ISU researchers say GMO crops are safe and could benefit farmers in Africa.
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Culture Crawl 429 “Complete with Cowboy Hat”
John Rapson of the UI School of Music’s Jazz Studies Program brings his powerful multi-media show “Hot Tamale Louie” to Cedar Rapids for the very first time on March 23, 7:30 at Coe’s Sinclair Auditorium.
John tells Dennis that the story was inspired by a 2016 New Yorker article about Zarif Khan, an Afghan immigrant who eventually settled in Sheridan, Wyoming and took over a tamale business, adopting the previous owner’s nickname, Hot Tamale Louie.
The show encompasses jazz, Middle East rhythms, Mexican Waltzes, and American Folk, brought to life by an ensemble that includes Rapson, Iowa folk legend Dave Moore, Danyel Gaglione, Ryan Smith, Tara McGovern, Dan Padley, Blake Shaw, and Justin LeDuc.
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Culture Crawl 428 “What a Way to Make a Living”
Revival Theatre Company presents “9 to 5,” the musical based on the movie starring Dolly Parton, who wrote all the music for the show. Director Brian Glick says while most people think of Dolly as a country musician, the score for the show runs the musical gamut; and also contains all the funny scenes that made the movies so memorable.
March 14-16 at Coe’s Sinclair Auditorium. Information and tickets at www.revivaltheatrecompany.com or www.artsiowa.com.
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Talking Pictures 3-6-19
The Umbrella Academy and Capernaum with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.
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Special Programs for March 4 thru March 9
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Singer Betty Roche enjoyed a moment of lasting glory that became a jazz classic. She’s the vocalist on the 1952 recording of Duke Ellington’s “Take the A-Train.” Her bop-inflected chorus made it the gold standard. She was also the vocalist for Duke Ellington’s first Carnegie Hall Concert in 1943
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
The Chronological Andrew Hill, Part 3
Craig continues his presentation on the artistry of pianist and composer, Andrew Hill. This week, he picks up with more Blue Note sessions from the mid and late 1960s.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Trombone Shorty at the Iowa City Jazz Festival
We keep the spirit of Mardi Gras marching along as we listen back to New Orleans native Trombone Shorty. His appearance at the Iowa City Jazz Festival brought that deep Delta energy to the Midwest. He and his band, Orleans Avenue, made the night a street party.
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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Celebrating Marian McPartland
Drummer/Producer Makaya McCraven creates his beat-driven jazz with post-production wizardry. We break it apart, learn about his musical upbringing, and hear what his Universal Beings project sounds like, translated live to the stage in Chicago.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
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.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
KCCK’s Featured CD for April 2019
The KCCK Featured CD for April is “Motion and Stillness” from the Jarrett Purdy Project. Jarrett is an Iowa City native and a senior in the University of Iowa’s jazz program. The pianist is joined by a talented group of fellow students and alumni from the program for his debut recording, which is filled with his compelling originals. As Jazz 88.3 celebrates student jazz for Jazz Appreciation Month, we highlight “Motion and Stillness.” Purchase the CD.
New Music Monday for March 4, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
Caesar Frazier is a true keeper of the B-3 grail, assuming the mantle of the great organists such as Jimmy Smith and Brother Jack McDuff and building upon their legacy to become one of today’s finest exponents of the instrument. From his years with Lou Donaldson through his time spent touring with Marvin Gaye, Frazier developed his own unique soulful style not just as an instrumentalist but as a composer as well. His new recording finds him in a quartet setting with a hand-picked group of the West Coast’s busiest players. Original tunes from Frazier’s pen rub elbows with standards from Nat Adderly, Benny Golson and others.
Tadd Dameron believed in finding the pretty notes to express his vision of how music should sound. His many compositions and arrangements were interpreted by the luminaries of the bebop era such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker and Fats Navarro. Many of Dameron’s compositions also have lyrics which are the subject of a new tribute disc by singer Vanessa Rubin, “The Dream is You.” Ms. Rubin enlisted the help of an A-list of arrangers, all of whom are American jazz masters who were either contemporaries of Tadd’s or influenced by him. They include Frank Foster, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Bobby Watson and one of Tadd’s home-town compatriots, Willie Smith.
Also this week, pianist and composer Amina Figarova celebrates the 20th anniversary of her band with “Road to the Sun”;
trumpeter Randy Brecker fronts the NDR Bigband of Hamburg with works composed from different periods of his career on “Randy Brecker Rocks,” which also features alto sax great David Sanborn, drummer Wolfgang Haffner and Ana Rovatti on tenor and soprano saxophones;
and the soulful jazz/funk organ trio out of Toronto, JV’s Boogaloo Squad, unveil their debut CD, “Going to Market.”
Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet March 14, 2019
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place March 14, 2019. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.