Denny Lynch’s final Talking Pictures appearance. And the crew name their “best” and “worst” movies of 2019. With (l-r) Scott Chrisman, Denny, Monica Schmidt, Phil Brown and Hollis Monroe.
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Sam Weis is an artist and musician who recently returned to Eastern Iowa after many years of living in other areas of the country. Her exhibit, “Common Thread,” is up, along with displays from three other artists, through Feb. 2 at CSPS Hall in Cedar Rapids.
There will be a reception and gallery talk on January 16, featuring all four women. More information at www.legionarts.org. Visit Sam online at www.samweis1.net.
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Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Wild Bill Davidson, drummers Max Roach and Kenny Clarke, percussionist Chano Pozo, singer Betty Roche, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1955), The Curtis Counce Group’s “Sonority” (1958), Blue Mitchell’s “Out of the Blue” (1959), Jackie McLean’s “Bluesnik” (1961), Pat Martino’s “East!” (1968), Duke Ellington’s “Duke’s Big Four” (1973), Geri Allen’s “The Nurturer” (1990) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Songs About Jazz
Jazz has often been described by aficionados as a living, organic art form, constantly evolving and growing. As such, we often describe jazz in the third person, with its own personality. Host Bob Naujoks highlights some of the jazz charts written about jazz the entity over the years. Join us for a wonderfully introspective look at “all that Jazz!”
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Galaxy Records 1977 to 1985
Craig surveys one of the important modern jazz labels of the 1970s and 1980s. We’ll hear from a variety of their top-notch 53 releases. The most frequently recorded artist was (thankfully!) Art Pepper. We’ll also hear fine fare from tenor genius Johnny Griffin, pianist Red Garland, percussionist Shelley Manne, and a number of others. Galaxy was one of the important labels that helped re-introduce and revitalize “main stream jazz” in the late 1970s.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Poncho Sanchez at ICJF 2016
January is, usually, one of the coldest months of the year. To combat this month’s arctic blast, KCCK features some of the hottest Latin artists ever to warm the Iowa City Jazz Festival Stage. Up first is the master congero, Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Band. Sanchez brought the heat to Iowa in 2016, and he does so again this January on the Wednesday Night Special.
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Joe Lovano
Every year, sax man Joe Lovano returns to his hometown of Cleveland to celebrate his birthday. Take a trip with Joe down memory lane for a musical birthday party that blew the roof off the venue! We’ll hear Joe as he looks back on his career, with lots of great stories and incredible music.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Miles Davis in the 80’s
Although this material from Miles’ last decade is generally regarded as perhaps a step beneath the bulk of his stellar, nonpareil output from earlier years, there are still a number of overlooked surprises from the 1980’s. Craig will spin some fine, underrated tunes from a dozen or so records.
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:
Immigration Nation by Charlie Porter on Monday; Lovers & Love Songs by WJS All Stars on Tuesday; Remembering U byJimmy Cobb on Wednesday; East West: Music For Big Bands (Disc 1) by Michael Zilber on Thursday; Soul Doctor by Jimmy Carpenter on Friday; I Dream of Water by Katy Hobgood Ray featuring Dave Ray on Saturday; Samba Jazz & Tom Jobim by Duduka Da Fonseca & Helio Alves on Sunday.
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
With inspiration provided by myriad jazz masters and the Los Angeles musicians she surrounds herself with, vibraphonist Lolly Allen creates a warm, swinging, and jubilant set of music on “Coming Home,” celebrating the L.A. jazz scene that developed out of the flourishing Central Avenue clubs of the 1950s. With revered veterans of the scene, such as drummer Paul Kreibich and pianist Tom Owens, and young, vital members of the next generation, including pianist Josh Nelson and saxophonist Danny Janklow, Lolly delivers invigorated perspectives of the quintet group dynamic. Classics from the likes of Horace Silver, Mario Bauza and Dizzy Gillespie are paired with Allen’s originals in a seamless blend of supple ideas and renewed approaches to traditional repertoire.
Trumpeter Joshua Jern jumps onto the Chicago jazz scene with his brand new jazz orchestra on their debut CD, “Midnight Stroll.” Jern studied his instrument with such world renowned big band trumpeters as Rob Parton and Roger Ingram, and studied composition with big band legend Tom Garling. When not running the Joshua Jern Jazz Orchestra, he keeps busy with theatre work, occasional rock tours, and various Chicago-based big band projects. The collection of all original material on the disc is eclectic in style maintaining a classic, almost vintage sound while weaving in such modern elements of cutting edge big band and fusion as to make for an album that feels familiar yet sounds fresh and energetic
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Also this week, Posi-Tone Records debuts their latest musical collective under the apt title of Works for Me and the CD, “Reach Within,” featuring the talents of saxophonist Alexa Tarantino, pianist Caili O’Doherty, guitarist Tony Davis, bassist Adi Meyerson and drummer Joe Strasser;
Award-winning pianist and acclaimed composer Lisa Hilton is joined by jazz luminaries JD Allen on tenor sax, Rudy Royston on drums and Luques Curtis on bass for “Chalkboard Destiny”;
and Chicago-based trumpeter and composer Markus Rutz offers up an engaging two-volume album, “Blueprints Figure One: Frameworks.”
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place January 9, 2020. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
The KCCK Featured CD for January is “Iowa Friends Cuban Music” from James Dreier and Ritmocano. Since hearing his first Santana record in 1968, the drummer has had a passion for Latin music. James was a member of the Iowa-based Latin jazz group Orquesta Alto Maiz for 26 years and has been on the jazz faculty at the University of Iowa for several decades now. He unveiled his current ensemble in 2014 and their new disc features many stand-outs from the Eastern Iowa jazz scene including Steve Shanley, Rich Medd, Damani Phillips and Ed East. Purchase the album.
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vibist Milt Jackson, bassists Al McKibbon and Jimmy Haslip, singers Susannah McCorkle and Arthur Prysock, reedmen Frank Wess and Roger Neuman and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dizzy Gillespie & Chano Pozo’s “Manteca” (1947), Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica” (1957), Bud Powell’s “The Scene Changes” (1958), Coleman Hawkins’ “Night Hawk” (1960), Joe Henderson’s “Relaxin’ at the Camarillo” (1979) Branford Marsalis’ “Renaissance” (1986) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
