Culture Crawl 648 “The Old Sorehead”

Steve Shanley says you don’t have to think about school starting until after the Muni Band season is over, so we’re taking his advice!

The final Muni Band concerts will feature band members Greg Morton, Andy Harris, and Lisa Wissenberg in solo spotlights, and music from the movies “The Terminal,” “Frozen,” and the recent Star Wars series, “The Mandolorian.”

The Muni Band debuts a new venue on Wednesday, Aug. 1: Hawkeye Downs, and finishes their season on Aug. 4 at Bever Park. All concerts at 7:30. www.crmuniband.org.

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KCCK’s Featured Album for August 2021

The KCCK Featured Album for August is “Grateful Deadication” by Dave McMurray. The saxophonist takes his gritty, soulful Detroit sound and reimagines the flower empowered songs of San Francisco icons the Grateful Dead. McMurray played a few years ago with the band’s cofounder Bob Weir and was immediately hooked on the Dead’s music. He spent the next three years poring through the band’s catalogue while experimenting with the right line-up for the project, ultimately picking nine of their most memorable tunes.  “Grateful Deadication” is from Blue Note Records.  Purchase the album.             

This Week In Jazz August 1 thru August 7


Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Tony Bennett, Abbey Lincoln, Eddie Jefferson, Jeri Southern and Kat Edmonson, trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong, bassist Charlie Haden and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), Jimmy Smith “Live at the Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2” (1956), “Erroll Garner Plays Gershwin & Kern” (1964), Art Pepper’s “San Francisco Samba” (1977) Charlie Haden Quartet’s “Always Say Goodbye” (1993) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our JAZZ MASTERS ‘program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet August 12, 2021 

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place August 12, 2021. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

Special Programs for August 2 thru August 7

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Mondays at 6:00 PM

A&M Horizons Records, Show 1  

Don’t miss out on the fun as Craig spins some mighty hip jazz from the relatively short-lived jazz label A&M Horizons. We’ll hear music from Dave Liebman, Sonny Fortune, Dave Brubeck, Jim Hall, Mel Lewis, Don Cherry, and many others. 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

2021 Corridor Jazz Concert

We certainly weren’t going to let the pandemic break our tradition of the Corridor Jazz Project Concert! This year, through the magic of technology, the outstanding high school jazz bands, and their guest professionals, were still able to perform their music featured on the Corridor Jazz Project, Volume XIV. They even get the chance to share some stories.  

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Live From Exit Zero

Host Christian McBride celebrates the return of live music with highlights from the Exit Zero Jazz Festival in Cape May, New Jersey. We’ll hear piano prodigy Matthew Whitaker, singer Gabrielle Cavessa, and some Latin grooves from Pedrito Martinez. Promos for JNIA episode recorded at Cape May, NJ for the Exit Zero Jazz Festival. This variety episode will feature festival highlights from: Gabrielle Cavassa, Matthew Whitaker and Pedrito Martinez.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Strata East Records, Show 3

Craig hauls into our KCCK studios another batch of overlooked recordings (mostly vinyl!!) from the Strata East label. We’ll hear a delicious array of wonderful music from a broad spectrum of Black artists from the 1970s, in a variety of jazz styles! Hear Clifford Jordan, Charles Tolliver, Max Roach & M’boom, JuJu, Stanley Cowell, and others (and, of course, no repeats from previous shows). Important music from a very important record label!!

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

The Beat Goes On by The Capitol Bones on Monday; Lockdown by the Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra on Tuesday; LA Source Codes by Will Lyle on Wednesday; Solace by the Dave Mullen Ensemble on Thursday; 662 by Christone Kingfish Ingram on Friday; Grateful Deadication by Dave McMurray on Saturday; Sharp Dressed Men by the Alpha Rhythm Kings on Sunday

This Week In Jazz July 25 thru July 31


Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Johnny Hodges and Hilton Jefferson, drummers Charlie Persip and Vernel Fournier, singers Nneenah Freelon and Ellyn Rucker and Karrin Allyson, bassist Jack Six and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie & Joe Williams’ “Alright, Ok, You Win” (1955), Conte Candoli’s “Powerhouse Trumpet” (1955), Chet Baker & Art Pepper’s “The Route” (1956), Stan Getz’ “Focus” (1961), Marcus Roberts’ “The Truth Is Spoken Here” (1988), The Riverside Reunion Band’s “Hi-Fly” (1994) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our JAZZ MASTERS‘ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Culture Crawl 647 “Teaching Jazz & teaching History Are The Same Thing”

We begin our special series of shows featuring the artists performing at KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars with the versatile performer and teacher Eric Thompson.

Whether it’s teaching high school drumlins, working with students in the Academy for Scholastic and Personal Success, or performing on jazz drums, Eric brings his musical and activist heart to everything he does.

Join us for the return of Jazz Under the Stars, Aug. 5 at 7pm at Noelridge Park. www.kcck.org for more information.

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New Music Monday for August 2, 2021

    Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify
 “The Magic of Now” is the 20th album of pianist and composer Orrin Evans’ luminous career. Recorded in the midst of the upheavals set in motion by the Covid-19 pandemic, this latest document of Evans’ kaleidoscopic artistic journey coincides with several self-generated sea changes in his life. Perhaps the most significant change being his decision to leave the popular trio The Bad Plus after three rewarding years to refocus his time and energy on his own multiple projects. For the new disc, Orrin leads a multi-generational cohort of A-list partners—first-call New York bassist Vincente Archer; iconic drummer and Iowa native Bill Stewart; and the dynamic 23-year-old alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, who wowed the crowd at the Iowa City Jazz Festival this summer.

 

 

 

 

     Wayne Alpern is a New York City composer, arranger and scholar who integrates popular and jazz idioms with classical techniques and repertoire to create a sophisticated contemporary style of cross-genre, or even post-genre music. His work includes numerous jazz arrangements, string quartets, woodwind and brass quintets, mixed ensembles, pieces for string orchestra, and several piano works. His new album, “Frankenstein,” features saxophonist David Mann and bassist John Patitucci on reworkings of rock and pop tunes of the ‘60s, a few jazz standards and some Broadway music.

 

 

       Also this week, pianist Ray Gallon, who has plied his trade in the bands of Ron Carter, Art Farmer, Dizzy Gillespie and others, finally leaps into the fray as a bandleader with the stellar debut, “Make Your Move”;  

 

 

 

 

 

                    

Chicago-based pianist Dave Flippo and his band Jazz from Planet Flippo offer up “Dedications”;

 

 

 

 

 

     

     and percussionist and composer Julien Gerstin reflects his experience working with musicians in and from Cuba, Martinique, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt on his new disc, “Music for the Exploration of Elusive Phenomena.”