The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place June 13, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
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KCCK’s Featured CD for June 2019
The KCCK Featured CD for June is “Friends” from trumpeter Al Naylor. Al’s been a fixture on the Eastern Iowa jazz scene for more than five decades, both as a player and an educator. From leading the I-380 Express Big Band to his work in the Blue Band and Orquesta Alto Maiz, he’s made an …
This Week In Jazz June 2nd thru June 8th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Oliver Nelson, Tina Brooks, Anthony Braxton and Paquita D’Rivera, guitarists Tal Farlow, Grant Green and Paul Bollenback, drummers Peter Erskine and Cassius Goens and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie’s “Bird …
Culture Crawl 458 “Street Art”
The National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library is celebrating the demise of the Eastern Bloc, including what is now the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, begun by the fall of the Berlin Wall, thirty years ago this year. Street artist Ganzeer, forced to leave his native Egypt after using his art to protest …
Culture Crawl 459 “The One that Drove Mahler Out of Town”
Orchestra Iowa completes its season with “Titan,” by Gustave Mahler, June 1 at the Paramount Theatre. Tim Hankewich describes the work as uplifting, spiritual, and a bucket list piece for musicians. But when Mahler composed it, the musicians found it so difficult to play that Mahler ended up getting forced out of that job! Also …
Special Programs for May 27 thru June 1
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Galloping Guitars: Howard Alden Howard Alden began playing banjo at ten years old, then soon switched to guitar. His first big gig was with vibraphonist Red Norvo. When he was 24 he moved to New York …
This Week In Jazz May 26th thru June 1st
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays vocalists Mamie Smith, Peggy Lee and Dee Dee Bridgewater, trumpeter Miles Davis, pianists Ruben Rodriguez and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia” …
First Friday Jazz June 7
The Dandelion Stompers will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, June 7, at 5 p.m. The Dandelion Stompers play New Orleans jazz with all the trimmings. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary music and …