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This Week In Jazz July 30 thru August 5

Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of and trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong, pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, saxophonist Charlie Parker, singers Tony Bennett and Eddie Jefferson, guitarists Herb Ellis and Pat Metheny, drummers Jeff Hamilton and Terri Lyne Carrington and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks Again!!” (1962), Jim Hall-Ron Carter Duo’s “Alone Together” (1972), Tommy Flanagan Trio’s “Lady Be Good… For Ella” (1983), Charlie Haden Quartet West’s “Always Say Goodbye” (1993), Kenny Burrell‘s “75^th Birthday Bash Live!” (2006), Vincent Herring’s “Preaching to the Choir” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS.

Special Shows July 31 thru August 6

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Wes Mongomery’s Riverside Years

Host Craig Kessler takes a look at some of the great recordings that guitarist Wes Montgomery made for Riverside Records during the years 1959 thru 1966.

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Commons Collective at JUTS 2014

To get us ready for 2023’s Jazz Under the Stars, kicking off Thursday in Noelridge Park, KCCK’s Wednesday Night Special digs into the vaults for classic performances from years past. This week, from 2014, it’s the Commons Collective. This quintet of UNI grads have each launched stellar solo careers in jazz.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Stars Shine at Newport

In Part Two of its celebration of the Newport Jazz Festival, Jazz Night in America presents historic music from Newport through the years, hand-picked by host Christian McBride. We’ll hear rare sets from Ray Charles, Cannonball Adderley, Sarah Vaughan, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong.

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Art Taylor’s Blue Note Sides

Host Craig Kessler continues his 85^th anniversary celebration of Blue Note Records with samplings from drummer Art Taylor’s contributions made during his time with the label. Taylor was involved in nearly 40 recordings for Blue Note between 1957 through 1960.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

The Gennett Suite (Disc 1) by the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra on Monday; Chicken or Pasta by Oscar Penas on Tuesday; The Good Life by George Freeman on Wednesday; Up High, Down Low by the Alan Ferber Nonet on Thursday; The Deep & the Dirty by Eric Johanson on Friday; Nothing But Time by Monster Mike Welch on Saturday; Casseus! by Fareed Haque on Sunday.

This Week In Jazz July 30 thru August 5

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of and Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Tony Bennett and Eddie Jefferson, Herb Ellis, and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries ofJohnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks Again!!” (1962), Jim Hall-Ron Carter Duo’s “Alone Together” (1972), Tommy Flanagan Trio’s “Lady Be Good… For Ella” (1983), Charlie Haden Quartet West’s “Always Say Goodbye” (1993), Kenny Burrell‘s “75^th Birthday Bash Live!” (2006), Vincent Herring’s “Preaching to the Choir” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Culture Crawl 842 “Wow. Ok. Iowa…Cool”

Mike Conrad was first inspired to become a jazz composer during his undergrad years at UNI, working under well-known composers (and performers) Bob Washut and Chris Merz. Today, as a UNI jazz faculty member himself, he continues that tradition, working with a third “generation” of jazz composing students at the University, as well as winning some prestigious awards for his own work.

He shows off their work as well as his own, in an all-star big band called The Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra, which exclusively showcases the work of Iowa composers. The ICJO leads off KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars on August 3rd at Noelridge Park. We also kick off our Young Artists Series with the Ana Koch Quartet.

The music begins at 6:30pm, with food trucks, KCCK merch, and a playground nearby for the kids.

Connect with the ICJO at www.iowajazzcomposersorchestra.com or on Facebook. Details on Jazz Under The Stars at www.kcck.org/juts

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.

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Culture Crawl 841 “If I Can Do This, I Can Do Anything”

For hundreds of Eastern Iowans, Drum Corps was a foundational teenage experience. Cedar Rapids fielded a top-notch ensemble called the Emerald Knights for decades. Emerald Knights alums and other drum corps supporters team up each year to bring some of the world’s top drum corps to Cedar Rapids for the Tournament of Drums.

This year, it will be at Prairie High School, August 4 and will feature the international runner-up, as well as corps from around the country, including Dubuque’s Colt Cadets.

Tickets and more info at www.colts.org/tournament-of-drums

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New Music Monday for July 31, 2023

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Rising star pianist/composer Noah Haidu’s resplendently expressive “Standards” CD celebrates the 40^th anniversary of the release that launched Keith Jarrett’s great Standards Trio. With bassists Buster Williams and Peter Washington, drummer Lewis Nash and guest saxophonist Steve Wilson, Haidu felt drawn to the format used by Jarrett, DeJohnette and Peacock for their Standards Trio. When Nash joined Haidu and Williams during their 2021 tour, the connection was electric. “When Buster, Lewis and I played for the first time,” says Haidu, “we played a lot of standards and I could feel that there was something special happening that I wanted to document.”

Veteran saxophonist Greg Abate has garnered much critical acclaim from reviewers, radio and the jazz fan, most recently placing #2 on last year’s Downbeat Reader’s Poll. His longtime friendship with bassist Paul Del Nero started back in 1977 in the jazz fusion group Channel One. By the mid ‘80s they were traveling with the Artie Shaw Orchestra before branching out on separate career paths. Over the years they’ve continued their friendship and played together as their schedules permitted in the Rhode Island area. In 2021 they began talking about doing a recording that was well overdue. The resulting disc, “Reunion,” is their first since 1994.

Also this week, Nova-Scotia based trumpeter Paul Tynan and Bay Area baritone saxophonist Aaron Lington continue their 16 year partnership with “Bicoastal Collective: Chapter Six”;

the Bill O’Connell Quartet with special guest Randy Brecker were recorded in performance in New York for the new release, “Live in Montauk”;

and Idle Hands, the curated collective sextet that includes Donny McCaslin, Behn Gillece, Will Bernard , Art Hirahara, Boris Kozlov and EJ Strickland, unveil their second project, “Get a Grip.”

Talking Pictures 7-26-23

Talking Pictures 7-26-23 “Oppenheimer” and “Invincible”

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Library Heat 7-24-23

C.R. Library offers relief from the heat.

With the hottest days of the year expected this week, people looking for a way to get out of the heat in Cedar Rapids can head to the library. More from KCCK’s Liz Schultz.

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