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Special Programs October 7 thru October 13

Jazz Corner of the World  (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Dave Holland’s Birthday Host Craig Kessler celebrates the 78th birthday of Dave Holland (October 1, 1946). He’ll spin a variety of stylish material from his early days with Miles Davis, all the way up to his latest current recordings.               Wednesday …

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Big Mo Pod Show 031 – “Funkin’ Down The Highway”

Its Saturday, you know what that means, another deep dive into the blues with John and producer Noah! Like every episode the selection of tracks carry a garden variety of blues tones, including one soul artist as well. To see who that is tune into the episode! Songs featured in the episode:  Bonny Raitt – …

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Big Mo Pod Show 030 – “A Constant Search”

In this special episode John and Noah interview the legendary singer, songwriter, guitarist, dog rescuer, and all around blues man Bryce Janey! Our hosts discuss his background in music, how he develops his musical style, and what artists have inspired his work through the years.  Listen to ‘da Friday Blues with Big Mo each week …

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Culture Crawl 973 “Moo-Wa-Ha-Ha”

Tim Hankewich is back and with him for his culture crawl debut is Orchestra Iowa’s new CEO, Eric Marshall. The orchestra’s second Masterwork of the season was inspired by cellist Philip Bergman and the music of Tan Dun’s Crouching Tiger Cencerto for Cello & Orchestra. If you’re familiar with the martial arts film Crouching Tiger …

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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet October 10, 2024

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place October 10, 2024.  Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

KCCK’s Featured Album for October 2024

The KCCK Featured Album for October is “Vol. 7: The Lost Tapes, 1959” from the Terry Gibbs Dream Band. After six volumes of Dream Band recordings were released in the ’80s and ’90s, a seventh volume was discovered just last year, when the famed vibraphonist’s son Gerry stumbled across a file marked ‘Party 1959’ on …

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This Week’s Shows September 30 thru October 6

Jazz Corner of the World  (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm John Abercrombie on ECM Host Craig Kessler presents a wide array of superb guitar tracks featuring many of John Abercrombie’s recordings from the ECM label.             Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Jazz Under the Stars withBYO Brass & the Sam …

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This Week In Jazz September 29 thru October 5

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Buddy Rich and Mike Clark, bassists Oscar Pettiford, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomes, saxmen Von Freeman and Phil Urso, pianist/festival organizer George Wien and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Louis Armstrong “Live at the 1958 …

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