellation of Brucemorchestra, with “Cultural Crosroads.” One of the world’s leading violinists, Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin, joins the Orchestra for a towering Tchaikovsky concerto. Also, a world premiere from Cedar Rapids composer Jerry Owen! 7:30pm Oct. 8 at the Paramount, 2pm Oct. 9 at …
Culture Crawl 762 “A Little Salsa In Your Life”
Iowa Brass is a brass band in the British style, i.e., with some British-style horns and performances in a concert band format, but the members tend to have jazz experience. The band will show off its “Jazz Roots” in concert Oct. 15 at the Solon Community Center, where they’ll perform arrangements of jazz tunes made …
This Week In Jazz October 2 thru October 8
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jimmy Blanton, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomez, drummer Jo Jones, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., guitarist Duke Robillard, trombonist Clifton Anderson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries Louis Armstrong “Live At The 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival”, Horace …
This Week’s Shows for October 3 thru October 9
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Miles Davis with George Coleman This week, Craig Kessler offers up some work with yet another of Miles Davis’s transitional tenors, George Coleman, who played with Miles in 1963 and early 1964. Don’t miss classic studio recordings, as well as some rather obscure live …