Special Programs For August 19 thru August 24

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Women In Jazz: Louise Baranger 

Born in Hollywood, trumpeter and bandleader Louise Baranger has made a career working in the TV and movie industry. Along the way, she has recorded some fine albums under her own name and with her ensemble, the Revolutionary Brass Quintet. This career path allows Baranger to share the stage with the likes of Nelson Riddle, Bobby Shew, Joe Cocker, and John Pizzarelli. This proponent of the “Great American Groove Book” has even jammed with President Bill Clinton.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

“Bitches Brew” 50th Anniversary

Craig urges you not to miss this in-depth look at one of the most impactful releases of our time.  We’ll hear the classic recordings from August 19, 20, and 21, 1969, as well as some of the other “adjacent” Miles Davis recordings.

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Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM   

Chris Vadala and the KCC Big Band

During his career, the late, great Chris Vadala worked with Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, and countless others. In 1977, he joined Chuck Mangione’s band to record the landmark album, Feels So Good. In 2011, he shared the stage with the Kirkwood Community College Big Band for their Spring Concert.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Marcus Miller and Electric Miles

During this 50th anniversary year of the release of Bitches Brew, Marcus Miller and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra break down the most hotly-debated era in jazz – Miles Davis’s electric period.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at Noon

Blue Note Records In 1969, Part 2 

Craig journeys back 60 years to look in on the recording activities at Blue Note Records in the latter half of 1969.  We’ll hear solid selections from Hank Mobley, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Cox, Grant Green, and others. 1969 remains a watershed year for the Blue Note 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. Tune in at Midnight for: 

Monday – Freedom, Soul, Jazz by Will Boyd; Tuesday – Moving Mists by Luke Gillespie; Wednesday – The Keys of Cool by Richie Cole & Tony Monaco; Thursday – Partners In Time by Mike LeDonne; Friday – Sitting On Top of the Blues by Bobby Rush; Saturday – Ruf Records 25 Year Anniversary by Various Artists; Sunday – Confessions by Veronica Swift

New Music Monday for August 19, 2019

     Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.   

Several years in the making and infused with a lifetime of inspiration and appreciation, “Wareika Hill (Rastamonk Vibrations)” is Monty Alexander’s delightfully imaginative and compelling interpretation of the music of Thelonious Monk. Wareika Hill refers to a place in Jamaica where Rastafarian musicians used to gather, located behind Monty’s childhood home outside of Kingston. He would hear the musicians going up the hill playing their drums—and such became the early muse for these arrangements of Monk’s songs, infused with Jamaican grooves and childhood memories of not only Wareika Hill, but being introduced to Monk’s music as a teenager while recording as a sideman in the Federal Recordings Studios in Kingston.

 

     After a decade of collaborative releases with large ensembles such as the WDR and Bob Mintzer Big Bands, New York Voices return to their roots, marking their 30th anniversary with one of the most ambitious, accomplished undertakings in their esteemed catalog. Peter Eldridge, Lauren Kinhan, Darmon Meader and Kim Nazarian apply their stamp to standards by Cole Porter and Al Jolson, modern jazz gems from Chick Corea and Fred Hersch, a deeply personal swing-era classic from Duke Ellington, songs by the Beatles, Dave Brubeck and Ivan Lins, and a pair from Cuban classical composer Ignacio Cervantes. “Reminiscing in Tempo” finds the quartet’s individual chops and their collective chemistry to be as powerful as ever, foretelling yet another creative span for this landmark group.

 

         

 Also this week, Dave Bass, who retired from the Office of the Attorney General of California back in 2015, is back at the piano, keeping the torch burning for classic songs and elegant bebop on his new disc, “No Boundaries”

 

 

 

 

 

 

              

saxophonist Pureum Jin is joined by a dynamic group of young musicians, including pianist Jeremy Manasia and bassist Luke Sellick, for her debut release, “The Real Blue”;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

 and drummer Dave Robbins, a longtime mainstay on the Vancouver jazz scene, collects up his sextet for his second disc as a leader, “Joan of Art.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Culture Crawl 487 “What the World Needs is Music”

Family Folk Machine is a non-auditioned, intergenerational folk choir in Iowa City. The group offers classes in learning acoustic instruments and songwriting, to create shows that consists of both folk classics and new material.
 
Board members Aprille Clarke and Jerry Partridge say rehearsals for the fall show begin Sunday, August 18 at The Center in downtown Iowa City. There will be a welcome session and orientation at 1:30 for anyone new to the group, with the first rehearsal at 3:00.
 
More information at www.familyfolkmachine.org.

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This Week In Jazz August 18th thru August 25th

Hey, Jazz fans!!!

Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, trombonists Jack Teagarden and Jiggs Whigham, pianist Jimmy Rowles, trumpeter Art and bassist Addison Farmer, Bluesman John Lee Hooker, drummer Ginger Baker and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jimmy Smith’s “The Sermon” (1957), Dave Brubeck’s “Time Out” (1959), The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Pyramid” (1959), Lou Donaldson’s “Everything I Play Is Funky” (1969), Andre Previn, Mundell Lowe & Ray Brown’s “Old Friends” (1991) and many others throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

 

Clean Up Your Act 9-4-19

Microplastic pollution is increasing exponentially worldwide.

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Talking Pictures 8-14-19

The Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark with Hollis Monroe and Phil Brown.

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Culture Crawl 486 “He’s Happy. And He Has a Band”

Next up at Jazz Under The Stars in Noelridge Park on August 15 is Christopher’s Very Happy Band, a quartet led by UNI Director of Jazz Studies Chris Merz. An accomplished composer of all kinds of jazz, The Very Happy Band is Chris’s outlet for his most upbeat and mass-appeal tunes, perfect for an evening in the park!

Chris talks about his music and career as a teacher and performer, including his connection to the legendary Dave Brubeck

Come early and hear KCCK’s Young Artist Series, featuring The Corridor Quintet, whose members are from Cedar Rapids Washington, City High, and West High The music starts at 6:30.

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Special Programs for August 11 thru August 17

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Women In Jazz: Maria Schneider & Lisa Hilton 

Maria Schneider and Lisa Hilton are both multi-talented, multi-faceted artists. Schneider’s big break came when she was hired by Gil Evans as his copyist. She has gone on to lead her own jazz orchestra and become a solid composer, arranger, and pianist. Her work has garnered her multiple Grammy awards. Pianist, bandleader, producer, and composer Lisa Hilton blends jazz and blues with minimalism, classical, and avant-garde music. She has recorded with Antonio Sanchez, Larry Grenadier, and Christian McBride.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

More Classic CTI From the 1970’s

Craig says, “Don’t miss out on the fun!” as he spins more enduring classics from CTI, including strong material from Stanley Turrentine, Paul Desmond, Milt Jackson, Freddy Hubbard, Ron Carter and others.

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Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM   

Chris Merz and the KCC Big Band

As Christopher’s Very Happy. Band. warms up for Jazz Under the Stars, let’s take a listen to another of this talented reedman and bandleader’s standout performances. He jammed with the Kirkwood Community College Big Band for their 2016 Spring Concert. Recorded live in Ballantyne Auditorium, it was more swing than one stage could contain!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Clarksdale, Mississippi – Home of the Blues

Jazz Night in America heads to the Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale, MS, and visits with musicians — young and old — who are keeping the blues tradition alive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at Noon

“Bitches Brew” 50th Anniversary

Craig urges you not to miss this in-depth look at one of the most impactful releases of our time.  We’ll hear the classic recordings from August 19, 20, and 21, 1969, as well as some of the other “adjacent” Miles Davis recordings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD in its entirety. The Midnight CD’s for this week are (Monday thru Sunday): Juan Alamo – Ruta Panoramica; Chicago Jazz Philharmonic – The Chicago River; Paul Lichty Sextet – Social Media Suite; Michael O’Neill Quintet with Tony Lindsay – Pacific Standard Time; Coco Montoya – Coming In Hot; The Nick Moss Band – Lucky Guy; Dream Shanti – Music In Our Dreams