After more than 18 months without a concert, Orchestra Iowa returns with a roar with Brucemorchestra, Sept. 18. It’s a Rodgers & Hammerstein evening featuring chorus, dancers, and Broadway performers with local ties, in conjunction with Revival Theatre. Tim Hankewich says that even though the spotlight may be on the singers, there is plenty for …
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jon Hendricks, Mel Torme, Charles Brown and Giacomo Gates, violinist Joe Venuti, organist Brother Jack McDuff, saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Chet Baker & the Lighthouse All-Stars’ “Witch Doctor” (1953), Sonny Clark Trio (1957), Stanley Turrentine’s “Z.T.’s …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Muse Records, Part One Host Craig Kessler takes a first look at this rather extensive label that operated between 1972 and 1995, with some 560-plus titles in its catalog. Owner Joe Fields made this a veritable blue collar, meat-and-potatoes jazz label, sporting terrific artists …
KCCK’s Johnson County translator at 106.9 FM is currently off the air due to equipment failure. We’re working on it and hope to have it back up and running soon.
Sept. 17-19 will be a big weekend for the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library in Cedar Rapids. The fun kicks off on Friday with the return of Brewnost, back in person after a virtual 2020, and moved outside to accommodate distancing. Taste beers from around the world matched to tasty food, enjoy music, …
Stepping is a percussive dance and music style that originated in fraternities and sororities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. “Drumfolk” is an original commission by Hancher Auditorium that uses this form to tell the story of Africans in America and the triumph of human spirit during enslavement. StepAfrika! founder C. Brian Williams talks about …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, drummer/bandleader Elvin Jones, bassists Wilbur and George Mraz, saxmen Sonny Rollins and James Clay and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven w/ Lester Young’s “Lester Leaps In” (1939), “The …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Jazz Corner of the World is pre-empted this week as we commemorate Labor Day with the rebroadcast of the 2021 Iowa City Jazz Festival! The Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00 PM Lew Soloff at Kirkwood Trumpeter Lew Soloff’s dynamic and …
