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This Week’s Shows September 1 thru September 7

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm A Kenny Drew Birthday Celebration  Craig celebrates the birthday anniversary of Kenny Drew, born August 28, 1928. We’ll hear a variety of choice jazz gems dating back to 1950 works and continuing throughout his lengthy career, with recordings from Blue Note, Storyville, Riverside, Steeplechase, Soul Note, …

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Culture Crawl 1110 “Traffic Cone-Feather Duster Themed Play”

Playwright Mary Swander & actor Rip Russsell are in the studio to talk about Mary’s new play, “Coop, a Story of an Amish C.O.” Local shows before the duo sets sails for Ireland are Sept 7, 6pm at 1107 Rochester Ave., Iowa City, IA & Sept 13, 7pm at Celebration Hall, Hillcrest Academy. For more …

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Culture Crawl 1109 “You Can Be A Lurker”

Leslie Wright returns to the KCCK studio with a lineup of upcoming Fall offerings at the peaceful Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center.  Aug 28, 7pm-8pm: Mindfulness—Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Information Session (Zoom) Sept 5-6: Pathways of Peace: Food as Relationship Autumn Table Retreat (in person) Sept 12-14: An Unplugged Weekend Retreat (in person) Sept 16, 5:30pm-8pm: …

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Culture Crawl 1108 “A Good Previously On”

Giving Tree Theater’s Jamie Henley is in the studio as “The Second-to-Last Chance Ladies League” by Jones Hope Wooten comes to a close. The last few shows are Aug 29 & 30 at 7:30pm and Aug 31 at 2pm.  For tickets and more info visit givingtreetheater.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search …

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This Week’s Shows August 25 thru August 31

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Terje Rypdal Turns 78  Craig spins a variety of dazzling work from this Norwegian guitarist and composer. We’ll hear material mostly from the famed ECM Records label.                   Wednesday Night Special Wednesdays at 6:00pm Soul Sacrifice at First Friday Jazz …

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Culture Crawl 1107 “Flashback Fanfares”

It’s the final week of KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars concerts and Steve Shanley is back to direct the reunited Al Naylor’s I-380 Express Big Band. Young artist group, Go Benesh Quartet, will start things off at 6:30pm with Al Naylor’s I-380 Express following. It’s Jazz Under the Stars, the fourth and final week of …

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This Week’s Shows August 18 thru August 24

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Mal Waldron’s Birthday Anniversary  Craig presents an exciting range of material from pianist Mal Waldron’s stunning career. We’ll hear Mal as a leader of his own groups, as well as a side man with a long list of well-known artists like John Coltrane, Gene Ammons, Teddy Charles, …

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Big Mo Pod Show 073 – “Spiritual IV”

Welcome back to the pod show folks! After a brief break your hosts are back to provide another thorough dissection of some blues classics both new and old! Songs featured in the episode:  Elmore James – “Talk To Me Baby”  Buddy Guy – “Been There Done That”  The vaughan Brothers – “Brothers”  Sugaray Rayford – …

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