Culture Crawl 764 “Rehearse at Crazy Times”

Miera Kim and Carey Bostian are in the midst of 19 performances of “Fresh Folk,” a show focusing primarily on new compositions (with a little Dvorak thrown in), with folk melodies from a variety of cultures as their base.

The tour culminates with two main programs, Oct. 22 at Mt. Mercy’s Chapel of Mercy, and Oct. 23 Congregational United Church of Christ in Iowa City. There are a variety of performances at senior homes and community centers around the area. Many of those are free.

Full schedule and ticket info at www.redcedar.org.

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Talking Pictures 10-5-22

Smile (2022) and The Patient (Hulu) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Scott Chrisman.

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Culture Crawl 763 “Too “Soon?

Orchestra Iowa kicks off its 100th season a little late, after the cancellation of Brucemorchestra, with “Cultural Crosroads.” One of the world’s leading violinists, Cho-Liang (Jimmy) Lin, joins the Orchestra for a towering Tchaikovsky concerto. Also, a world premiere from Cedar Rapids composer Jerry Owen!

7:30pm Oct. 8 at the Paramount, 2pm Oct. 9 at Hancher. Tickets and info at www.artsiowa.com. Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at www.kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast app. 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 762 “A Little Salsa In Your Life”

Iowa Brass is a brass band in the British style, i.e., with some British-style horns and performances in a concert band format, but the members tend to have jazz experience. The band will show off its “Jazz Roots” in concert Oct. 15 at the Solon Community Center, where they’ll perform arrangements of jazz tunes made famous by The Brecker Brothers, Pat Metheny, Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band, and many more.

Admission is free. Details at www.facebook.com/iabrass.

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This Week In Jazz October 2 thru October 8


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jimmy Blanton, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomez, drummer Jo Jones, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., guitarist Duke Robillard, trombonist Clifton Anderson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries Louis Armstrong “Live At The 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival”, Horace Silver’s “Paris Blues” (1962), Art Blakey’s “Mosaic” (1971), The Phil Woods Quartet “At The Village Vanguard” (1982), The Clifford Jordan Big Band “Down Through The Years” (1991) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.   

This Week’s Shows for October 3 thru October 9

Jazz Corner of the World Encore

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Miles Davis with George Coleman

This week, Craig Kessler offers up some work with yet another of Miles Davis’s transitional tenors, George Coleman, who played with Miles in 1963 and early 1964. Don’t miss classic studio recordings, as well as some rather obscure live dates that feature the remarkable work of Coleman.

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Remembering Pharoah Sanders

KCCK pays tribute to the late, great Pharoah Sanders, who passed away September 24. Tune in for his stunning performance at the 2013 Iowa City Jazz Festival.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America

Thursday at 11:00 PM

Young Bloods: Immanuel Wilkins

Host Christian McBride wraps up his five-part series, “Young Bloods,” with saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, who believes the current generation’s mission is to refine the greatness of the previous jazz masters.  

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

The Art & Compositions of Mike Gibbs

Craig Kessler salutes master composer Michael Gibbs. He is probably best known for his collaborations with Gary Burton, Graham Collier, Kenny Wheeler, the NDR Big Band, and many others. We’ll hear samples his work through the years.

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

180 by Shawn Purcell on Monday; View With a Room by Julian Lage on Tuesday; New Standards, Vol. 1 by Terri Lyne Carrington on Wednesday; LongGone by Redman, Mehldau, McBride & Blade on Thursday; One Foot in the Groove by The Boneshakers on Friday; Smokey Tango by Laura Tate on Saturday; Lucid Dream by Roe, Bickley & Kramer on Sunday

Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet October 13, 2022

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place October 13, 2022.  Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

KCCK’s Featured Album for October 2022

The KCCK Featured Album for October is “New Standards, Volume One” from Terri Lyne Carrington. The drummer has published a groundbreaking new lead sheet book of 101 jazz compositions written exclusively by women, including Mary Lou Williams, Maria Schneider, Esperanza Spalding and others. The companion album is the first in what will be a series of discs to feature those compositions as performed by Ms. Carrington and her quintet along with guests including Dianne Reeves, Ravi Coltrane, Julian Lage, Samara Joy and Somi. “New Standards, Volume One” is from Candid Records. Purchase.