Culture Crawl 691 “Presentation In My Basement”

Ernie Schiller’s Rebuild Nepal Foundation makes its first trip in years to bring money and school supplies to children in Nepal at the end of April. Nepal has never fully recovered from a devastating 2015 earthquake, and the pandemic pushed recovery efforts back even further.

Joining Ernie on the trip are several students and families from Southeast Iowa. Three of them, Mason Roach, Paisley Grafton, and Sydney Jones, join us in studio. Each of them heard about the needs in Nepal at an early age and have spread the message, collected supplies, and raised funds for the effort.

British singer Paul Michael learned of the effort, and will be coming to Iowa to perform two fund-raising concerts, April 22 at Central Lee High School in Donnelson, and April 24 at the Capitol Theatre in Burlington.

For more information on these events, or to donate, go to www.rebuildnepaleducation.org.

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This Week In Jazz February 6 thru February 12

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Eubie Blake and Sir Roland Hannah, drummers Chick Webb, Joe Dodge and Eddie Locke, bassist Walter Page and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of John Coltrane & Red Garland’s “Soultrane” (1958), “Larry Young In Paris: The ORTF Recordings” (1965), Ella Fitzgerald/Joe Pass “Fitzgerald and Pass… Again” (1976), Machito and His Salsa Big Band’s “1983 Grammy Award Winner” (1982), T.S. Monk’s “Monk on Monk” (1997) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS ‘on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Special Programs for February 7 thru February 13

Jazz Corner of the World Encore  

Mondays at 6:00 PM

West Coast Jazz #3   

Week Three of Four in his exploration of West Coast Jazz finds host Craig Kessler taking a closer look at a number of very important jazz artists and arrangers. We’ll hear more from Jimmy Giuffre, Howard Rumsey, Lennie Niehaus, Duane Tatro, Shorty Rogers, Stan Getz, and many others!

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

The Beaker Brothers at Jazz Under the Stars

Don’t you dare call these guys a cover band! At every gig they play, the Beaker Brothers Band pays loving tribute to the classic rock, jazz fusion, and groove tunes that filled their souls growing up. Like-minded fans filled Noelridge Park that night for an unforgettable Jazz Under the Stars.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

The Movement Revisited

Jazz Night in America begins its commemoration of Black History Month 2022 by revisiting host Christian McBride’s groundbreaking piece, The Movement Revisited.  

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

West Coast Jazz #4     

We hope you can join host Craig Kessler for his fourth and final “West Coast Jazz” presentation, as he takes a closer listen to more of the important jazz artists and arrangers. We’ll hear great material from Bud Shank, Bob Cooper, Russ Garcia, Bill Holman, and several other delights!

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Old New Borrowed & Blue by the Night Is Alive All-Stars on Monday; Late Night by the Sean Fyfe Quartet on Tuesday; The Color of Angels by Doug Scarborough on Wednesday; Vol. 2 by the Le Coq Jazz All-Stars on Thursday; Leave the Light On by The Love Light Orchestra on Friday; The Sun is Shining Down by John Mayall on Saturday; Dear Love by Jazzmeia Horn on Sunday

New Music Monday for February 7, 2022

      Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify
 Pianist and composer Deanna Witkowski honors the First Lady of Jazz, Mary Lou Williams, on her lovingly conceived and radiantly realized seventh album, “Force of Nature.” Released along with Witkowski’s first book—a detailed and engaging biography of Williams—the disc caps off 20 years of immersive research into the life and compositional genius of the pioneering composer-arranger and harmonically intrepid pianist.

 

 

 

 

 

     Although Ira Sullivan performed with jazz luminaries like Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and Art Blakey, his music is not as widely known among general audiences. He limited his touring performances and instead chose to focus on teaching at the esteemed Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, becoming one of the leading jazz educators in the U.S. Sullivan passed away in 2020, but his musical legacy lives on in a new recording project, “Ira The Tribute Album” by the Blue Road Records Band. The ensemble is made up of some of the sterling musicians who have made a home in South Florida, including one of Ira’s sons, guitarist Brev Sullivan, who brought his father’s complex charts to the recording sessions.

 

 

 

 

                      

Also this week, the Chicago-based New Standard Quintet, led by saxophonist Ken Partyka, features seven original compositions on its second offering, “Another Time, Another Place”;

 

 

                        

guitarist Nathan Borton celebrate his Midwest musical inspirations—particularly Grant Green and Wes Montgomery—on his debut recording, “Each Step”;

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

      and singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sasha Dobson offers up her first vocal recording, “Girl Talk.”

 

 

 

 

Talking Pictures 2-2-22

Nightmare Alley (2021) and The Color Out of Space (2010) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Ron Adkins. 

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Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet February 10, 2022

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place February 10, 2022.  Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

Culture Crawl 685 “Cool Kids of Iowa City”

Adam Knight and Mat Smart have been friends and collaborators since college, and now they’re working together on simultaneous world premieres: the first performance of Mat’s new play, “Eden Prairie, 1971” and the debut of Riverside Theatre’s brand new performance space, in the Crescent building on the Iowa City Ped Mall.

“Eden Prairie, 1971” runs Feb. 4-20. Tickets and information at www.riversidetheatre.org.

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KCCK’s Featured Album for February 2022

The KCCK Featured Album for February is “Dear Love” from Jazzmeia Horn. When the pandemic hit, Ms. Horn took charge by writing a book, teaching college courses, and financing her third album. She wrote, arranged and produced all the music for the new work, which is one of the first times that a female vocalist has written and fronted a big band album in its entirety. The addition of strings elevates the disc to that of a major orchestral project. “Dear Love” is from Empress Legacy Records. (Purchase)