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Help Keep Music In Our Parks!
The City of Cedar Rapids’ mobile band shell, which has brought entertainment to the community for nearly sixty years, has just about reached the end of its life. For thirty of the those years, the Band Shell has been the home of KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars, and faced with the potential loss of this …
Gospel Brunch
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Jazz With the Stars – Febuary 2015
Groove for Thought The Seattle-based vocal Jazz group Groove for Thought performed at Kirkwood Community College’s 2015 Vocal Jazz Festival concert. Two of the group’s members and Fred Kiser, Director of Vocal Studies at Kirkwood, stopped by the KCCK studios and spoke with Bob Stewart. Nnenna Freelon Grammy-Award nominated singer/songwriter Nnenna Freelon performed with guitarist …
Jazz With the Stars – April 2015
Karrin Allyson Singer/songwriter and four-time Grammy Award nominee, Karrin Allyson was in Cedar Rapids recently to conduct a vocal master class at Coe College and to perform at a gala benefit for the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre. She stopped by the KCCK studios and spoke with Bob Stewart.
2015 Marks 25 Years for Iowa City Jazz Festival
The Iowa City Jazz Festival will celebrate its 25th year July 2-4. Jazz giant Charles Lloyd will headline the event. The festival kicks off at 5 p.m. July 2 with the United Jazz Ensemble featuring some of the most talented musicians from City High and West High. Friday’s lineup includes the North Corridor All-Star Jazz …
Jazz Under the Stars line-up revealed at Taste of Jazz
KCCK, First Avenue Wine House and the future chefs of Kirkwood’s Culinary Arts Department will collaborate for a night of wine, food and music Friday, April 24, from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Hotel at Kirkwood Center at 7725 Kirkwood Boulevard SW. This year’s theme is Sweet Home Chicago. The Culinary Arts students will cook and …
Live from the Opus Concert Cafe
The Opus Concert Cafe, located next to the Paramount Theatre in downtown Cedar Rapids, continues its jazz series April 3 with permisson Jim Dreier. Dreier is a drum set, Latin percussion and jazz educator, clinician and performer who is also a full-time “Lecturer” in Jazz Studies at the University of Iowa. The First Friday Jazz …