Culture Crawl 272 “The Studio’s Never Smelled So Good”

The 6th annual Asian Fest takes place July 20 from Noon-8pm in Cedar Rapids’ McGrath Amphitheater. Kanu Salaria, Bhumia Nayak, and Lynn Phakamas-Hansen brightened our studio with colorful outlets reflecting the heritage of India and Thailand.

The free festival will feature 11 “villages” demonstrating various Asian cultures, more than 20 food vendors, and about a dozen performances. There will even be a Chef’s Challenge, where two area chefs will compete to make the most creative dish using traditional Asian ingredients.

Make sure you watch to the end, where Lynn demonstrates her food-carving skills, which she will also demo at the Festival. She says veggies in cool shapes is the best way to make kids want to eat them!

Free admission. More into at www.facebook.com/AsianFestIA.

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Talking Pictures 7-10-19

Midsommar, The Dead Don’t Die and The Congress with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.

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Ultimate American Music Tour 2020

Ultimate American Music Tour
New Orleans · Memphis · Nashville
Dates: April 15 – 22, 2020

Click Here: Ultimate American Music Tour Flyer

Click here for full brochure: Jazz Travelers Mini Brochure KCCK

 

Inclusions

What Is Included:
(7) nights accommodations in 4-star properties. All centrally
located in historic areas within walking distance to live music
nightly.
(3) Nights New Orleans – Crowne Plaza Astor, French Quarter
(2) Nights Memphis – The Westin, Beale Street
(2) Nights Nashville – The Sheraton Grand, Downtown
•Fully escorted by a professional Tour Director
•Private transportation in air-conditioned motor coach
•Admission to all activities indicated
•Gratuities for included activities
•Round trip porterage at all hotels
•Arrival and Departure transfers

 Tour Rates

The price is $2,999 per person, based on double occupancy. Single supplement is $949.
Please review the registration form, deposit amount ($500 per person, non-refundable after October 01,
2019), final payment is due January 01, 2020 (90 days prior to departure), see terms and conditions.
*Save $50.00 per person by paying with a bank check or wire transfer! $2,949.00 per person double/$949.00 Single supplement

 

Please contact Lisa Baum at 319-330-8595 or email JazzTravelers@gmail.com for more information.

 

 

Culture Crawl 273 “Paul Would Be Proud”

Cedar Rapids Municipal Band Director Steve Shanley turns the baton over to the director of the Coe College Orchestra, Michelle Blair, so he can play piano on an arrangement of The Beatles “Blackbird,” that he performed at Coe this spring, and that was talked about for weeks by those who saw it.

It’s extra-special for Steve, as he is fresh from seeing Sir Paul himself perform the piece at a recent concert.

Also, music from Aladdin, and some polkas on this week’s program.

Concerts are at 7:30. Come early on Wednesday to the Johnson STEAM Academy to hear a performance from Johnson students. The Sunday show will be at Noelridge Park.

Details at www.crmuniband.org, or follow crmuniband on Facebook or Twitter for last-minute weather updates.

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This Week In Jazz July 7th thru July 13th

This week we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Hank Mobley, Paul Gonsalves and Sam L. “The Man” Taylor. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Count Basie at Newport” (1957), John Coltrane’s “Coltrane Time” (1958), Red Rodney’s “Bird Lives!” (1973) 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 July 8 thru July 13

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Women In Jazz: Terri Lyne Carrington 

Mentored by Jack DeJohnette, drummer, composer, and producer Terri Lyne Carrington received a full-ride scholarship to the Berklee College of Music at age 11. She is now a full professor at the school. During her illustrious career, she has collaborated with artists from the whole spectrum of jazz – from Herbie Hancock to Eric Marienthal to Pharoah Sanders. Her albums have scored three Grammy Awards, and she was the first woman artist to receive a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental.

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

The Artistry of Joe Farrell

On this special live Monday evening show, Craig spins goodies from the relatively short career of reedman Joe Farrell. We’ll listen to a dozen discs that feature Farrell as a leader on CTI, Xanadu, Contemporary, and others.  We’ll also hear a number of recordings that feature Joe as a sideman, from artists like Chick Corea, Elvin Jones, Jaki Byard, George Cables, Andrew Hill, and others.

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM   

Funk Daddies at Jazz Under the Stars 

We’re just a month away from the Last Big Party of the Summer – KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars! Before this year’s artists hit the stage, let’s jam one more time with the standout shows from 2018. First up are the Funk Daddies from their 2011 gig (they got rained out last year; but not to worry – they groove us all this August). Excuse us while we do the boogaloo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night In America

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Nels Cline Lovers in Philly 

Jazz Night In America catches up with Nels Cline Lovers as they jam in the City of Brotherly Love. Guitarist Cline commissioned works by Philadelphia composers specifically for this new project, and spotlights them in concert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at Noon

A Tribute to Yusef Lateef

Craig will spin fabulous records from multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef’s early years (1957 to 1960). We’ll hear great material from Verve Records, Savoy Records, and Prestige Records.

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: 

http://www.kcck.org/midnight-cd/

The Jazz World Comes to Iowa City July 5-7

The Countdown continues to the 2019 Iowa City Jazz Festival, 3 days of the world’s best jazz in downtown Iowa City. Danilo Perez, Chris Potter, Jane Bunnett, and Nayo Jones headline on the mainstage, with dozens of your favorite local artists performing, too.

KCCK is live backstage all weekend long, and we’ll have live interviews with the headliners Friday and Saturday. And of course, if you can’t be on the Pentracrest in person, catch all the mainstage shows broadcast live on Iowa’s Jazz Station.

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New Music Monday for July 8, 2019

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

Throughout his storied career, iconic keyboardist and composer Chick Corea has explored a wealth of music from across borders both geographical and stylistic. Time and again over the decades he’s returned to what he calls his “Spanish heart”—the Spanish, Latin and flamenco traditions that have indelibly shaped his unmistakable sound. Now with his new album, “Antidote,” recorded with his brand new Spanish Heart Band, Corea once again delves deeply into the Latin side of his musical heritage with a stunning collection of musicians from Spain, Cuba, Venezuela and the U.S. The disc revisits classic pieces from two of the bandleader’s most beloved albums, “My Spanish Heart” and “Touchstone,” along with new compositions and favorites by revered composers like Jobim, de Lucia and Stravinsky.

 

 

 

     Bassist, composer and bandleader Marcus Shelby brings together three of his greatest passions—African-American history, baseball and big-band jazz—on “Transitions,” the latest work by his 15-piece Marcus Shelby Orchestra. Shelby’s work to date has established his penchant for deep musical dives into black history and culture, including works inspired by Harriet Tubman and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. While the new disc offers Shelby’s lush arrangements of classic tunes by Ellington, Mingus and Cole Porter, its centerpiece, “Black Ball: the Negro Leagues and the Blues,” is an original four-part suite inspired by the history of Negro League baseball. Specifically, the four-part suite was inspired by four cities–Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago and Kansas City—that were central to the Negro Leagues and also definitive cities during the birth and evolution of the Blues and Swing.

 

 

 

     

 Also this week, drummer Al Foster pays tribute his family and colleagues with “Inspirations & Dedications,” a set of songs written or interpreted in their honor;

 

 

 

 

 

                  

pianist and composer Fred Hersch’s “Begin Again” features nine of his original compositions arranged and conducted by six-time Grammy winner Vince Mendoza for the WDR Big Band;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

 

and saxophonist  Bob Sheppard, whose resume includes work with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and others, presents his fifth effort as a leader, “The Fine Line.”