“Esteban and The Children of the Sun” is the final work from the prolific musical mind of John Rapson, the long-time leader of the University of Iowa Jazz program, completed just days before he died in August of 2021. It’s a story of a Moroccan Muslim who was the first African to journey across North …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Slam Stewart, Tommy Potter, Red Mitchell and Jimmy Woode, saxophonists John Coltrane and Frank Foster, singers Ray Charles, Irene Reid, Les McCann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Charlie Parker at Storyville” (1953), “The Kenny …
Jazz Corner of the World Encore Mondays at 6:00 PM Strata East Records, Part 4 Host Craig Kessler totes in another batch of CDs and vinyl from this top-notch, extremely hard to find, ‘power’ jazz record label. We’ll hear a tasty array of jazz styles from a broad spectrum of vaunted Black artists, mostly …
Join KCCK for a live broadcast of Brucemorchestra with Orchestra Iowa this Saturday at 7pm! Orchestra Iowa, Revival Theatre, and Iowa’s Jazz Station team up with award-winning singers performing Broadway classics on the Brucemore lawn. That’s this Saturday, live at 7pm on Jazz 88.3 and worldwide on the KCCK mobile app.
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 …
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