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This Week In Jazz August 27 thru September 2

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, and Jerry Dodgion, singers Velma Middleton, Dinah Washington, Van Morrison and Rachel Price, pianists Kenny Drew and Gene Harris, trumpeter Kenny Dorham and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Clifford Brown Memorial Album” (1953), Dexter Gordon’s “A Swingin’ Affair” (1962), Yusef Lateef’s “The Gentle Giant” (1971), Mal Waldron & Jackie McLean’s

‘Left Alone ’86” (1986), Arthur Taylor’s Wailers’ “Wailin’ at the Vanguard” (1992), Omer Avital’s “New Song” (2013) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters.

Special Shows August 28 thru September 3

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Miroslav Vitous’s Early Years

We’ll hear bassist Miroslav Vitous in a variety of settings, as host Craig Kessler presents Vitous in an early recording by Jack DeJohnette, the first 5 Weather Report recordings, work with Larry Coryell, Herbie Mann, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, and many other tasty tunes of the times!

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Shade of Blue at JUTS 2015

Shade of Blue brought the party to the McGrath Amphitheatre for 2015’s Jazz Under the Stars. Iowa’s veteran groove masters served up a tasty selection of vintage funk and groovy jazz.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Bird with Strings

Charlie Parker with Strings was the most commercially successful project of Charlie Parker’s all too brief career. Host Christian McBride examines the backstory of this project and plays rare selections featuring saxophonists Wess Anderson and Charles McPherson.

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Hank Mobley’s Blue Note Sessions

Hear an array of classic Blue Note gems as host Craig Kessler presents the great tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley. We’ll hear Hank as a leader, as well as a sideman with the likes of Lee Morgan, Freddie Roach, Donald Byrd, Herbie Hancock, Sonny Clark, and others, all culled from 55 sessions between 1954 and 1970.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

Who Are You? The Music of Kenny Wheeler by Duncan Hopkins on Monday; Be Still by Jalen Baker on Tuesday; Coral Way by Alfredo Rodriguez on Wednesday; Between Two Worlds by Terrell Stafford on Thursday; Reloaded by Tony Wessels & the Revolvers on Friday; Writing on the Wall by Coco Montoya on Saturday; How Love Begins by Nicole Zuraitis on Sunday.

IC Jazz Fest Returns for Labor Day

KCCK wraps up the summer by bringing back one of our favorite weekends of 2023, as we rebroadcast the Iowa City Jazz Festival throughout September. The fun begins on Labor Day. You’ll hear all the main stage performances, including Christian McBride, the Huntertones, Benny Bennack, Hannah Marks, Jon Ailabuoni, Damani Phillips, Shorter Stories, and the Salsa Band. Plus the students of the United Jazz Ensemble and North Corridor All Stars. Then each Wednesday in September, we’ll play back the local stage performances on the Wednesday Special. More than 18 hours of the best jazz in the nation! We’ll also take you backstage to listen in on our exclusive conversations with all the headliners.

Labor Day Broadcast Special

6:00am – Jon Ailabouni Quartet

7:20am – Benny Bennack II Quartet

9:35am – North Corridor All-Stars

10:20am – Chris Merz Shorter Stories

11:40am – Hannah Marks Quartet

12:55pm – Huntertones

2:10pm – Christian McBride’s New Jawn

3:55pm – Damani Phillips Quartet

5:10pm – Orquesta Alto Maiz

6:20pm – Jon Ailabouni Quartet

7:20pm – Benny Bennack II Quartet

8:50pm – United Jazz Ensemble

9:25pm – North Corridor All-Stars

11:00pm – Hannah Marks Quartet

Culture Crawl 850 “140 Suggestions”

Gerald Kreitzer introduces an exciting 64th season for the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale, and it’s quite the line up. First up in October, “Music That Touched Our Souls,” a program of Chorale favorites performed at First Congregational church. In December the Chorale teams up with the First Lutheran Choir and handbells to present part one of Handell’s Messiah featuring four vocal soloists from the community. In March the Chorale performs “Rutter’s Requiem,” with the St. Paul Choir at St. Paul Methodist and in May you’ll find them at Usher’s Ferry performing an array of Americana tunes.

The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale is open for anyone, yes anyone, to join! No audition necessary. Simply show up for the first rehearsal the evening of Tuesday 8/29 at First Lutheran Church or email crconcertchorale@gmail.com to let them know in advance.

You can find more Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale information at www.crchorale.org

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Talking Pictures 8-23-23

Talk to Me (2022) and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (HBO) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Scott Chrisman.

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This Week In Jazz August 20 thru August 26

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, trumpeter Art and bassist Addison Farmer, Bluesman John Lee Hooker, guitarists Pat Martino and Mimi Fox, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie’s “Jumpin’ At the Woodside” (1938), Jimmy Smith’s “The Sermon/House Party” (1957), Herbie Mann’s “Memphis Underground” (1969), “Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand” (1977), Mary Stallings’ “Spectrum” (1995), Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring’s “Friendly Fire” (2011) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters.

Special Shows August 21 thru August 27

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Paul Chambers on Blue Note

Host Craig Kessler presents an array of bassist Paul Chamber’s classic Blue Note sessions, pulled from over 55 recordings from between 1955 and 1967. We’ll hear Chambers with Sonny Clark, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Lee Morgan, and many others.

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

The Beaker Brothers at JUTS 2015

The late, great John Shultz and the Beaker Brothers took the Noelridge Park stage in 2015 for what would be one of Shultz’s final performances.

And, join us Sunday, August 27 at the Olympic Southside Theater for an all-star concert to raise funds for the John Shultz Memorial Music Scholarship. Everyone is welcome. Donations can be made at the door or online at kcck.org/Shultz.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

An Elmo Hope Centennial Celebration

Host Christian McBride celebrates the life and legacy of the great Elmo Hope – one of the biggest and most influential pianists you’ve probably never heard of — on the 100th anniversary of his birth. We’ll hear music and stories from Hope’s remarkable career.

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Miroslav Vitous’s Early Years

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

Islands by The 14 Jazz Orchestra on Monday; Spirit of 3, Spirit of 4 by Jon Menges on Tuesday; Without Question by Pete McCann on Wednesday; Family (Disc 1) by the Gerry Gibbs Thrasher People on Thursday; Who Needs This Mess!? by Franck l. Goldwasser on Friday; … Like a River by Gov’t Mule on Saturday; Live at the Blue Llama by Allan Harris on Sunday.

Culture Crawl 849 “Remember New Orleans with 3 Horn Players from Wisconsin”

Eddie Piccard brings a New Orleans-themed show to KCCK’s final Jazz Under the Stars show on Thursday, August 24. A perennial Eastern Iowa favorite, Eddie Piccard grew up in eastern Iowa, and began playing music on his grandmother’s piano. As a young man, he performed in Chicago, Florida and on the west coast. He returned home to Iowa in the 1980s and in the years since has become a literal jazz icon in our community. Many music fans remember fondly the jazz club Eddie and his wife Dallis opened on Mount Vernon Road in the 1990s. Bringing an added dimension to Eddie’s quartet are the Busch Brothers Horns from Wisconsin, where they have toured with some of music’s legendary big bands, as well as their own Dixieland, Funk, and Ska groups.

Opening the show will be Nexus Brass, an all-woman brass quintet from the University of Iowa. More info on Jazz Under the Stars at www.kcck.org/juts.

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