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Performance Schedule
Paramount
- 6:35 – Marion High School Jazz Band One, featuring Simon Harding, saxophone
- 6:50 – Center Point-Urbana Jazz Band, featuring Sean Kiefer, trumpet
- 7:05 – Cedar Rapids Washington High School Revolutionists, featuring Saul Lubaroff, saxophone
- 7:20 – Williamsburg Jazz Outlet, featuring Lynne Hart, clarinet
- 7:35 – Cedar Rapids Xavier High School Jazz Band One, featuring Blake Shaw, bass
- 7:50 – Linn-Mar High School Colton Center Jazz Ensemble, featuring Mike Conrad, melodica
- 8:05 – Prairie High School Jazz Band One, featuring Steve Shanley, keyboard
- 8:20 – Independence High School Jazz Orchestra, featuring Toni Lefebvre, trumpet
- 8:35 – Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School Band of Blues, featuring Brian Zeglis, drums
- 8:50 – Anamosa High School Jazz I, featuring Tye Male, saxophone
- 9:05 – Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Jazz One, featuring Chad Eby, saxophone
Voxman
- 6:35 – City High Jazz Ensemble featuring Joey Schnoebelen, trumpet
- 6:50 – Clear Creek-Amana Jazz Ensemble featuring Bob Washut, piano
- 7:05 – Lisbon Jazz Band featuring Rich Wagor, bass
- 7:20 – West Liberty Varsity Jazz featuring Rod Pierson, saxophone
- 7:35 – Mt. Vernon featuring Mike Livingston, saxophone
- 7:50 – Liberty High Jazz Ensemble featuring Aaron Ottmar, piano
- 8:05 – Mid-Prairie Jazz Band featuring Mike McMann, trombone
- 8:20 – West High Jazz Ensemble featuring Chris Navarrete, trumpet
- 8:35 – Solon Jazz Orchestra featuring David Kunz, bari saxophone
- 8:50 – West Branch Jazz Ensemble featuring Joel Nagel, trombone
About the Corridor Jazz Project
KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Project showcases the outstanding high school jazz programs in Eastern Iowa by providing a unique educational opportunity for high school musicians to work with a professional jazz player/educator and have a professional recording studio experience.
Each school is matched with a professional musician who performs as a guest soloist with the school’s top jazz ensemble. The band and guest artist then record the track, under the direction of professional producers. The tracks are compiled for a compilation album, available as both a download and physical CD.
An Album Release concert featuring the bands and guest artists is also held each year. It’s held on consecutive evenings in March at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids and Voxman Music Hall at the University of Iowa. The album tracks and the concert recordings air periodically on KCCK-FM, particularly during April Jazz Appreciation Month.
The program has seen exponential growth in its history, beginning with eight bands in 2008 and serving a record twenty-one groups in 2026. Often schools request to be included at the behest of their students, who lean about the program from friends. The Iowa Bandmasters Association has called The Corridor Jazz Project the “crown jewel of jazz education in Iowa.”
Album Cover Art Contest
High School students at any Corridor-area school are invited to submit original artwork for The Corridor Jazz Project Album.
Cover Art Contest Info and Rules
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