Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Jerome Richardson, Seldon Powell and Vincent Herring, trombonists George Masso and Roswell Rudd, singers Sheila Jordan and Diana Krall and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Richard Williams’ “New Horn in Town” …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Tribute to Chick Corea, Show 10 Host Craig Kessler presents the last show in his year-long tribute to the amazing career of pianist, composer, and true genius of modern music, Chick Corea. For this final outing, Craig presents a variety of great selections from …
KCCK’s Thanksgiving Special will look back on some of our favorite First Friday Jazz performances. Tune in for the perfect soundtrack to you holiday! Performance Schedule (Times approximate) 6:00am – Rod Pierson Not-So Big Band with Craig Boche 7:45am – Koplant No 8:45am – Eddie Piccard Quartet 10:30am – Craig Erickson 12:15pm – Commons Collective …
Mike Conrad founded The Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra (ICJO) to highlight the compositions of Iowans in new music and arrangements written for big band. The ensemble makes its Cedar Rapids’ debut Nov. 13 at 8pm at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids. You’ll hear the work of Chris Merz, Bob Washut, the late John Rapson, as …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Chris Connor, Ernestine Anderson, Jo Stafford and Rene Marie, trumpeter Buck Clayton, bassist Sam Jones, saxophonists Houston Person and Jesse Davis and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Horace Silver Quintet’s “Six Pieces of Silver” (1956), …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Tribute to Dr. Lonnie Smith Host Craig Kessler salutes the glorious career, legacy, and wonderful memories of the recently-departed organist, Dr. Lonnie Smith. We’ll hear fine material from his early days with guitarist George Benson, through his years on Blue Note Records, right up …
KCCK’s Hollis Monroe talks to Nneena Freelon about “Georgia On My Mind,” a Ray Charles tribute show that will team the award winning singer with Take 6, saxophonist Tom Scott, and singer-actor Clint Holmes. Nov. 12 at Hoyt Sherman Place with the Des Moines Civic Music Association. Details at www.civicmusic.org/georgia.
Tom Milligan directs “Androcles and The Lion” at Clear Creek-Amana High School in Tiffin, Nov. 12-13. Tom knows the play well, since he first performed it as a student himself. The all-female cast will perform the play, set in Ancient Rome, as if they were a troupe of 17th-century itinerant players, it’s a bit of …
