Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Nat King Cole, vibists Dave Pike, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris, pianists/singer/songwriters Dave Frishberg, Eliane Elias and Amina Figarova, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, singers Bill Henderson and Marcia Ball, guitarist and vocalist George Benson and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’ “The Hawk Flies High” (1957), Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans’ “The Ivory Hunters” (1959), Jackie McLean’s “The Rhythm of the Earth” (1992), Joe Lovano’s “Quartets Live at the Village Vanguard” (1994) and many more throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
This Week In Jazz March 17th thru March 23rd
Special Programs for March 18 thru March 23
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Galloping Guitars: Joe Beck
Joe Beck was an outstanding jazz guitarist for over three decades. He played with important instrumentalists and singers, like Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Buddy Rich, John Abercrombie, Tom Scott and Ali Ryerson. He was so good that one writer said, “When Joe Beck played guitar, his sound all but shone like the sun, like museum-piece gold.”
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Hotbeds of Jazz: Detroit, Part Four
In the fourth and final show of this series, Craig focuses on another group of prominent Detroit jazz artists. We’ll hear from Barry Harris, Yusef Lateef, Dorothy Ashby, Craig Taborn, Howard McGhee, Cecil Brooks III, Louis Hayes, and others.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Euforquestra at the Iowa City Jazz Festival
Eastern Iowa’s Euforquestra have ignited dance floors for well over a decade. Their music defies description In any given set (or song), you can hear world music of all genres, heavily influenced by funk, pocket, soul, and groove. They brought this unique sound and energy to the Iowa City Jazz Festival in 2008.
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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra’s 25th
The DIVA Jazz Orchestra celebrates 25 years with the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra. Also on the program, one of the last surviving members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm reflects on the legacies of all-female big bands.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
Great Bands of the 1970’s – Keith Jarrett
Craig revisits a key cog in the music of the 1970’s. We’ll hear records led by Jarrett on the Atlantic, ECM, Impulse!, and Columbia labels. We’ll hear Jarrett’s “American Quartet,” the “European Quartet,” solos, duos, and in other settings. It’s hard to imagine jazz in the 1970’s without the exciting new sounds and ideas from this firebrand pianist and composer.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
New Music Monday for March 18, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. 
Drummer Jack Kilby formed his band the Front Line in 2014 in New York City. It includes members from New York, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Kilby and bassist Kris Monson both grew up in northern Virginia and attended the University of Virginia where they met veteran trumpeter John D’earth, who directs the UVA Jazz Ensemble and is a centerpiece of Charlottesville’s music scene. There they also met saxophonist Charles Owens, who went on to spend a dozen years in New York City performing with some of the world’s finest musicians. The group’s sextet formation was solidified upon Kilby meeting trombonist Elad Cohen in New York. D.C. native and master pianist Allyn Johnson rounds out the rhythm section for the band’s debut release, “Love is a Song Anyone Can Sing.”
Born in Israel in 1979, pianist Ehud Asherie lived in Italy for six years before his family moved to New York. Largely self-taught, or rather, “old-schooled,” he learned the ropes at Smalls, spending much of his early teens becoming a fixture of the late-night jam sessions held at this now legendary Greenwich Village club. He has since worked with a broad range of musicians including Cecile McLorin Salvant, Wycliffe Gordon, John Pizzarellli and Charles McPherson. On his new release, “Wild Man Blues,” Ehud dips into the fertile fields of early New Orleans jazz, swing, bebop and the Great American songbook, as well as a deep passion for the music of Brazil.
Also this week, alto saxophonist Steve Slagle expands his discography with his premiere recording featuring his talent on the flute with “Spirit Calls”;
guitarist Doug MacDonald unveils his third organ project, “Organisms”;
and trumpeter James Suggs makes his recording debut with “You’re Gonna Hear From Me,” with special guest Houston Person on tenor sax.
Culture Crawl 431 “Let’s Get Straight to the Jazz Hands”
The jazz hands come out 8 just seconds into the show as Alisabeth Von Presley and Jen Boettger describe Follies 2019, “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.”
The Follies is the only show of its kind in the nation, with a multi-generational cast of over 100 singers, dancers, and actors, performing an original show that will feature music from “The Greatest Showman,” “LaLa Land,” “Grease,” and artists from The Beach Boys to the Beatles to Nancy Sinatra.
March 30 and 31 at the Paramount Theatre. Tickets and more information at www.crfollies.com.
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Talking Pictures 3-13-19
Apollo 11 and Captain Marvel with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Scott Chrisman.
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Culture Crawl 430 “Who’da Thunk It?”
Orchestra Iowa’s Tim Hankewich joins Dennis for “String Theory,” the next concert that features, wait for it…
Strings.
A shocker, we know. But as the Orchestra gives the brass the night off, they welcome classical guitarist Ana Vidovic, who will perform Rodrigo’s famous Concierto de Aranjuez, famous from the movies and a well-known Miles Davis version.
March 15 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts, March 16th at the Paramount Theature.
Tickets and more info at www.artsiowa.com.
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Naylor & Shultz Honored at Corridor Jazz Concert
At the Corridor Jazz Concert, we honored two local musicians and teachers who have had long and influential careers.
The family of John Shultz sponsored the appearance of the CR Washington High School Revolutionists. John was a legendary keyboardist and composer, with bands like Freeway and The Beaker Brothers, who passed away in 2018. He was a Washington alum.
Al Naylor has been a part of the Corridor Jazz Project since it’s very beginning. In fact, the concert arose from an event he founded while the band director at Linn-Mar. He was a guest artist for the Project five times, several of those times playing his own compositions. Many of his students have followed him into teaching and performing. One of those, Steve Shanley, joined Dennis Green in presenting Al with a plaque commemorating his involvement in the Corridor Jazz Project.
Special Programs For March 11 thru March 16
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Vocal Short List 16: Erin Bode
For nearly two decards, Midwesterner Erin Bode has quietly built a loyal audience and expanded her reach, both musically and in her fan base. She is now considered somewhat eclectic, as she sings not only jazz but some popular and folk music, as well. Not surprising, considering her musical upbringing included church choir, musical theatre, and some opera.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Blue Note Records in 1959, Part One
Craig travels back 60 years to listen in on Alfred Lion’s Blue Note label in 1959. In this first of two shows, he will explore the first half of ’59 with tasty goodies from Jackie McLean, Horace Silver, Lou Donaldson, Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Smith, and many others.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Bonerama at the Iowa City Jazz Festival
We show off the funky side of New Orleans with the Delta-steeped groove of Bonerama. Louisiana natives, trombonists Mark Mullins and Craig Klein, cut their musical teeth with fellow New Orleans son Harry Connick, Jr. They brought their signature heavy brass sound to the 2008 Iowa City Jazz Festival.
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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Celebrating Marian McPartland’s Centennial
We celebrate pianist and radio host Marian McPartland with an encore commemoration of her centennial. Christian McBride shares stories and some of the best of her long-time radio show, “Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz,” — complete with some rarely heard outtakes.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
Hotbeds of Jazz: Detroit, Part Four
In the fourth and final show of this series, Craig focuses on another group of prominent Detroit jazz artists. We’ll hear from Barry Harris, Yusef Lateef, Dorothy Ashby, Craig Taborn, Howard McGhee, Cecil Brooks III, Louis Hayes, and others.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: