Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Black Jazz Record Label, Part 3 Host Craig Kessler presents more terrific material from Black Jazz Records – the Oakland-based, African-American owned and operated jazz label from the 1970s. We’ll hear underrated and obscure material from Kellee Patterson, Roland Haynes, Henry Franklin, …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composers Tadd Dameron and Michel Legrand, drummers Harvey Mason and Joe La Barbera, saxophonists David “Fathead” Newman and Tommy Newsom and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Ornette Coleman’s “Tomorrow Is the Question!” (1959), Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans’ …
Orchestra Iowa presents “Magical Movie Moments: John Williams” Feb. 19 and 20 at the Paramount Theatre. Tim Hankewich explains that Williams has written not just music that is great for movies, but great in and of itself. The orchestra will perform all your favorites from Star Wars, Superman, and more, along with some lesser-known gems. …
Mirrorbox Theatre returns to in-person shows with a world premier, “Cycle Play,” Feb. 17-27 in Theatre Cedar Rapids’ Grandon Studio. Founder. Cavan Hallman is excited not just about this play, but about the recently completed capital campaign to fund a permanent space for the theatre, in Cedar Rapids’ Time Check neighborhood. Playwright Megan Tabaque and …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Harold Arlen, baritone man Charlie Fowles, bandleader Machito, saxophonists Buck Hill and Pete Christlieb, singers Irma Thomas and Randy Crawford and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Chet Baker Sings” (1954), Sonny Stitt and Jack McDuff’s …
CORRIDOR JAZZ PROJECT RETURNS TO THE PARAMOUNTThree new schools join for the progam’s 15th year Three new schools join The Corridor Jazz Project as the program celebrates its fifteenth year at a massive concert March 8th at the Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids. The concert will be presented in two “sessions,” to accommodate those who are not …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM West Coast Jazz #4 Join host Craig Kessler for his fourth and final “West Coast Jazz” presentation, as he takes a closer listen to more of the important jazz artists and arrangers. We’ll hear great material from Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Russ Garcia, Bill …
The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale has two big events in the coming weeks. Their sole fundraiser of the year, the Mardi Gras Gala, will be at the Czech Museum Feb. 26, and the Chorale pays tribute to the many composers who call, or have called Cedar Rapids home, in their next concert, March 5 at …
