Isn’t It Romantic? and Alita: Battle Angel and Oscar predictions with Dennis Green and Denny Lynch.
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Clean Up Your Act 3-12-19
Turning an invasive species into something useful.
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Corridor Jazz Concert Tickets Now on Sale
Thirteen of the Corridor’s top jazz bands perform in their only joint concert of the year to celebrate the release of The Corridor Jazz Project Volume XI. Admission is $12!
Two Sessions, 5:30 and 7:30pm. Come for one or both sessions.
Buy advance tickets at in the KCCK store.
5:30 Session
Marion (Nolan Schroeder-sax)
Mt. Vernon (Laura Saylor-trumpet)
Cedar Rapids Kennedy (Ryan Smith-sax)
Liberty (Steve Shanley-piano)
Cedar Rapids Prairie (Tye Male-sax)
Linn Mar (Mike Conrad, piano)
7:30 Session
Iowa City West (Chris Merz-sax)
Cedar Rapids Xavier (Blake Shaw-bass)
Cedar Rapids Jefferson (Chris Jensen-drums)
Cedar Rapids Washington (Robert Espe-sax)
Iowa City High (Austin Seybert-trombone)
Lisbon (Rich Medd-trombone)
Solon (Joel Foreman-vocals & piano)
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First Friday Jazz March 1
Christopher’s Very Happy.Band will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, March 1, at 5 p.m. 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.
Special Programs for February 18 thru February 23
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Vocal Short List 16: Mabel Mercer
Cabaret chanteuse Mabel Mercer – a cult figure in America – enjoyed a great career in Europe before the Second World War. She came to the United States in 1938 and right away began singing in New York’s top nightclubs. Her singing style, often described as an acquired taste, paid special attention to the lyrics. She was an influence on Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, and others.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Herbie Nichols Centennial Celebration
Craig celebrates the 100th birthday of one of the all-time jazz greats – pianist and composer Herbie Nichols. Hear selections from recordings that Herbie made for Blue Note, Savoy, and Bethlehem Records, as well as some modern-day artists re-interpreting a variety of Herbie’s compositions.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Eddie Piccard Quartet at the Opus Concert Café
Pianist, bandleader, and singer Eddie Piccard is Iowa jazz royalty. For decades, he has entertained audiences with soulful arrangements of the classics. Piccard brought his quartet to the Opus Concert Café for a First Friday Jazz set that was full of swing.
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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Terence Blanchard
Trumpeter Terence Blanchard has a three-decade career in both jazz and film scoring. We dive into his work with Spike Lee, his E-Collective band, and a new commission on the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
Prestige Records in 1969, Part Two
Craig listens in again to more of the recordings Bob Weinstock made for his Prestige label in 1969. Tune in to hear Gene Ammons, Don Patterson, Tal Farlow, Barry Harris, Charles Earland, and a host of other jazzers from back in the day.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
New Music Monday for February 18, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
Pianist and composer Ellen Rowe is professor of jazz and contemporary improvisation at the University of Michigan. Her new CD, “Momentum—Portraits of Women in Motion,” brings together an ensemble of nationally-lauded female jazz artists, including saxophonists Tia Fuller, Lisa Parrott and Virginia Mayhew, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and drummer Allison Miller. Each composition on the disc is a tribute to and musical portrait of several iconic female figures across the sectors of music, sports, social justice, environmental advocacy and politics. Rowe draws deserved recognition to her heroes with arrangements orchestrated for varying sizes of chamber jazz ensembles, from quartet to octet.
Greg Murphy, an inventive and versatile pianist with an epic sense of the pure and beautiful, is a formidable talent. Throughout his musical career, he has accumulated a vast number of stories that are woven into the fabric of his material. “Bright Idea,” his new trio recording with Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Erick Wheeler, comes together in a way that embraces all of the places Murphy has been, from his grinding, intensive study in New York, his time in New Orleans with Ellis Marsalis, his pop-funk days in Chicago, and his Latin jazz work with Raphael Cruz. His fifth recording overall, it features mainly originals and is his strongest statement as a leader to date.
Also this week, master organist Joey DeFrancesco turns his musical attention to his spiritual side on “In the Key of the Universe,” working with jazz greats Pharoah Sanders and Billy Hart;
Grammy-winning vocalist Catherine Russell serves up her seventh studio album as a leader, “Alone Together”;
and noted Bay Area pianist Dick Conte offers up a trio disc dedicated to his friend Bill Evans, “Blue in Green.”
Talking Pictures 2-13-19
Cold War, Hitler Lives and The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part with Dennis Green, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.
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Washington – 2019 Corridor Jazz Recording Sessions
Robert Espe, saxophone, guests with the Cedar Rapids Washington Revolutionists on “Come Rain or Come Shine” in today’s featured Corridor Jazz Recording Video. The Revs are directed by Joel Nagel.
As you enjoy the tune, how about a shout-out to all the students who not only play in the band, but swim, wrestle, play basketball, act, sing, debate, and probably also work a part-time job?
Their other activities aren’t always as obviously on display as the bleached hair of the Warrior swimmers you see here, but we appreciate the time management required to juggle homework, other activities, and practice on their instrument!