More Iowa farmers are planting cover crops to prevent runoff from their fields.
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New Music Monday for September 10, 2018
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As the title of his second collaboration with the WDR Big Band implies, forward-thinking trombonist/composer/arranger Marshall Gilkes is committed to pushing ahead with his music. Following the success of his Grammy nominated 2015 recording with the band, Gilkes has come up with another adventurous bit of modernism that showcases his vivid ensemble writing and peerless chops on “Always Forward.” A former member of Germany’s premiere large ensemble, Gilkes has joined the impressive roster of artists who have guested with the esteemed big band, including Joe Lovano, Abdulah Ibrahim, Ron Carter, Joe Zawinul, the Brecker Brothers and others. The resident jazz branch of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk radio and television station, the second largest public broadcasting organization in Europe after the BBC, the WDR Big Band is easily the swingingest band in Germany.
A first call player around town, powerhouse drummer and composer Chris Beck is one of the most respected and in-demand working drummers in New York City. Known for his unique blend of strength, movement and orchestral approach to modern drumming, the Philly native has honed his craft working with the likes of McCoy Tyner, Mulgrew Miller, Oliver Lake, Nicholas Payton, Terell Stafford, Cyrus Chestnut and David Murray, among others. With the release of his debut album, “The Journey,” Beck showcases the nuanced composer and leader he is today, paying homage to the classic straight-ahead style of jazz while infusing it with elements of his African roots and Gospel upbringing.
Also this week, vibraphonist/composer Stefon Harris unveils “Sonic Creed,” the first release with his band Blackout since 2009.
The Los Angeles-based Yellowjackets are joined by vocalist extraordinaire Luciana Souza on “Raising Our Voice”.
Chicago-based saxophonist and composer Matt Shevitz presents a program of his originals on “Forward Motion.”
Clean Up Your Act 9-24-18
Bison grazing in a nature preserve in western Iowa are contributing to plant and animal diversity.
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Culture Crawl 383 “Room with a Brew”
If you’ve ever wondered about urban living, the Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District is hosting “Room with a Brew” Sept. 21 from 5-8pm. Director Jennifer Pruden tells Dennis that you can check out several properties in the district. Some are for rent, some for sale, at varying price points. Plus, food and beverage tastings.
Tickets available in advance at www.crmainstreet.orgor at Lions Bridge Brewing the day of the event.
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Talking Pictures 9-5-18
Extinction and Searching with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Scott Chrisman.
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Culture Crawl 382 “No Cutting to Commercial”
“The Cake” is a story set very much in our present. Mary Sullivan plays Della, a sweet, woman who has a crisis of faith when she learns the cake she is going to bake for a dear friend’s wedding will be for a bride, and a bride.
Mary and director Patrick Du Laney tell Dennis that the show, written by Bekah Brunstetter, who is a show runner for the NBC hit “This Is Us,” respects all sides of the issue, telling its story with heart, not to mention sidesplitting humor and lots of butter and sugar.
Sept. 7-30 at Riverside Theatre. Information at riversidetheatre.org.
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Homecoming – Jazz Comes Home with Dick Oatts
Jazz Comes Home
with Dick Oatts
October 6, 2018
Featuring Dick Oatts
with a trio of Iowa’s top musicians
Plus selections performed with an all-star ensemble of local high school students.
Coralville Center for the Performing Arts
1301 5th Street, Coralville IA 52241
Ticket Prices: Adults $45.00, Students $15.00
(plus $2 facility fee)
Buy tickets at coralvillearts.org or call 319.248.9370.
“Homecoming” celebrates the impact that Iowans are making on the national and international jazz scene by bringing a local native back home to headline a special concert.
One of the top saxophonists on the New York scene today, Dick Oatts, returns to Iowa Oct. 6 at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts.
The concert is a fund raiser which will support KCCK’s jazz education programs, Schoolhouse Jazz and The Corridor Jazz Project, which serve nearly 4,000 students each year and are offered free to area schools.
Dick Oatts is a Jefferson, Iowa native and was brought up in a musical family. His father Jack, also a saxophonist, was a legendary Iowa jazz educator who is largely credited with introducing the idea of jazz band to high schools in the state.
Dick attended Drake University before starting his professional career in Minneapolis/St. Paul and then moving to New York in 1977. Shortly after arriving in the city, he joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, and has toured, recorded, and performed both as a sideman and a leader with Bob Brookmeyer, Joe Lovano, Terrel Stafford, Flim and The BBs, Fred Hersch and dozens of other leading players.
He’s been a featured artist with the Metropole Orchestra, the WDR Big Band, the Mats Holmquist/Dick Oatts Orchestra, and is the artistic director and lead alto for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. He’s recorded ten solo CDs and co-led five others on the Steeplechase label. He’s appeared at jazz festivals as a soloist and clinician through the U.S., Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. He is a professor at the Boyer School of Music and Dance at Temple University and “Artist in Residence” at the Amsterdam Conservatory.
Performing with Dick will be a trio of Iowa’s top musicians, Jason Danielson-Piano, Dave Tiede-Drums, and Blake Shaw-Bass. Dick will also do a clinic with a group of student players, who will join him at the concert.
Tickets for Homecoming are $45, with a special $15 price for students with a school or college ID. There will be a dessert reception and meet-and-greet with the musicians after the concert.
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KCCK’s Featured CD for October 2018
KCCK’s Featured CD for October is “Quiet Revolution” from bassist Ben Allison, guitarist Steve Cardenas and saxophonist Ted Nash. The trio honors jazz legends Jim Hall and Jimmy Giuffre and the quieter music they embraced in the 1950s and ’60s that merged elements of free playing with blues-based folk qualities. As Mr. Allison describes it, “this music has a unique kind of sophisticated simplicity that has stood the test of time.” “Quiet Revolution” is on Sonic Camera Records. Purchase the CD.