Special Programs for August 31 thru September 5

Short List with host Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM

B-3 Blitz: Barbara Dennerlein

German organ virtuoso Barbara Dennerlein’s critical acclaim comes from not only her mastery of the instrument, but also for her technical innovations. She modified the pedal board to trigger acoustic bass samples and synthesizer effects. The results, say critics, give Dennerlein a unique and fresh sound.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

Charlie Parker ‘On the Air Waves’     

As Craig concludes the month-long centenary celebration of Charlie Parker, we’ll hear a number of radio and television broadcast performances from Bird and his groups from throughout his career. These broadcast gigs contain many hidden gems not easily found on record.

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Gabe Medd Group at Jazz Under The Stars

Trumpeter Gabe Medd has played such varied venues as the North Sea Jazz Festival and the Great Wall of China. In 2008, the West High alum brought his Gabe Medd Group (bassist Jeff Koch, Downbeat Award-winner Adam Kromelow on piano, and U of I alum Dave Gugliano on drums) to Jazz Under the Stars for a stellar set.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Charlie Parker with Strings Attached “Charlie Parker with Strings” was the most commercially successful project of Parker’s all-too-brief career. Host Christian McBride examines the backstory and plays rare selections, featuring saxophonists Wess Anderson and Charles McPherson.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Art Pepper’s Early Years     

Craig looks at the first 10 years (1943 to 1953) of the career of alto sax giant, Art Pepper. We’ll hear Pepper with Stan Kenton, Shorty Rogers, Charles Mingus, Hampton Hawes, Shelly Manne, and others. And we’ll hear some of Pepper’s first recording dates as a leader of his own groups. Tune in for some of the foundations of one of our “modern jazz” giants!

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

Valentine by the Bill Frisell Trio on Monday; Two Part Solution by the Frank Basile/Sam Dillon Quartet on Tuesday; You Know the Feeling by Anthony Stanco on Wednesday; MONK’estra Plays John Beasley by John Beasley on Thursday; Cry Out by Kat Riggins on Friday; Two Sides by Kirsten Thien on Saturday; Compilation by Diego Figueiredo on Sunday

New Music Monday for August 31, 2020

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The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been hailed as a milestone, considered one of the band’s best at the time of its release, and ranked “the greatest album of all time” in Rolling Stone’s list of the top 500 rock albums. When bassist Leon Lee Dorsey and drum legend Mike Clark were tossing it back and forth one night, they got to musing about that incredible time period and what recordings represented the essence of that time and place, and the Beatles place in that time. They recruited Michael Wolff, a piano stylist unrivaled in his uncanny interpretation of popular songs of that era, and he brought the concept home. “Wolff Clarke Dorsey Play Sgt. Pepper” features eight exuberant and swinging renditions of the album’s finest tunes.

 

 

     Since his world-beating 2013 Blue Note Records debut, “Liquid Spirit,” which won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album, Gregory Porter hasn’t let down his legion of fans. He’s the world’s bestselling soul/jazz artist with over three million world-wide album sales. He scored another Grammy for 2016’s “Take Me to the Alley” and told his life story through Nat King Cole’s songbook on his 2017 release. Porter now unveils his sixth release, “All Rise,” returning to his beloved original songwriting—heart-on-sleeve lyrics imbued with everyday philosophy and real-life detail, set to a mix of jazz, soul, blues and gospel.

 

 

                         

 Also this week, multi-award winning London-based saxophonist and composer Nubya Garcia unveils her debut CD, “Source,” blending soul, dub-step, cumbia and calypso while never losing her deep jazz foundation;

 

 

 

 

                  

trumpet legend Eddie Henderson is joined by pianist Kenny Barron, drummer Mike Clark and saxophonist Donald Harrison on his new disc, “Shuffle and Deal”;

 

 

 

       

     and guitarist Grant Gordy, known as a force on the bluegrass-and-beyond music scene spending six years in mandolin legend Dave Grisman’s quintet, explores a program of jazz standards on “Interpreter.”

 

 

 

Disaster Assistance for Iowa Businesses & Residents affected by the Derecho August 10 Deadline: October 19, 2020

Businesses

Property Damage: up to $2,000,000 to repair or replace real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other assets that were damaged or destroyed (available to businesses of any size and private, non-profit organizations).

Economic Injury: only for small businesses and most private non-profit organizations suffering adverse financial impacts of the disaster (with or without property loss), up to $2,000,000 for working capital to help pay obligations until normal operations resume.

Individuals and Families

Homeowners: up to $200,000 to repair or replace real estate damage and up to $40,000 to replace personal property.

Renters: up to $40,000 to repair or replace personal property.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IF YOU HAD DAMAGE

♦ Register with FEMA at www.disasterassistance.gov. This is the fastest way to register for help.

How to apply:

  • Online, visit www.DisasterAssistance.gov.
  • On a smart phone, download the FEMA app and click on “disaster resources,” then “apply for assistance online.”
  • By phone, call FEMA’s toll-free registration line at 800-621-3362 or (TTY) 800-462-7585; or use 711 or Video Relay Service (VRS). Telephone registration is available from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Central Daylight Time seven days a week.
  • Visit a Disaster Recovery Center and speak to a FEMA specialist one-on-one. To find the nearest DRC, go online to FEMA.gov/DRC.

 

During Presidentially declared disasters the US Small Business Administration provides low interest rate loans for homeowners, renters as well as businesses of all sizes including most private nonprofit organizations.   

 

♦ Homeowners and renters should submit their SBA disaster loan application, even if they are not sure if they will need or want a loan. If SBA cannot approve your application, in most cases we refer you to FEMA’s Other Needs Assistance (ONA) program for possible additional assistance.

Culture Crawl 585 “Chautauqua and Pie”

Longtime Corridor performers Deb Kennedy and Tom Milligan’s TKM Productions present something of a rarity these days, an in-person performance!

“Amana Chautauqua” is Sept. 6 at the Amana Market Barn. It will include music by the Riverbottom Ramblers, poetry from Quanda C. Hood and Meg Merckens, and a reading of powerful one-act play called “Milliken’s Bend,” which tells the story of a pivotal Civil War battle from the perspective of a newly-freed slave and an Irish immigrant.

Anthony Hendricks and Rob Merritt perform the play and tell us about how the story resonates with current events. Producer Deb Kennedy also explains the social distancing guidelines that will be in place to keep patrons and performers safe. 

And there is also pie. Fresh from the legendary Ox Yoke In.

6:00pm September 6 at the Amana Market Barn. More details at https://www.facebook.com/groups/corridorcommunitytheater/?post_id=3464336470288616

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Talking Pictures 8-26-20

The One and Only Ivan (Disney+), Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008), Project Power (Netflix) and Howard (Disney+) with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Ron Adkins.

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This Week In Jazz August 23 thru August 29

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer of saxophonists Lester Young. Med Flory and Branford Marsalis, singers Dinah Washington, Jimmy Rushing and Cecile McLorin Salvant, pianist Kenny Drew, guitarist Mimi Fox and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Memorial Album” (1953), “The Mundell Lowe Quartet” (1955), Gerry Mulligan/The Paul Desmond Quartet” (1957), Mal Waldron Quartet’s “The Super Quartet Live at Sweet Basil” (1987) and many others throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Special Programs for August 24 thru August 29

Short List with host Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM

B-3 Blitz: Larry Goldings

As a teenager, Larry Goldings took private lessons from Keith Jarrett. He studied piano with Jaki Byard and Fred Hersch in college, and while still an undergrad, he worked for a year with Jon Hendricks. He honed his B3 chops during an extended gig at Manhattan’s Smoke Club. Goldings remains one of the most sought-after players, collaborating with such diverse artists as Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, and Michael McDonald.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

Charlie Parker on Dial Records     

Craig presents the “master recordings” of each of the selections that Bird recorded for Ross Russell’s Dial label. We’ll also hear some random “live” performances by Parker.

 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

The Fez at Jazz Under the Stars

We put our hands together for an encore of the Fez, Eastern Iowa’s Steely Dan tribute band at 2012’s Jazz Under the Stars. The Fez gave fans of “The Dan” at Noelridge Park at night of ground-breaking Becker and Fagen. 

 

 

Jazz Under the Stars

Thursdays in August at 6:00 PM

I-380 Express Reunion 

Trumpeter Al Naylor reassembled one of Eastern Iowa’s truly legendary groups for a night of incredible music. The Jazz Under the Stars party at Noelridge Park turned into a jammin’ trip down memory lane as the best of Iowa’s music scene thrilled friends both old and new.

 

 

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Bela Fleck & Edmar Castaneda Béla Fleck, the world’s preeminent banjo player, and Edmar Castañeda, a peerless master of the Andean harp, perform as a duo for the first time at the Big Ears Festival in March, 2019.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Charlie Parker ‘On the Air Waves’     

As Craig concludes the month-long centenary celebration of Charlie Parker, we’ll hear a number of radio and television broadcast performances from Bird and his groups from throughout his career. These broadcast gigs contain many hidden gems not easily found on record.

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

For Love by Fahir Atakoglu on Monday; Fear by Sharel Cassity on Tuesday; Omega by Immanuel Wilkens on Wednesday; Keepin’ It Real by Bobby Watson on Thursday; Ain’t Done Yet by Savoy Brown on Friday; Leadbelly Reimagined by Adam Nussbaum on Saturday; Radio by Tom Graf on Sunday

New Music Monday for August 24, 2020

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Over the course of two albums, bandleader/composer/arranger John Beasley has reimagined Thelonious Monk’s iconic compositions through his inventive, versatile MONK’estra—a big band able to deftly navigate the legend’s eccentricities from a variety of perspectives, from boisterous swing to raucous funk to Afro-Cuban explosiveness. The discs garnered Grammy nominations alongside critical acclaim. Beasley veers off in a new direction on his stunning third album in the series, “MONK’estra Plays John Beasley.” As the title implies, this time out the band shifts focus to its fearless leader’s own estimable compositions and piano playing, alongside a quartet of Monk classics and a tune apiece by Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker.

 

 

 

     Guitarist Bill Frisell marks the recording debut of his trio with bassist Thomas Morgan and drummer Rudy Royston with “Valentine.” “We’ve played a lot for a number of years,” Frisell notes, “but there was no evidence of it, so I really wanted to have a document of it, if only to show it’s real and not this magical thing that I’ve imagined in my fantasies.” The disc sees the guitarist mixing original compositions, both old and new, with jazz standards, traditional songs and other covers. Frisell says that the record is an exploration of the deep creative bond between the three musicians after all their years on the road together, and of the freedom that the trio format gives them.

 

 

                 

Also this week, trumpeter and composer Anthony Stanco features stellar performances some of Detroit’s most prominent jazz artists, including bassist Rodney Whitaker, on “You Know the Feeling”;

 

 

 

 

                    

baritone saxophonist Frank Basile and tenor sax man Sam Dillon, both with experience in the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and the Mingus Big Band, team on the quintet recording, “Two Part Solution”;

 

 

 

       

       and Brazilian guitarist Diego Figueiredo is featured in trio and solo settings on “Compilation.”