Culture Crawl 922 “Shocked I’d Never Heard of Him”

 

Some people have a second act, but UI alum Harold Bradley had at least four. Collegiate, military, and NFL football standout, artist, musician, and activist. University of Iowa Chief Innovation Officer Jon Darsee began to dig into Bradley’s background after appreciating four paintings of Iowa Black leaders Bradley painted back in the Seventies.

Those paintings hang in the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) and the display has been transformed into a permanent exhibit, part of which is a short documentary celebrating Bradley and his diverse career.

Visit the Bradley exhibit anytime the IMU is open, on the second floor near the International Ballroom.

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Talking Pictures 5-15-24

Abigail (2024) and Alice & Jack (2024 PBS Materpiece) with Ron Adkins and Phil Brown.

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Culture Crawl 921 “Any Job-Better Job-Career Job”

Culture Crawl 921 “Any Job-Better Job-Career Job”

Inside Out Reentry Community serves people returning to Johnson County after incarceration, and to educate the public to help the formerly incarcerated achieve success in the community.

Inside Out will host “Be An Instrument For Change” Sunday, May 19 at 3pm in Chauncey Swan Park, to celebrate music, community, and shared experiences. Admission is free, but sponsorships are available to help defray costs and support Inside Reentry, beginning at just $50.

More info at www.insideoutreentry.com/

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Culture Crawl 920 “Good ‘Ol Days in the Frat at the Heidelberg”

Culture Crawl 920 “Good ‘Ol Days in the Frat at the Heidelberg”

Orchestra Iowa closes its Masterworks season with the landmark piece for orchestra and chorus, “Carmina Burana.” Tim Hankewich says Orff’s landmark work is much more than its best-known segment, “O Fortuna.” Also on the program is Samuel Barber’s Symphony No. 1, which the Maestro says has become one of his favorites.

May 18 at the Paramount Theatre, and May 19 at the UI’s Voxman Hall of Music. Tickets and info at www.artsiowa.com.

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Clean Up Your Act 5-13-24

The effort to replace trees lost to the derecho in Cedar Rapids moves to a new fundraising phase.

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Special Programs May 13 thru May 19th

ENJA RECORDSJazz Corner of the World  with host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00pm

An Introduction to ENJA Records

Craig spins a variety of first-rate recordings by John Scofield, Karin Krog, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Barron, Eddie Harris, and many others from the ENJA record label.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Crystal Rebone & Dan Padley @ ICJF

KCCK continues its listen to the hot jazz from the Iowa City Jazz Festival side stage. This week, it’s bassist Crystal Rebone and her trio, plus guitarist Dan Padley’s Quartet, both from 2022.

 

 

 

 

The Saga III

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Morgan Guerin’s Multi-Mind

Christian McBride dives into the multi-dimensional mind of saxophonist, bassist, drummer, keyboardist, producer, composer, and engineer Morgan Guerin. His solo work and collaborations with Esperanza Spalding, Terri Lyne Carrington, and Julius Rodriguez have put him in a class all his own. Plus, McBride visits Guerin’s home studio to hear tracks from his archives, and session breakdowns from his forthcoming record, Tales of the Facade.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig KesslerHarold In The Land Of Jazz (1958, Vinyl) - Discogs

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Harold Land, Tenor Sax Genius

Craig shares outstanding recordings featuring tenorman Harold Land.  We’ll hear Harold’s music from Contemporary, Riverside, Mainstream, Blue Note, and other record labels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

Live at Dizzy’s by Brandon Goldberg on Monday; Discover the Present by Altin Sencalar on Tuesday; Time Will Tell by Andy Milne & Unison on Wednesday; Moving On by Jacky Terrasson on Thursday; Tears in My Eyes by Anthony Geraci on Friday; Oh So Good by Blind Lemon Pledge on Saturday; Shadow by Lizz Wright on Sunday.

New Music Monday for May 13, 2024

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Legendary alto saxophonist Charles McPherson makes his Smoke Sessions Records debut with an inspired new album, “Reverence.” It’s dedicated to Mr. McPherson’s longtime mentor and teacher Barry Harris, captured in front of alive audience at Smoke Jazz Club, and featuring his quintet of Terell Stafford, Jeb Patton, David Wong, and Billy Drummond. McPherson didn’t set out to undertake an explicit tribute project—there are no Harris compositions in the repertoire, and only the final track was penned in homage to the great pianist and educator. But McPherson did set out with the high regard in which he holds Harris in mind and entered into the recording with a sense of reverence both for his mentor and collaborator, as well as for the younger musicians whom he enlisted for the session.

Guitarist Bill Frisell’s new two-disc set, “Orchestras,” documents two inspired concert-hall engagements arranged by Michael Gibbs for Frisell’s long-standing trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston. One disc features the nearly 60-piece Brussels Philharmonic, and the other with the 11-piece Umbria Jazz Orchestra. Sweeping orchestration evoking landmark film scores and Gil Evans alike move nimbly within and around the trio’s telepathic rapport, and Frisell’s shimmering trademark tone melds gorgeously with symphonic strings and brass.

                                                                     

Also this week, saxophonist Sharel Cassity and drummer Colleen Clark lead their hard-bop, all-female quartet “Alliance” on their debut release; pianist and composer Dave Bass enlists drummer Steve Helfand and bassist Tyler Miles in bringing his new compositions to life on “Trio Nuevo”; and “Latin Jazz Sessions” is the debut recording from composer/songwriter Ron Rieder, the realization of ten compositions performed by an all-star group of musicians.

This Week In Jazz May 12 thru May 18

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Maxine Sullivan and Betty Carter, pianists Red Garland and Ellis Larkins, record producer Creed Taylor, trumpeter Al Porcino, Drummer Billy Cobham, pianists/composers Gil Evans and Mike Conrad and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Curtis Counce’s “You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce!” (1957), Miles Davis’ “Seven Steps to Heaven” (1963), “Lionel Hampton & His Band – Live” (1978), Shirley Horn’s “I Thought About You: Live at Vine Street” (1987), Andy Bey’s “It Ain’t Necessarily So” (1997), Scott Hamilton & Jeff Hamilton Trio “Live in Bern” (2014) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS‘ on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.