The Jarrett Purdy Project will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, April 5, at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. It will also be the first of several release parties for Purdy’s first CD – “Motion and Stillness” – a disc of all-original music. The sextet will …
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Culture Crawl 433 “Motion and Stillness”
Jarrett Purdy is an Iowa City native, now finishing up his degree at the University of Iowa, who has been playing regularly in Eastern Iowa since high school. He teamed up with friends Nolan Schroeder, Jim Buennig, Joey Schnoebelen, Blake Shaw, and Christopher Jensen on his first CD “Motion and Stillness,” a disc of all-original …
Culture Crawl 434 “Plays and Music and Art and Things”
Dawn Jones from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance is in with a boatload of suggestions of funs things to do over the next week and a half. On Dawn’s list are some new plays, great jazz and a money-saving museum offer. More information on all this cool stuff at www.culturalcorridor.org.
Culture Crawl 432 “I Love It, It’s Perfect, Now It’s Been Changed”
Old Creamery Theatre presents “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change,” a hilarious musical that celebrates and pokes fun at relationships at every stage. But cast members Emily Seibert and Morgan McDowell say that while the musical has been around for a while, this version has brand new content, updated for how dating and relationships …
This Week In Jazz March 17th thru March 23rd
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Nat King Cole, vibists Dave Pike, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris, pianists/singer/songwriters Dave Frishberg, Eliane Elias and Amina Figarova, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, singers Bill Henderson and Marcia Ball, guitarist and vocalist George Benson and more!!! We’ll also mark the …
Special Programs for March 18 thru March 23
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Galloping Guitars: Joe Beck Joe Beck was an outstanding jazz guitarist for over three decades. He played with important instrumentalists and singers, like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, John Abercrombie, Tom Scott and Ali Ryerson. …
Culture Crawl 431 “Let’s Get Straight to the Jazz Hands”
The jazz hands come out 8 just seconds into the show as Alisabeth Von Presley and Jen Boettger describe Follies 2019, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.” The Follies is the only show of its kind in the nation, with a multi-generational cast of over 100 singers, dancers, and actors, performing an original show that will feature …
Culture Crawl 430 “Who’da Thunk It?”
Orchestra Iowa’s Tim Hankewich joins Dennis for “String Theory,” the next concert that features, wait for it… Strings. A shocker, we know. But as the Orchestra gives the brass the night off, they welcome classical guitarist Ana Vidovic, who will perform Rodrigo’s famous Concierto de Aranjuez, famous from the movies and a well-known Miles Davis …