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Jazz Under The Stars 2017 – Damani Phillips
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From Jazz Under the Stars – Damani Phillips. Posted by Jazz 88.3 KCCK-FM on 8/10/2017 (59 items)
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Talking Pictures 8-24-17
The Hitman’s Bodyguard and Logan Lucky with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.
Special Programs: Week of August 21 – 27
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Bradley’s
This week’s Short List is the story of Bradley’s – a small, friendly jazz club in New York. Owned by Bradley Cunningham, a fair modern pianist himself, the club featured piano and bass duos over the years. Bradley’s opened in 1969 and closed 26 years later. All the great New York modern pianists flourished there.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Mode Records
Craig spotlights the short-lived Hollywood, California jazz label from 1957, Mode Records. With some 29 releases to their credit, featured artists include Thad Jones, Pepper Adams, Warne Marsh, Clora Bryant, Marty Paich, and many others. Some eye-popping jazz that, for the most part, languishes in obscurity. You’ll be glad that you tuned in!
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM
Benny Waters
As a player whose incredible longevity linked him to the jazz pioneers, Benny Waters reemerged late in life as one of the great, unsung saxophonists in jazz. He had played with all the legends — King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford, and Hot Lips Page. After a forty-year stay in France, Waters returned to the United States. In the final years of his life he was discovered by a new generation and was very active: playing jazz festivals, composing, recording, and telling stories.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Jeff Miguel at the Opus Concert Café
Iowa City Saxophonist Jeff Miguel’s music has been described as “expressive” and “expertly arranged,” and channels the influences from John Coltrane to Quincy Jones. All of his songs are filled with vibrant energy and soul.
For more about the Opus Concert Cafe and the First Friday Jazz Series, you may log on to http://www.artsiowa.com/opus
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Herbie Hancock Live In Brooklyn
Host Christian McBride sits down with Herbie to discuss his journey in technology through the years. Our concert features Herbie with Lionel Loueke on guitar, James Genus on bass and Trevor Lawrence Jr. on drums. The most recent member of the group is Flying Lotus/Kendrick Lamar collaborator Terrace Martin on keyboards, and alto saxophone. Join us for Jazz Night In America, featuring Herbie Hancock live in Brooklyn. Thursday night at 11 on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Jazz Corner of the World with host 
Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Art of Miles Dewey Davis III – Studio Recordings 1969 -1974 — Part Four
Craig continues his chronological examination of rarities and obscurities from Miles’ “fusion era” studio recordings. This week, we take up our project with more music from mid-1970, up into 1972. Join me for a truly ear-opening experience!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
New Music Monday for August 21, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
A decorated veteran of the Betty Carter Trio, pianist Cyrus Chestnut came out of the experience relatively unscathed with a style and directive clearly his own It’s one steeped in the gospel church traditions of his native Baltimore, but also enlivened by an open ear aimed at a multitude of other influences. He has enjoyed stints with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard and Joe Lovano. He also speaks fondly of his valuable tenures with vocalists Jon Hendricks and Joe Williams. For his new disc, “There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit,” Cyrus offers an imaginative set list with his longtime friends Buster Williams and Lenny White and together they breathe new life into the venerable jazz piano trio format.
Dobro player Jerry Douglas was a teenager playing in a band in Lexington, Kentucky, the first time he heard Weather Report and Chick Corea—on the same day. More than 40 years later, he remembers the moment vividly. “It blew by head off,” he says. “And I thought, ‘Well, there’s where I could go with all this stuff runnin’ around in my head.” ‘All this stuff’ is the remarkable music Douglas has made on Dobro and lap steel in a career that’s earned him world renown as the top purveyor of his craft. He is a 14 time Grammy winner who has appeared on at least 2000 recordings, including with jazz notables Bill Frisell and Charlie Haden, among others. On his new CD, “What If,” Douglas decisively merges those jazz inclinations with the bluegrass, country, blues, swing, rock and soul he’s spent his life absorbing and performing.
Also this week, saxophonist Marcus Monteiro covers material from such disparate sources as Horace Silver, Michael Jackson and Soundgarden on his new quartet release, “Another Part of Me”.
Bassist and vocalist Katie Thiroux is joined by veteran reed man Ken Peplowski on “Off Beat”.
Pianist Jon Davis is joined by ba
ssist Boris Kozlov and drummer Mark Ferber on his latest trio outing, “Happy Juice.”
Culture Crawl 283 “Santana on the Console Stereo”
James Dreier and Ritmocano conclude the 30th season of Jazz Under the Stars, Aug. 24 at 7pm at McGrath Amphitheatre in downtown Cedar Rapids.
Jim’s first exposure to Latin rhythms was the legendary Carlos Santana. This led Jim on a music and career journey that has included studies in Cuba and Brazil, to his current position as director of the UI Latin/Jazz Ensemble at the University of Iowa.
Jim is a founding member of Iowa’s famous Salsa Band, Orquesta Alto Maiz, and talks about the similarities and the differences between that band and Ritmocano.
www.kcck.org for more information.
Culture Crawl 282 “A Jazz Concert! Who Knew?”
Rebecca Larkin from the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance runs down the list of fun activities coming up this weekend. Something for the whole family, including a pretty cool concert, presented by a jazz station you should really be listening to more often.
Find thousands of community arts events, many of them free, at www.culturalcorridor.org.
Talking Pictures 8-17-17
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, Amelia 2.0 and Naked with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Scott Chrisman.