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Culture Crawl 873 “Under the Pressure of Impending Doom”

Chris Clark and Katie Roche from local band Dandelion Stompers have all the juicy details for their new album release party happening 7-11pm on Nov. 10 at The James Theater in Iowa City. What better way to celebrate vintage style jazz than throwing a party complete with swing dancing?!

Tickets at www.thejamesic.com.

To purchase the album reach out directly to the band at www.dandelionstompers.com or their Facebook page (The Dandelion Stompers).

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News Digest 11-7-23

Former President Trump testifies at his fraud trial in New York…CedarRapids School District voters are deciding a $220-million bond issue.

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News Digest 11-6-23

Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for short-term pauses in the Israel-Hamas conflict…Governor Reynolds is set to endorse Ron DeSantis for president.

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This Week In Jazz November 5 thru November 11

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Gus Kahn, composer Francy Boland, arranger Billy May, singers Chris Connor, Kitty Margolis, Rene Marie and Patricia Barber, trumpeter Al Hirt, flutist Hubert Laws and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dinah Washington’s “Dinah!” (1955), Charles Mingus’ “Oh Yeah!” (1961), Lou Donaldson’s “The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club” (1970), Hilton Ruiz’ “Doin’ It Right” (1989), Stanley Jordan’s “Stolen Moments” (1990), FivePlay “Live at the Deer Head Inn” (2013) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters.

Special Shows November 6 thru November 12

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Boogie-Woogie & Other Keyboard Stylings, Part 2

It’s another big helping of boogie-woogie, stride, and a little ragtime piano, as Craig Kessler shares music from the senior class he teaches. We’ll hear great stuff from Pete Johnson, Jimmy Yancey, James P. Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, Katie Webster, and a host of others.

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Confluence at First Friday Jazz

It was a full house at the Opus Concert Café for First Friday Jazz as Confluence took the stage. The talented quintet played a full spectrum of original compositions, samba, and soul. It was an evening of original works, new tunes, and some well-known standards.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

A Cedar Walton Crate Dive

Christian McBride goes “crate digging,” and comes up with a fiery recording from the Jazz at Lincoln Center vaults. Tune in for a 2008 Cedar Walton Quintet performance at Dizzy’s Club. While listening to this swinging set, McBride shares some personal stories about the pianist, having recorded with him back in the day.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Boogie-Woogie & Other Keyboard Stylings, Part 3

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 Hadda Brooks, Cripple Clarence Lofton, Pinetop Perkins, Ray Charles, Sugar Chile Robinson, and a host of others!

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

Vol. 1 by Chris Botti on Monday; Introspection by Eunmi Lee on Tuesday; Mistaken Identity by Ron Blake on Wednesday; Live from the Northwest by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on Thursday; Blues from Caucasia by Tom Buenger on Friday; Behind the Veil by Jason Ricci & the Bad Kind on Saturday; Veronica Swift by Veronica Swift on Sunday.

Culture Crawl 874 “Guys, There’s a Song”

Family Folk Machine celebrates its tenth anniversary in concert Nov. 12 at the Englert Theatre. Along with some of the group’s favorite original and cover tunes from their decade of history, the concert will also a feature a brand-new song from first-time songwriter Janet Lessner. Janet and her husband, KCCK’s Craig Kessler, have only been with the group for about a year and a half. No one was more surprised than Janet herself when the lyrics that would be become “Shine On” began pouring out of her.

“Homegrown Harmony: Celebrating a Decade of Song,” November 12 at the Englert Theatre. Free Admission. More info at www.familyfolkmachine.org.

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News Digest 11-3-23

More civilians – including Americans – have left Gaza…a group of northeast Iowa counties is trying to bring a passneger rail line through the state.

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New Music Monday for November 6, 2023

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In a 2019 article, Forbes magazine decreed that the two characteristics women need most to thrive in the business world are “grit and grace.” Bass trombonist Jennifer Wharton has exemplified those qualities in the music she’s made with her brass-forward band Bonegasm since its 2019 debut. How else to explain Wharton’s venture into improvising and bandleading after years in the classical world, big band sections and Broadway pits? On her third outing with the band, “Grit and Grace,” Wharton demonstrates both attributes brilliantly on a vibrant and thrilling collection of new music, most of which was written by women composers.

Named for the Grateful Dead tune that concludes his inspired new double album, “Uncle John’s Band” features masterful guitarist John Scofield at his most freewheeling. Wide ranging repertoire finds his trio with Vicente Archer and Bill Stewart tackling material from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Leonard Bernstein, and Miles Davis. And a couple of jazz standards rub shoulders with seven Scofield originals that are variously swing, funk and folk-inflected. The thread through the program is the trio’s tremendous improvisational verve.

Also this week, 20-year-old pianist and composer Joey Alexander and his trio bring special guest trumpeter Theo Croker to the proceedings on Joey’s seventh album, “Continuance”; drummer Tony Addison, who hails from Washington, D.C. and has shared the stage with legends like Dizzy Gillespie, Stanley Turrentine and Freddie Cole, debuts with a new sextet release, “Relentless Pursuit”; and trumpeter Constantine Alexander also makes his swinging, soulful jazz debut with “Firetet.”