Culture Crawl 458 “Street Art”

The National Czech & Slovak Museum and Library is celebrating the demise of the Eastern Bloc, including what is now the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, begun by the fall of the Berlin Wall, thirty years ago this year.

Street artist Ganzeer, forced to leave his native Egypt after using his art to protest totalitarianism during the Egyptian revolution, will give a public lecture and also give a two-day class in creating street and protest art, June 6-8.

More information at www.ncsml.org.

Clean Up Your Act 6-18-19

The Upper Midwest could use more wetlands to help

mitigate flooding.

Culture Crawl 459 “The One that Drove Mahler Out of Town”

Orchestra Iowa completes its season with “Titan,” by Gustave Mahler, June 1 at the Paramount Theatre. Tim Hankewich describes the work as uplifting, spiritual, and a bucket list piece for musicians. But when Mahler composed it, the musicians found it so difficult to play that Mahler ended up getting forced out of that job!

Also on the program is a dynamic cello prodigy named Zlatomir Fung, performing a piece celebrating King Solomon, and the Orchestra continues to celebrate women composers, with a work from Jennifer Higdon.

One night only, June 1st, 7:30pm at the Paramount Theatre. Tickets at www.orchestraiowa.org.

Talking Pictures 5-29-19

Booksmart, Aladdin and Chapter 3 Parabellum with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.

Special Programs for May 27 thru June 1

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Galloping Guitars: Howard Alden 

Howard Alden began playing banjo at ten years old, then soon switched to guitar. His first big gig was with vibraphonist Red Norvo. When he was 24 he moved to New York City where he was quickly absorbed into the jazz scene there, playing with top-rank veterans and contemporaries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Monday’s Jazz Corner of the World is pre-empted this week so we can bring you our Memorial Day Special – the 2018 Iowa City Jazz Festival main stage performances, recorded live from the U of I Pentacrest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM   

Students Take Over, Part 4 

Dennis Green hangs out with student musicians from the 2019 Corridor Jazz Project. This week, Riley and Jacob from Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Carly and Jacob from Liberty High talk a little jazz and play a lot of their favorite songs.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

ECM @ 50 (The Big Ears Festival)

Listen in to the Big Ears festival in Knoxville for the 50th anniversary of ECM records. Featured are riveting performances by three ECM artists carrying the torch today – Carla Bley, Avishai Cohen and Nik Bärtsch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at Noon

The Famed Miles Davis/Gil Evans Collaborations

Craig takes a fond look back at the very important recordings that Miles made with arranger, composer, bandleader, and pianist, Gil Evans,  We’ll hear selections from “Birth Of The Cool,” “Miles Ahead,” “Porgy And Bess,” “Sketches Of Spain,” and several others.

 

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

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

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

This Week In Jazz May 26th thru June 1st

Hey, Jazz fans!!!

Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays vocalists Mamie Smith, Peggy Lee and Dee Dee Bridgewater, trumpeter Miles Davis, pianists Ruben Rodriguez and Gonzalo Rubalcaba, bassist Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “’Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia” (1956), Hank Mobley’s “Far Away Lands” (1957), Duke Ellington’s “Anatomy of a Murder” (1959), Geroge Benson’s “Bad Benson” (1975), Sarah Vaughan “Live at Rosy’s” (1978), Billy Hart’s “Amethyst” (1993) and many more throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Clean Up Your Act 6-17-19

Washington is the first state to allow human composting.

First Friday Jazz June 7

The Dandelion Stompers will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, June 7, at 5 p.m. The Dandelion Stompers play New Orleans jazz with all the trimmings. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary music and more in an intimate, upscale environment. For a $12 cover, enjoy live music and drink specials at the Opus Concert Café bar the first Friday of every month. Purchase tickets.