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Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Vocal Short List 16: Blanche Calloway
Blanche Calloway is noted for a number of firsts. She was on-stage before her famous brother, Cab Calloway. She was the first African-American female to lead an all-male orchestra. She eventually became a disc jockey and program director for her radio station. Cab Calloway cites her as his major influence and inspiration for his own greatness.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
The Chronological Andrew Hill, Part One
Craig begins a series of shows that follows the career of brilliant composer and pianist Andrew Hill. We’ll hear at least one selection from each of Hill’s jazz recordings, beginning with a 1959 recording for Warwick Records, before he moved on to his many priceless Blue Note recordings of the 1960’s.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
UI Latin Jazz Ensemble
Our January warm-up keeps steamin’ along with the University of Iowa Latin Jazz Ensemble. This week, the Wednesday Night Special listens back to the 2014 Jazz Appreciation Month concert at the Mill in Iowa City. Tune in for one of the U of I’s premier music ensembles.
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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Harold Mabern With the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
As one of jazz’s foremost pianists, composers, and bandleaders, Harold Mabern has enjoyed a string of critically-acclaimed albums under his own name. But, his greatest joy comes from being a sideman. The spotlight shines on the 82-year-old Mabern, as both a leader and an accompanist, as he sits in with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
Prestige Records in 1969, Part One
Craig journeys back 50 years to look in on the recording activities at Bob Weinstock’s Pretige Records in 1969. We’ll hear choice material from Dexter Gordon, Eric Kloss, Illinois Jacquet, Don Patterson, Barry Harris, and many others.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
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Juno Award-winning saxophonist, composer and arranger Allison Au was born to a Chinese father and Jewish mother, and was raised in the multicultural metropolis of Toronto. Exposed to a wide array of musical styles growing up, Allison was captivated by the unhinged freedom of jazz, which became her lab of self-expression, exploration and musical experimentations. Her work weaves a mosaic of influences into a concoction steeped in the jazz tradition but skillfully laced with elements of classical, pop, R&B/hip hop, Latin and world music. Following on the heels of her 2016 Juno Award win for Best Jazz Album of the Year, the Allison Au Quintet releases its highly anticipated third studio album, “Wander Wonder.”
Impulse! Records has brought together some of the great progressive jazz musicians of our time to pay tribute to the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” As label president Danny Bennet explains, “This recording showcases the most meaningful up-and-coming and established artists that are taking the new jazz scene by storm. Each was given the challenge to create a work that would push the musical envelope by presenting an impressionistic rendering of a favorite song from Pepper.” “A Day in the Life: Impressions of Pepper” includes performances by saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings from the UK jazz scene, Miles Mosley and Cameron Graves from L.A.’s West Coast Get Down, Onyx Collective from N.Y.C., Makaya McCraven and JuJu Exchange from Chicago, pianist Sullivan Fortner, percussionist Antonio Sanchez and guitarist Mary Halvorson.
Dan Bonsanti’s The 14 Jazz Orchestra, comprised of alumni from the University of Miami who are all active in South Florida as jazz and studio musicians and/or important educators, releases “The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be”;
Also this week, veteran Seattle bassist Chuck Deardorf brings together longtime musical friends Dawn Clement on piano, saxophonist Hans Teuber, and drummer Matt Wilson for “Perception”;
and the Colorado-based David Caffey Jazz Orchestra offers up “All in One.”
Climate change and the effects on crop production.
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Science Fair and Sergeant Stubby with Hollis Monroe and Denny Lynch.
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For RHCR Theatre’s 24-Hour Play Festival, 6 new short plays are written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours. Executive Director Matt Ford says the event is a fun and creative night, with lots of laughs, January 19, 7pm in the CR Public Library’s Whipple Auditorium.
There will also be a silent auction, with gift baskets from Scratch Cupcakes, Raygun and some cool sports memorabilia from Kurt Warner, the Green Bay Packers, Minneapolis Twins, and much more.
Tickets available at www.rhcrtheatre.com or at the door.
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Some items shouldn’t be recycled.
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Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Vocal Short List 16: Blanche Calloway
Blanche Calloway is noted for a number of firsts. She was on-stage before her famous brother, Cab Calloway. She was the first African-American female to lead an all-male orchestra. She eventually became a disc jockey and program director for her radio station. Cab Calloway cites her as his major influence and inspiration for his own greatness.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
80th Anniversary of Blue Note Records
Craig celebrates Blue Note’s 80th by spinning a sampling from the first decade of the label. We’ll hear “traditional jazz/blues” from Albert Ammons, Meade ‘Lux’ Lewis, Frankie Newton, Earl Hines, Pete Johnson, Edmond Hall, Ike Quebec, and a host of others. We’ll also hear some of the earliest examples of “modern jazz” from Blue Note artists, such as Thelonious Monk, Tadd Dameron, Art Blakey, Fats Navarro, and more.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
James Dreier & Ritmocano
We continue our January warm-up with hot Latin jazz. This week, the Wednesday Night Special features James Dreier and his band, Ritmocano. Recorded live before a fired-up crowd at Jazz Under the Stars, this ensemble of some of Eastern Iowa’s top musicians had them dancing on the lawn with new compositions and fresh arrangements of classic Latin standards.
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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
On the Road With Lizz Wright
Lizz Wright takes us on the road via an audio diary in an exploration of her own roots, from Appalachia, to Atlanta to Southern Georgia. She also digs into some of the songs from her recent album, Grace, in concert at the Variety Playhouse in Atlanta.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
The Chronological Andrew Hill, Part One
Craig begins a series of shows that follows the career of brilliant composer and pianist Andrew Hill. We’ll hear at least one selection from each of Hill’s jazz recordings, beginning with a 1959 recording for Warwick Records, before he moved on to his many priceless Blue Note recordings of the 1960’s.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
