Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Sam Rivers & His Blue Note Work Multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers recorded four outstanding records for Blue Note between 1964 and 1967, and appears as a sideman (also from ’64 to ’67) on other Blue Note Records with drummer Tony Williams, pianist Andrew Hill, organist Larry Young, …
Joy Lapp from the Mount Pleasant Historic Preservation Commission & Jerry Tolson, musician and retired educator, are in the studio ahead of a fundraising event to restore Mount Pleasant’s Historic Second Baptist Church. It’s the Jerry Tolson Quartet ft. Delfeayo Marsalis Mar 20, 7:30pm at The University Chapel, Mt. Pleasant. Tickets and more info at …
The University of Iowa School of Music’s jazz department is bustling with events between the various ensembles and an exciting upcoming residency program with Stefon Harris. In the studio with the details is the head of UI’s jazz program, Damani Phillips. For a list of upcoming events at UI School of Music visit music.uiowa.edu/events. For …
Linn County’s History Center is abuzz with programing and special events including Skywalk Tours, Meet the Author, Chew on This, History Happy Hour, and the popular special event, “History Headline Hijinks” (March 27). Program manager, Jenny Thielman, is in the studio with the details and an overview. For more information visit historycenter.org. Subscribe to The …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify Jeremy Pelt’s latest recording is one of his most culturally aware and musically astute projects yet. Rooted in his reflections on his community’s artistic legacy, the album balances heritage with a fresh, modern outlook. Pelt’s compositions move fluidly through straight-ahead neo-bop, spacious ballads, post-impressionistic color and tasteful electronics. Anchored …
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Saturdays at 6:00pm Miroslav Vitous on ECM Craig presents a fine sampling of brilliantly recorded material from the 78-year-old bassist Miroslav Vitous’s work on ECM. Miroslav recorded nine records for ECM between 1979 and 2011. He also worked five times as a sideman for the label, on records by …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Ornette Coleman, Charles Brackeen and Saul Lubaroff, singers Keely Smith, Al Jarreau, and Bobby McFerrin, pianists Don Abney, Dick Katz and Stephen Scott, drummer Roy Haynes, trumpeters Blue Mitchell and Terence Blanchard and more. We’ll also mark the …
Orchestra Iowa CEO, Eric Marshall, and Magician Jackson Green are in the studio ahead of Jackson’s upcoming “Magic Show,” at Opus Concert Cafe on Saturday, March 14. Tickets are $15, doors open at 7pm, and the show starts at 7:30pm. Tickets and more info at artsiowa.com & orchestraiowa.org. Keep up with Jackson at jacksongreen.net & …
