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 …
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 …
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place October 13, 2022. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured Album for October is “New Standards, Volume One” from Terri Lyne Carrington. The drummer has published a groundbreaking new lead sheet book of 101 jazz compositions written exclusively by women, including Mary Lou Williams, Maria Schneider, Esperanza Spalding and others. The companion album is the first in what will be a series …
David Payne auditioned for a Nashville production of the play “Shadowlands” on a lark, because as a Britisher, he had the right accent. He was cast as the lead, C.S. Lewis, which has led him to write and perform several shows as the author, whose work includes The Chronicles of Narnia. Lewis and Lord of …
Iowa’s Jazz Station kicks off our Fall Fund Drive in an unusual way. By going off the air! Around noon Thursday, we’ll go dark for an hour or so to replace an important light on our tower. While we’re off, we’re asking you to donate! Everyone who calls or pledges online during the outage will …
The Metro Marching Band Classic is your only chance to see all seven of the Cedar Rapids-area high school marching bands in one sitting. This year, the Classic will be held at Kingston Stadium, Oct. 10. Gates open at 5:30pm, show at 6pm. Special guests will be the UI Hawkey Marching Band. Advance tickets at …
Creighton Gaynor’s Natural Talent Music is a relatively new organization designed to promote and raise visibility to local and national Worldbeat, jazz and hip-hop bands. Natural Talent’s “One World” series continues with Jonathan Scale’s Fourchestra Sept. 30 at the Englert. Scales is a next-level steep an artist, taking that instrument well beyond its cruise ship …
