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This Week’s Shows: Week of January 2 – 8

Short List with Bob Naujoks    Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM   The Short List: Corridor Jazz (Eddie Piccard) new series A familiar musician is on The Short List this week as we survey “Corridor Jazz.” If there were a face for jazz music in Eastern Iowa, the leading …

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First Friday Jazz June 2

The TYE Male Quartet will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, June 2, at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary music and more in an intimate, upscale environment. For a $12 cover, …

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This Week’s Shows: Week of December 26 – January 1

KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2016 – Day after Christmas Special!  Monday, December 26th 6:00 AM – 12:00 PM (repeated 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM) Mirage (indoors at Parlor City Pub)  6am – 8:am / 12pm – 2pm A downpour forced our 2nd scheduled Jazz Under the Stars concert of the 2016 season indoors at …

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KCCK Top 88 for 2016

Click to listen to the Top 88 of 2016 on Spotify or YouTube.   Click here for the 2016 Top Tens from our Show Hosts ARTIST TITLE LABEL 1) Charles Lloyd I Long to See You (Purchase) Blue Note 2) John Scofield Country for Old Men (Purchase) Impulse! 3) Matt Wilson’s Big Happy Family Beginning of …

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This Week’s Shows: Week of December 19 – 26

Short List with Bob Naujoks    Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Claude Bolling) French pianist Claude Bolling may be best known here for his Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano with flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal from the mid-1970s. That recording put his name on …

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Culture Crawl 218 “It’s All Christmas Today”

Pretty much all Holiday stuff this weekend. Concerts, theatre, even a chance to drop the kids off for a few hours at the Iowa Children’s Museum while you finish Christmas shopping. Rebecca Larkin from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA) reminds us that there is plenty to do in the Corridor, and www.culturalcorridor.org is a …

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Rules for Holiday Movie Goers

KCCK’S Talking Pictures- Movie Rules! When you go to a movie and pay money to experience it, you expect certain things to be true to ensure your enjoyment of the show. They boil down to two simple ideas: You want to be able to see the image and to hear the sound without distractions. We …

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This Week’s Shows: Week of December 12 – 18

Short List with Bob Naujoks    Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Michael Gibbs) English arranger and composer Michael Gibbs was born in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, but educated in England. He was on track to be a scientist, but his friends liked jazz. When …

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