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This Week In Jazz May 8 thru May 14

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Bix Beiderbeck, saxmen George Coleman, Ornette Coleman and Lee Konitz, pianists James Williams and Sir Charles Thompson, drummer Roy Haynes and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of  Cannonball Adderley’s “Somethin’ Else” (1958), Orhette Coleman’s “Tomorrow is …

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Special Programs for March 8 thru March14

Short List with host Bob Naujoks     Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Paul Winter Bob Naujoks’s “Baker’s Dozen” concludes with saxophonist Paul Winter. Originally inspired by  Charlie Parker, he changed direction after State Department cultural tour of Latin America. His music would come to incorporate, among …

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Culture Crawl 552 “The Police Have Questions about Your Composing”

Orchestra Iowa presents “Rebellious Russians” March 6 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts and March 7 a the Paramount Theatre. The program will include Shostakovich’s towering 5th Symphony, and Ballet Quad Cities will be the Orchestra’s special guest to perform a brand-new interpretation of Stravinsky’s “Dumbarton Oaks Concerto.” Music Director Tim Hankewich, who …

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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet March 12, 2020

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place March 12, 2020. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

Special Programs for March 2 thru March 7

Short List with host Bob Naujoks     Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: David Grisman & Ry Cooder String jazz is this week’s focus with mandolinist David Grisman and guitarist Ry Cooder. Grisman calls his mix of Bluegrass, jazz and folk music “Dawg Music.” It’s a sophisticated …

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This Week In Jazz March 1 thru March 7

 Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxman Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, pianist Lou Levy, singers Carol Sloane and Flora Purim, trumpeter Bobby Shew and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Gene Ammons’ All-Star Sessions with Sonny Stitt (1950), Dave Brubeck’s “Jazz at Oberlin” (1953), Buck Clayton’s “Jam …

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DIVA Leader to Perform at Corridor Jazz Concert

Sherrie Maricle, founder and leader of DIVA, the world-renown all-female jazz big band, will perform at KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Project Concert, March 10 at the Solon Center for Arts. “Sherrie is one of the leading performer and clinicians in the country,” says Dennis Green, KCCK general manager. “She will be adjudicating in Nebraska a couple …

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KCCK’s Featured CD for March 2020

The KCCK Featured CD for March is “Air Power” from the Airmen of Note. The premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force, the Airmen of Note have been delivering high-powered musical performances since 1950. Over those seven decades, they have performed for millions around the world, sharing the Air Force story through the …

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