The KCCK Featured Album for April is KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Project Volume 17. In honor of JazAppreciation Month, we feature students from twenty of Eastern Iowa’s high school jazz bands. Each band is paired up with a professional guest artist who mentors the students during rehearsals and professional recording sessions. The experience culminates with concerts featuring the bands and their special guests. It’s all part of KCCK’s educational outreach program. Purchase
KCCK’s Featured Album for April 2024
Talking Pictures 4-3-24
Bob Marley: One Love (2024) and Nolly (PBS Masterpiece) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Ron Adkins.
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News Digest 4-3-24
The US is calling for an investigation into the deadly Israeli airstrike on a good convoy in Gaza…Governor Reynolds’ nominee to head the state Education Department is confirmed.
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News Digest 4-2-24
A temporary channel has been opened at the Port of Baltimore…the legislature is looking to chance a law that affects Iowans abused by Boy Scout leaders decades ago.
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Culture Crawl 906 “And The Mighty Wurlitzer, Too!”
Culture Crawl 906 “And The Mighty Wurlitzer, Too!”
The Cedar Rapids Community Orchestra celebrates its 10th anniversary with a special concert April 7 at 3pm in the Paramount Theatre. It will be a bittersweet event, as this will also be director Ghyas Zeidieh’s final concert at the helm.
Ghyas will go out with a bang, though! The program will feature a brand new commission from Cedar Rapids composer Jerry Owen, as well as Ravel’s “Bolero,” and a U.S. premiere from Middle East composer Solhi al-Wadi. The finale will be Saint-Saëns’ Organ Concerto, which will feature the Paramount’s Might Wurlitzer organ!
Admission is free. More information at www.crorchestra.org.
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Guest Djs 2024 – Marion
Ethan Johnson, Aaron Piper, and Ash Wasek talk about some of their jazz heroes and play a wide variety of jazz, both old and new during their guest DJ hour.
Ethan, Aaron, and Ash’s playlist:
- Benny Carter & His Orchestra – Jump Call
- Kamasi Washington – Clair de Lune
- Terry Gibbs Dream Band – Tico Tico
- Pat Metheny – Missouri Uncompromised
- Marshall Gilkes – Sin Filtro
- Vince Guaraldi Trio – Willow Weep for Me
- Steve Smith, Scott Henderson, Victor Wooten – Giant Steps
- Marion High School Jazz Band One featuring Michael Conrad – Driftin’
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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet April 11, 2024
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place April 11, 2024. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
News Digest 4-1-24
Crews continue to work on removing wreckage from the bridge collapse in Baltimore…a new report finds Iowans saying access to contraception has gotten more difficult following the Dobbs decision.
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