Watch The Corridor Jazz Performances Online

Nearly 2000 people checked out the Corridor Jazz Virtual concert on May 7, with music videos from 13 area schools, featuring introductions and comments from students, teachers, and a few surprise guests. But if you missed it, you can still watch! 
 
 
Approximate performance times:

:03 Linn-Mar High School Colton Center Jazz Ensemble, featuring John Hall
:11 Cedar Rapids Xavier High School Jazz Band One, featuring Christopher Jensen
:25 Liberty High School Jazz Ensemble, featuring Madeline Lanxon
:34 Prairie High School Jazz One, featuring Jonah Prall
:46 Marion High School Jazz Band One, featuring Saul Lubaroff
:54 Shoutout to Jazz All-Staters
:55 Cedar Rapids Washington High School Revolutionists
1:10 Mt. Vernon Swingin’ STANGS, featuring Amy Friedl Stoner
1:18 Cedar Rapids Jefferson Jazz Ensemble, featuring Brian Zeglis
1:29 Center Point-Urbana Jazz Band
1:45 Lisbon High School Jazz Band, featuring Jim Dreier
1:57 City High School Jazz Ensemble
2:08 Solon High School Jazz Orchestra

2:17 Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Jazz Band One

Thanks to our concert sponsor, MidWest One Bank, along with Coe College, West Music, Kirkwood Community College, Orchestra Iowa, Rubicon Photo, the Strauss Family, and Scheels.

This Week In Jazz May 9 thru May 15


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Irving Berlin, singer Maxine Waters, bassists Buddy Catlett and Gary Peacock, pianist Red Garland, drummer Mel Lewis and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis Quintet’s “Relaxin’/Steamin’/Workin'” (1956), Kenny Burrell’ “Blue Lights, Vol. 1 & 2” (1958), Lee Morgan/Thad Jones’ “Minor Strain” (1960), Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines’ “At the Party” (1970), “Work Song: The Nat Adderley Sextet Live at Sweet Basil” (1990), The Great Jazz Trio’s “Autumn Leaves” (2002) and many others Monday thru Friday at noon on our JAZZ MASTERS‘ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Special Programs for May 10 thru May 15

Short List with Host Bob Naujoks

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

Short List: Herb Geller

This week’s Short List series spotlights Herb Geller, a saxophonist, composer, and arranger whose career lists a Who’s Who of jazz collaborators. After a stint with the Billy May Orchestra, Geller went on to jam and record with Chet Baker, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, and dozens more. In 1955, he was named Downbeat Magazine’s “New Star,” and received worldwide acclaim for his work with Clifford Brown.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

Jazz and the Spoken Word, Part 2

Craig again presents a variety of spoken forms in a jazz context. We’ll hear poet Barry Wallenstein w/pianist Stanley Cowell, a lengthy narration by Duke Ellington along with his orchestra, more poetry by Jack Kerouac, poetry from Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jayne Cortez, Ted Joans, Amiri Baraka, and many others. Don’t miss it!

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Equilateral

Jazz legend Steve Swallow described Chris Merz and Equilateral as, “really vital, thoughtful, articulate players” who play in the moment with intelligence and great energy. Jazz fans at the 2010 Iowa City Jazz Festival agreed.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

50 Years at the Village Vanguard

Host Christian McBride traces the legendary Vanguard Jazz Orchestra to its roots, descending the stairs to the Village Vanguard, and learning how this band’s tradition for excellent composition and performance has made it a 50-year tradition. We’ll also hear sets from their weekly sold-out Monday night gigs.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Tribute to Chick Corea, Part 4

Covering material from mid-1971 into 1972, Craig spins more of his Chick Corea favorites. We’ll hear Chick’s trio and quartet recordings, as well as some work with Joe Farrell, Elvin Jones, Anthony Braxton, Richard Davis, some solo piano on ECM, and some of the beginnings of his group Return To Forever. Absolutely essential listening!

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

A New Perspective by the Ian Charleton Big Band on Monday; Genealogy by the Code Quartet on Tuesday; Live at the Deer Head Inn by Jim Snidero on Wednesday; Outrospection: the Music of Gregg Hill by Rodney Whitaker on Thursday; Rising Up by Alex Lopez on Friday; You Gotta Have It by Tia Carroll on Saturday; Vessels of Wood & Earth by Dan Wilson on Sunday

Corridor Jazz Project “concert”

The Corridor Jazz Project 2021

With so many of the usual music activities cancelled during the pandemic, we are working with teachers and administrators to put on the Corridor Jazz Project safely. Recordings took place at individual schools, working within the latest guidelines to reduce the chance of virus spread.

The “concert” was live streamed on May 7 and featured a video of each school’s recording session,  and co-hosted by students and special guests from participating schools. 

See photos from the 2021 Corridor Jazz Project Recording Sessions.

 

Watch individual band performances on YouTube.

 

 

 

 

View the concert!

Approximate performance times:

:03 Linn-Mar High School Colton Center Jazz Ensemble, featuring John Hall
:11 Cedar Rapids Xavier High School Jazz Band One, featuring Christopher Jensen
:25 Liberty High School Jazz Ensemble, featuring Madeline Lanxon
:34 Prairie High School Jazz One, featuring Jonah Prall
:46 Marion High School Jazz Band One, featuring Saul Lubaroff
:54 Shoutout to Jazz All-Staters
:55 Cedar Rapids Washington High School Revolutionists
1:10 Mt. Vernon Swingin’ STANGS, featuring Amy Friedl Stoner
1:18 Cedar Rapids Jefferson Jazz Ensemble, featuring Brian Zeglis
1:29 Center Point-Urbana Jazz Band
1:45 Lisbon High School Jazz Band, featuring Jim Dreier
1:57 City High School Jazz Ensemble
2:08 Solon High School Jazz Orchestra

2:17 Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Jazz Band One

Support this important Project!

Order the 2021 Corridor Jazz Project CD.

 

Thank you to our generous Sponsors!

 

The Strauss Family

 

 

Clean Up Your Act 6-1-21

They might be playing soccer someday on a Des Moines Superfund site.

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New Music Monday for May 10, 2021

 Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify
     Renowned saxophonist Vincent Herring battles back from a bout with Covid-19 and career-threatening side effects with a defiant and joyful new album, “Preaching to the Choir,” with swinging help from pianist Cyrus Chestnut, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, and drummer Johnathan Blake. Herring speaks for nearly all of us when he says, “2020 into 2021 was a morbid nightmare.” He experienced the pandemic first hand, not only contracting the virus but also suffering the same loss of performance opportunities befalling every musician during the past year. Despite the prevailing darkness, the disc delivers a sermon of optimism and hope to the jazz faithful.

 

 

 

 

     Although many people may not realize it, Puerto Rico is the home of a vibrant and thriving jazz scene. It is here that Latin jazz trumpeter Charlie Sepulveda lives and does the bulk of his playing. Born in the Bronx, he appeared regularly in the Big Apple throughout the ’70s and ‘80s with the likes of Eddie Palmieri, Mongo Santamaria, Dave Valentin, Tito Puente and countless others. He currently a professor at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music and leads one of the island’s most popular jazz ensembles, The Turnaround. Their new CD, “This is Latin Jazz,” was recorded live early last year at Dizzy’s in New York.  

 

 

 

 

                  

Also this week, drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr., marks the recording debut of his exciting new 19-piece big band with “Soul Conversations,” also recorded live at Dizzy’s with special guests Christian McBride, Wynton Marsalis and Kurt Elling;

 

 

 

 

 

 

                    

vocalist Rebecca Kilgore, one of the most respected interpreters of the Great American Songbook, unveils “The Rebecca Kilgore Trio, Vol. 1,” the long-overdue recording from her Portland, Oregon-based ensemble.

 

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

 and “Human Qualities” brings back the 17 members of the progressive New York big band Schapiro 17 led by composer and arranger Jon Shapiro;

 

 

 

 

Talking Pictures 5-5-21

The Dig (2021) and War of the Worlds Goliath (2012) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Ron Adkins.

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Culture Crawl 632 “Kolache Benches”

The National Czech and Slovak Museum & Library hosts “The Iowa Pop Art Market,” May 15 at the Museum, during Czech Village Houby Days. A cooperative project with Iowa BIG, and local artists including Cara Briggs Farmer and Chainbreakers. You’ll see work from many different artists and creators as well as community-focused student projects including murals, documentary films, and interactive art installations. The market will also feature vintage clothing vendors, art demonstrations, kids activities, and much more.

Plus, there will be a sneak peek at a brand new interactive sculpture project, which will take the form of giant kolaches, which eventually will spread throughout the Village!

Info at www.ncsml.org.

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