Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Strata East Records, Part 5 It’s another batch of rare CDs and vinyl from this hard to find power jazz label. Host Craig Kessler spins a tasty array of jazz styles from a broad variety of first-rate artists, mostly from the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trombonist/bandleader Glenn Miller, sax men Richie Cole and Ricky Ford, guitarists Ralph Towner and Larry Carlton, singer Roseanna Vitro, trombonist Benny Powell, bassists Jimmy Garrison and Pierre Michelot and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dave Brubeck’s …
Two exhibits at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art celebrate Black history and culture, from Iowa artists. “Carl Van Vechten, Man About Town” displays the photographs Van Vechten took during the Cedar Rapids native’s years observing and chronicling the musicians, actors, and writers of the Harlem Renaissance. “Freedom’s Daughters” is a collection of new paintings …
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 …
