This Week In Jazz November 19 thru November 25

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Skeeter Betts, singer June Christy, pianist/composers Hoagy Carmichael and Horace Henderson, songwriter Johnny Mandel, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Sketches of Spain” (1958), Phineas Newborn Jr.’s “A World of Piano! (1961)”, Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker “The Carnegie Hall Concert” (1974), Freddie Hubbard & Woody Shaw’s “Double Take” (1985), Shirley Scott: Blues Everywhere –Live at Birdland (1991), Vincent Herring’s “Preaching to the Choir” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.  

Special Programs November 20 thru November 26

Limited Edition Double CDJazz Corner of the World Encore with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Boogie-Woogie & Other Keyboard Stylings, Part 4

Craig shares more curriculum from his senior class in boogie-woogie piano. We’ll hear more stride, some ragtime, a little early Blues piano, and a huge serving of boogie-woogie from Memphis Slim (a.k.a. Peter Chatman), Charles Edward “Cow Cow” Davenport, Roy Byrd (a.k.a. Professor Longhair), Katie Webster, Lucky Roberts, Willie “The Lion” Smith, Scott Joplin, and many others!

 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Steve Grismore Trio at First Friday Jazz 

Guitarist Steve Grismore brought his trio to the Opus Concert Café for a stellar 2021 First Friday gig. Incorporating a few original pieces, Grismore delivered a set of guitar-centered classics from Grant Green, Wes Montgomery, Pat Metheny, and many others.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Mulgrew Miller at Dizzy’s

Christian McBride uncovers a concert from his spiritual big brother, the underrated piano innovator, the late Mulgrew Miller. We’ll hear the bandleader soar with his group, Wingspan, featuring many of Miller’s engrossing compositions from a performance at Dizzy’s Club in New York City. McBride recalls his early days with the pianist and sprinkles in some personal anecdotes.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Kenny Burrell on Blue Note 

Craig continues his celebration of Blue Note Record’s 85th anniversary by spinning the choicest cuts from guitarist Kenny Burrell’s 38-plus recording sessions with the label. We’ll hear great sides from 1956 through 1968. 

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Feast Ephemera by Clark Sommers on Monday; Swing Low by Michael Dease on Tuesday; Bridges by Hays Street Hart on Wednesday; Home Cookin’ by Cory Weeds on Thursday; Babel by Jhett Black on Friday; Blood Brothers – Live in Canada by Mike Zito & Albert Castiglia on Saturday; Summer Me, Winter Me by Stacey Kent on Sunday.

Culture Crawl 877 “Threads”

The African American Museum of Iowa and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art team up for “Power and Impact.” It’s a showcase for contemporary black artists who use a variety of mediums to explore what it’s like to be black in America.  

Julia Jessen & Felicite Wolfe talk about the process of collaborating on this unique exhibit and what they learned from each other in the process.

On exhibit through Mar 31 at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art

For more information visit www.blackiowa.org & www.crma.org.

Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at www.kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at 10:30am most weekdays on Iowa’s Jazz station. 88.3 FM or www.kcck.org/listen.

News Digest 11-17-23

President Biden reaches agreements with Pacific nations…the Board of Regents is directing Iowa’s public universities to cut some DEI programs.

News Digest 11-16-23

President Biden and China’s leader agree to have the two countries’ militaries communicate with each other…Jeremy Goodale is sentenced to life in prison.

New Music Monday for November 20, 2023

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify
Exuding a musical maturity that breaks generational borders, pianist Emmet Cohen returns with the fifth volume of his Masters Legacy Series with the great master of the tenor saxophone Houston Person. Mr. Person, who has over 75 records as a bandleader alone, has had an extensive career as a performer and producer working alongside Etta Jones, Charles Brown, Ron Carter, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton and Lena Horne. The new disc highlights the hyper-collaborative nature of these two bandleaders and their meaningful relationship together.

“Covers” is the first quartet release from esteemed bandleader, saxophonist and composer Lucas Pino. Celebrated for his work with his adventurous No Net Nonet and for his role as a sideman to such jazz greats as Dave Brubeck and Christian McBride, Pino is hailed as a modern master in the world of contemporary jazz composition and arrangement. “Covers” exhibits Pino in a brand new and decidedly fresh context with the pared-down quartet release offering listeners an intimate look into the Phoenix-born, New York-based artist’s singular sound. The eight tracks represent Pino’s stellar arrangements of repertoire by friends and heroes.

                                                         

Also this week, pianist Sean Mason, who has toured and performed with both Branford and Wynton Marsalis, offers up his debut as a leader, “The Southern Suite”;  Irish trumpeter and composer Linley Hamilton helms a trans-Atlantic team which includes drummer Adam Nussbaum and bassist Mark Egan on “Ginger’s Hollow”; and pianist Michael Weiss, who has been a top-call sideman to a starry constellation of bandleaders including Johnny Griffin, George Coleman and Art Famer, hones his distinctive musical language with his trio on “Homage.”

 

 

Culture Crawl 876 “Actually, Rachmaninoff is American, Too”

Tim Hankewich is back and asking, “what makes music American?” Orchestra Iowa dives into the “melting pot” of America in their upcoming program, Orchestra Iowa Masterworks III: Mountain Air, featuring pianist Miko Kominami, and celebrates the ethnic and cultural diversity that is America.

Saturday, November 18, 7:30pm at the Paramount Theatre (arrive early at 6:45pm for program insights).

Sunday, November 19, 2:00pm at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts (arrive early at 1:00pm for insights).

Tickets at www.artsiowa.com and www.orchestraiowa.org

Box office: (319) 366-8203

Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at www.kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at 10:30am most weekdays on Iowa’s Jazz station. 88.3 FM or www.kcck.org/listen.

Talking Pictures 11-15-23

The Killer (Netflix 2023) and Dumb Money (Prime Video 2023) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Scott Chrisman.