Kennedy – 2019 Corridor Jazz Recording Session

Today’s featured Corridor Jazz recording is John F. Kennedy High School Jazz Band One performing Jeff Coffin‘s “Tall and Lanky.” Coffin’s compositions are really popular with our bands. There’s a local connection to this arrangement, which you can read about below.
 
Guest soloist is Ryan Smith, saxophone. Kennedy’s Rufaro Muskwe solos as well.
 
This arrangement of “Tall and Lanky” is by Bret Zvacek, director of jazz studies at SUNY-Potsdam. Bret is a Cedar Rapids native, a graduate of Prairie High School, and is a past Corridor Jazz guest artist himself.

Lisbon – 2019 Corridor Jazz Recording Session

Today’s Corridor Jazz featured recording is from the Lisbon High School Jazz Band, directed by Jimmy Higgenbotham. Here is their up-tempo version of the classic ballad “Secret Love,” with guest artist Rich Medd, trombone. Lisbon students Chris Cannon and Renae Hasselbusch have solos, too.

KCCK’s Featured CD for March 2019

The KCCK Featured CD for March is KCCK’s “Corridor Jazz Project Volume Twelve.” The disc showcases the outstanding high school jazz programs in the area, which now numbers thirteen with the addition of the brand new Liberty High School. The bands are matched with professional musicians and educators from the area who serve as guest soloists, this year including Chris Merz, Steve Shanley, Blake Shaw, Rich Medd and Michael Conrad among others. The Iowa Bandmasters Association has called it the “crown jewel” of jazz education in Iowa, and participating students and teachers say it’s one of their biggest highlights of the year. Purchase the CD.      

Special Programs for February 4 thru February 9

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Vocal Short List 16: Denise Donatelli 

Denise Donatelli didn’t sing professionally until her two sons were in their teens. You may have first heard her singing on commercials or for television shows. Donatelli now boasts three Grammy-nominated albums, outstanding collaborations with Geoffrey Keezer, and is considered a true interpreter of the Great American Songbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM 

Hotbeds of Jazz – Detroit, Part 3

Craig focuses on another group of prominent jazz musicians that are associated with the Motor City.  In this 3rd show, he’ll feature baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams, violinist Regina Carter, bassist Paul Chambers, drummer Kenny Clarke, trombonist Curtis Fuller, and a number of other greats past and present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM   

Colleen & Company at the Opus Concert Café 

Cabaret-style singer Colleen and her duo of piano and drums graced the Opus Concert Café stage with a repertoire of classics, standards, and some surprising variations on contemporary pop, country, and rock songs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

2018’s GroundUP Festival

GroundUP is unlike any other musical event. Lines blur between artist and fan, and spill onto Miami Beach. Hear a jazz sampler from the 2018 line-up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at Noon

Chronological Andrew Hill, Part Two

Craig continues his listen back to the artistry of pianist and composer, Andrew Hill.  This week, he picks up with a January 8, 1964 session that became the Blue Note release “Judgement!”, then moves on to Hill’s mid-1960’s recordings.

 

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

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

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

KCCK’s Featured CD for February 2019

The KCCK Featured CD for February is “Swirl” from Michael Wolff. After a four-year battle with cancer, the pianist came out the other side completely healthy with plenty more life to live and music to make. The new disc, featuring bassist Ben Allison and drummer Allan Mednard, bears out Michael’s newfound appreciation for life’s joys with his inventive writing and arranging skills still intact. Some of that music will be heard when Wolff plays KCCK’s Taste of Jazz on April 26. “Swirl” is on Sunnyside Records. Purchase the CD.

Clean Up Your Act 2-20-19

Researchers say wind turbines don’t pose a public health risk.

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Liberty High – 2019 Corridor Jazz Recording Sessions

The Corridor’s newest jazz band, the Liberty High School Jazz Ensemble, directed by Ryan Arp, makes its Corridor Jazz Project debut with Chick Corea’s “Early Afternoon Blues,” with guest artist Steve Shanley, professor of music at Coe College and director of the Cedar Rapids Municipal Band.
 
Liberty students with solos include Spencer Knight, Brennan Plank, Aaron Schultz, and Sam Ross.
 
We’re also proud to see TJ, Tyson, Tyler, and Killian making their debut in the band after being great leaders this past summer in their final year of KCCK’s Middle School Jazz Band Camp.
 

Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet February 14, 2019

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place February 14, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.