Steve Smith & Vital Information’s “Time Flies” was the Number-1 album in KCCK’s Top 88 jazz releases of 2023. The Jazz Defenders “Scheming” was Number-88. Following is the list of everything else in between. Click here for a printable version of KCCK’s Top 88 for 2023 1. Steve Smith & Vital Information “Time Flies” …
The U.S. is not joining the call for a ceasefire in Gaza…a presidentialforum focusing on minority issues will not take place as scheduled in Des Moines.
We’ve had some requests for an “answer key” to KCCK’s Holiday Card this year. Here are names that go with the faces! Top Row: Phil Brown (Talking Pictures), Killian Ritland (Thursday Evenings), Dennis Green (General Manager) Michelle Collier (Development Director), Ron Adkins (Weekday Afternoons) 2nd Row: Bob Naujoks (Gentle Jazz), Bob Stewart (Weekday Mornings), Caleb …
Fighting continues across Gaza between Israel and Hamas…Iowa Republicans say they’ll try to eliminate the state income tax in the upcoming legislative session.
Jazz Corner of the World Encore with host Craig Kessler Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Elvin Jones on Blue Note Craig continues his celebration of the 85th Anniversary of Blue Note Records with samplings from drummer Elvin Jones’s 10-plus dates as a Blue Note leader and 20-plus dates as a sideman on the legendary label. …
Culture Crawl 884 “Here’s The Weird Thing We’re Doing This Year” After inviting the Iowa Women’s Jazz Orchestra to be Iowa Orchestra’s special guest for this year’s Holiday Spectacular, Tim Hankewich discovered that there are HARDLY ANY existing charts for symphony orchestra and jazz big band. Fortunately, the Orchestra has a secret weapon: Arranger Steve …
Congress continues to struggle to provide more aid for Israel…Iowa has disenrolled more than 160,000 people from Medicaid in the past seven months.
Culture Crawl 883 “We Don’t Fit in the Rehearsal Room” The Cedar Rapids Community Orchestra celebrates its tenth anniversary this season, kicking off the celebration with a Winter Concert, Dec. 10 at 3pm in Kirkwood’s Ballantyne Auditorium. The orchestra is composed of students from Kirkwood and Coe Colleges, as well as a dedicated core of …
