“From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” (2025) and “Titus” (1999) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Ron Adkins.
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Culture Crawl 1085 “Musicians Don’t Want To Mess With All That”
Creighton Gaynor is in the studio ahead of the first concert in the One World Music Series put on by his organization, Natural Talent Music. Playing this show is Irish band Blame Not the Bard and Mediterranean fusion band KERAK. The show is Fri Jun 27, 7:30 PM at The James Theater in Iowa City.
Tickets and more info at thejamesic.com.
Keep up with Natural Talent Music on socials:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/nattalmus/.
Instagram: @nattalmus
More info on Blame not the Bard at blamenotthebard.com.
More info on KERAK on their instagram: @kerakmusic
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Culture Crawl 1084 “Double Header”
The CR Municipal Band is headed into week three of their summer season and director Steve Shanley is back in the studio with the line up.
Wed Jun 18: McGrath Amphitheater with Iowa Brass starting at 7 PM and CRMB at 8 PM.
Sun Jun 22: Bever Park with Iowa Brass starting at 7 PM and CRMB at 8 PM.
More Muni Band info at crmuniband.org.
Facebook Livestreams at facebook.com/CRMuniBand/.
To find out more about Iowa Brass visit iowabrass.com.
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Culture Crawl 1083 “Sister Rosetta Tharp Is My Queen”
Guitarist Molly Miller joins us today ahead of upcoming gig at The Ideal Theater & Bar in Cedar Rapids with her trio (Andre de Santanna on bass and Tamir Barzilay on drums). It’s June 19 (Juneteenth!) starting at 7:30 PM with local musician Nassor Cooper opening.
To purchase tickets visit idealtheaterandbar.com.
For more info about Molly Miller you can visit mollymillermusic.com.
For more info about Nassor Cooper you can visit their Facebook page at facebook.com/p/Nassor-Cooper-Music-100063474670825/.
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This Week’s Shows June 16 thru June 22
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) (June 2)
Mondays at 6:00pm
Chick Corea In the 60s
Craig commemorates the birth date anniversary of jazz legend Armando Anthony “Chick” Corea by spinning fine examples of Chick’s early work with Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Dave Pike, Blue Mitchell, Miles Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, and a host of others. n noting Chick’s birth date anniversary, Craig will spin fine examples of Chick’s early work with the likes of Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Dave Pike, Blue Mitchell, Miles Davis, Bobby Hutcherson, and a host of others.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Jackson Churchill, the MJ Group on the Side Stage
Our listen back to last year’s incredible side stage performances at the Iowa City Jazz Festival continues with trombonist Jackson Churchill & Good Question, along with the MJ Group, featuring Marvin Truong and Jerome Gillespie II.
Jazz Night In America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
Father’s Day Special
We’re celebrating the dads in the jazz world – from musicians raising musical kids to fathers who inspired a love of music at home. Hear touching stories and great performances from Chick Corea, Bobby and Madison McFerrin, Cory Wong, Catherine Russell, Benny Green, and more in this special Father’s Day episode.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm
Birthday Salute to Eric Dolphy
Although multi-reed instrumentalist Eric Dolphy’s career was relatively short, only spanning late 1958 to mid-1964, he left behind a rich cornucopia of essential, cutting edge jazz. Craig samples Eric’s brilliant career with material from Dolphy’s own recordings, as well as his time performing with John Coltrane, Chico Hamilton, Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, George Russell, and many others.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
KCCK features a new album every night, played from start-to-finish.
First Impressions by Marcello Carelli on Monday; Talk to Me About Mulgrew by John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller on Tuesday; Snap Happy by Greg Murphy on Wednesday; Pivot Point by Behn Gillece on Thursday; Soul in Blue by Tad Robinson on Friday; Live at Space by Dave Specter on Saturday; The Book of Isaiah: Modern Jazz History by Isaiah J. Thompson on Sunday.
This Week In Jazz June 15 thru June 21
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Lucky Thompson, Eric Dolphy, Jerry Jerome and Javon Jackson, singers Dave Lambert, Ivan Lins, Dominique Eade, Alicia Olatuja, and Tony Adamo, trombonists Jimmy Cheatham, Tom “Bones” Malone and Ryan Keberle, keyboardist Chris Hazelton, hornman Tom Harrell, drummer Billy Drummond and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker & Chet Baker’s “Inglewood Jam: Bird & Chet” (1952), Hank Mobley’s “Straight No Filter” (1966), George Benson’s “Bad Benson” (1974), Jimmy Heath’s “New Picture” (1985), Cecil Brooks III’s “Smokin’ Jazz” (1993), Roy Hargrove Big Band’s “Emergence” (2008) and many others Monday thru Friday and at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Big Mo Blues Show 066 – “Music of The People”
With another week blazing by comes another episode of the pod show! This week’s sampling of tunes features various artists across many generations of blues, and the main topic of discussion is how the blues played a vital role in forming many American cultural traditions that continue to this day. Songs featured in the episode:
- Walter Trout – “Artificial”
- A.C. Reed – “I’m in the wrong business”
- John Hammond – “I can’t be satisfied”
- Blind Lemon Jefferson – “Black snake moan”
- The Swan Silvertones – “Milky White Way”
Listen to ‘da Friday Blues with Big Mo each week at 6pm, and catch the podcast for a behind the scenes look at the show!
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Bob’s Final Show
Bob Naujoks, who has hosted Gentle Jazz for nearly 50 years, 37 of them on KCCK, is hanging up his headphones. The final Gentle Jazz show will air this Sunday from 7-10 a.m. A couple of special guests will stop by and we hope you’ll tune in. Join us in wishing Bob well in his much-deserved retirement!