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“Jump Rhythm Jazz Project” at Dubuque’s Heritage Center

Our friends at The Heritage Center, the University of Dubuque’s performing arts and campus center, presents the Emmy Award-winning dance troop Jump Rhythm Jazz Project on Saturday, February 13 at 7:30 p.m. Jump Rhythm Jazz Project celebrates the communal core of jazz performance — dancing, singing, and storytelling in rhythmically syncopated conversations to the beat-driven sounds …

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Culture Crawl 125 “Like Interviewing Siri.”

This Week’s Shows: Week of January 18 – 24

Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Jackson / Parker / Gillespie / Cole / Farlow This week producer Bob Naujoks finishes up his love for traditional jazz with a friend’s work, the Chicago icon, Franz Jackson. …

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Riverwalk Jazz Available Online

We were unhappy to hear about the cancellation of Riverwalk Jazz, and we know many Jim Cullum fans were as well. We explained the situation in a previous post. While that means no more Riverwalk Jazz on KCCK, we have learned that you can still listen! Jim Cullum has donated all his archives to the …

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This Week’s Shows: Week of January 11 – 17

Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Classic Jazz: Chicago / NY / New Orleans This week producer Bob Naujoks recounts the great traditional jazz that he found to his liking. It was Bobby Hackett’s recreation of …

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Producers Top 10s for 2016

Bob Stewart Hollis Monroe Gordon Paulsen Ward Grant Bob Naujoks Ron Adkins Bob DeForest     Bob Stewart: Monday-Friday 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. 1) Metalwood – Twenty (Cellar Live After a fourteen year hiatus, it was a great pleasure to see one of my favorite bands back together again in 2016. The Canadian quartet had …

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New Shows for the New Year

Two shows that KCCK has aired for many years, Piano Jazz and Riverwalk Jazz, have ceased production. Kpoti Accoh’s International jazz show, Tropical Heat, has expanded to three hours, now airing from 5-8 p.m. Sundays. Replacing Piano Jazz at 6 p.m. Thursdays is a new show, Jazz Happening Now, hosted  by Jeff Hanley and spotlighting current …

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Program Changes for 2016

By Dennis Green dennis@kcck.org   We’re making a few slight changes to the programming lineup on KCCK that take effect this first week of the new year. Two shows we have run for many years have ceased production. Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland has been in reruns since the legendary pianist and host passed away in …

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