2022 was a big year for Anamosa Jazz I. They welcomed a new director, Gerardo Gomez, had a much-improved competition season, and also participated in the Corridor Jazz Project for the very first time! Evie Breitbach, Madeline Broghammer, and Lili Fischer broke it down for us, and also brought an excellent selection of songs. Evie, …
Gabe Hinman, Ethan McLaughlin, and Lauren Roskopf from the Solon Jazz Orchestra join us for an hour of music and band stories, including a cameo appearance by their Corridor Jazz guest artist this year, our own Saul Lubaroff! Gabe, Ethan, and Lauren’s playlist.
Two of Iowa’s leading jazz educators, Jim Dreier, Latin Jazz guru at the University of Iowa, and Rich Medd, longtime director at Iowa City West High School, retire this spring from full-time classroom teaching. Jim and Rich talk with KCCK’s Dennis Green about their time together in bands such as Orquesta Alto Maiz, teaching highlights, …
Orchestra Iowa brings back one of its most popular “rock” shows May 7, with “One Vision – The Music of Queen.” The orchestra will back four musicians who’ll bring the music of that classic band to live, including all your Queen favorites, such as “Killer Queen,” “We Are The Champions,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” and Tim’s favorite …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place May 12, 2022. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Lorenz Hart, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, pianist John Lewis, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland, bassists Jymie Merritt and Ron Carter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Miles Ahead” (1956), Charles Mingus’ “Ah Um” (1959), Dexter Gordon’s “Doin’ Alright” (1961), Eddie “Lockjaw” …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM More Bitches Brew Descendants It’s always fun to see important releases inspire great new art! Host Craig Kessler plays “new” music made possible by Miles Davis’s Bitches Brew. This landmark set inspired not only the jazz fusion and progressive rock sound of the 70s, …
The KCCK Featured Album for May is “Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 1” from the Alternative Guitar Summit. There have been a mere handful of guitarists that have changed the way we think about the instrument over the past five or six decades. Pat Martino is perhaps one of the greatest and best known of those …
