The KCCK Featured CD for July is “Lantern” by Oregon. The disc serves as a milestone of sorts, being the 30th recording for the band, which is now in its 47th year of existence. Original members Ralph Towner and Paul McCandless are joined by drummer Mark Walker, now in his 21st year with the quartet. And bassist Paolino Dalla Porta, who joined the band two years ago, makes his recording debut with the band. Continuing to search for new facets in the art of ensemble music making, Oregon presents “Lantern” on Cam Jazz Records. Click here to purchase the CD.
KCCK’s Featured CD for July 2017
Culture Crawl 270 “A Band, Not A Wildlife Exhibit”
Bur Oak Land Trust presents their annual “Music on the Prairie” July 8 at the Land Trust’s beautiful Belgum Grove property, west of Hills. There will be hay rack rides, tours of the restored prairie, live raptor exhibit, and music with The Great Blue Herons and Dave Moore. Bring a picnic or purchase food on site. Admission is free, and Belgum Grove is always open, so if you want to come early to hike or fish in the five-acre pond, you are more than welcome.
Details and directions at www.buroaklandtrust.org.
Tribute to Geri Allen on The Wednesday Special
Pianist and composer Geri Allen passed away at age 60 on June 27th from cancer. In her memory we rebroadcast her performance with her trio at the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival, W
Geri Allen (piano) with David Murray (tenor sax)
ednesday at 6pm.
Talking Pictures 6-29-17
More on The Mummy with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Phil Brown.
Ron Adkins Takes Over KCCK Afternoon Jazz Show
Author and KCCK “Gentle Jazz” host Ron Adkins will move to weekdays on beginning Aug. 1. Ron replaces Gordon Paulsen, who is retiring after thirty-seven years at KCCK, more than twenty of those years spent in the 2-6pm shift.
Ron has co-hosted Gentle Jazz with Bob Naujoks since 2007, while also managing the Digital and Music departments at Barnes & Noble in Cedar Rapids. Previous radio work includes a stint at KKRL in his home town of Carroll, Iowa.
As a writer, Ron’s work has been published in Texas Rangers and Guns of the West by Berkeley Books, 100 Words through the UI International Writing Program, the Cedar Valley Divide, as well as a number of freelance writing and editing projects. He also is the MC of the Iowa Motion Picture Association Awards, and announces for the Heart of America Triathlon series.
Aside from his previous work at KCCK, his jazz exposure dates back to his years at Coe College, where the legendary Paul Smoker was one of his teachers.
“I’m honored and thrilled to add my voice full time to this amazing team of producers at KCCK,” Ron says. “Gordon Paulsen and I have been friends for many years, and I’ve learned so much from his experience. To step into the position of such a legendary musicologist is both thrilling and humbling. I’m excited to continue his work advocating jazz and promoting the mission of 88.3.”
Special Programs: Week of June 26 – July 2 + July 4th
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Leslie Pintchik)
Leslie Pintchik
Lyrical New York pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik was an English major in college, but while working on a doctorate found jazz to be more fascinating than academia. She would study with the fine pianist, Bruce Barth. One of her first professional jobs was working with a touring Hawaiian music show. However, it was the veteran bassist Red Mitchell who gave Pintchik’s career a boost by including her in his Sunday appearances at the fine jazz venue, Bradley’s. Her trio now includes her husband, bassist Scott Hardy.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“The Jazz Corner of The World’s Annual Iowa City Jazz Festival Preview Show”
Craig samples the output from the artists who are appearing at this year’s fest…Friday June 30th, Saturday July 1st, and Sunday July 2nd. We’ll hear recordings from Main Stage acts….Stacey Kent, Jeff Coffin, Chris Merz, Jacob Garchik, Kris Davis, Billy Hart, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Eddie Henderson, Laura Caviani, Donny McCaslin, and others. We’ll also hear recordings from many of the Side Stage performers….The Dandelion Stompers, Laranja, Jim Buennig, Blake Shaw, and others. It’s going to be another great year for THE IOWA CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL!!!….and, by the way, be sure to check out KCCK’s 24-7 Jazz Fest channel, and, if you can’t attend in person, the entire festival is broadcast LIVE on 88.3 and 106.9. You can find all of the details at KCCK.ORG!!
Night Lights (Classic Jazz) with David Brent Johnson
Monday, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Corner the World) 
Night Lights, is a weekly one-hour jazz radio program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focusing on jazz from the 1945-1990 era—covering artists such as Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, and Nina Simone and themes ranging from jazz recordings of spirituals to avant-garde interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Night Lights also features many lesser-known talents of post-1945 jazz. Every program is archived after broadcast for online listening. This week: “After the All-Stars: Live at the Lighthouse 1960 – 1972”.
www.indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/archives/2017
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM (follows Nightlights)
Oscar Pettiford: Bass Beyond Bop 
Though he lived just 37 years, the jazz world will never forget bassist, composer, and bandleader Oscar Pettiford. The man helped define and refine the bass into the melodic, solo instrument we hear today. He also wrote tunes that lay easy on the large resonant bass body. From his birthplace on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma to his death in 1960 in Copenhagen, Pettiford’s musical breadth was a match for the distances he’d traveled, finding a home for himself and his music.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
A Geri Allen Memorial: Geri Allen Trio at the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Geri Allen
(1957 – 2017)
Pianist and composer Geri Allen passed away at age 60 on June 27th from cancer. In her memory we rebroadcast her performance with her trio at the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman: New Dreams Joshua Redman has embraced a vibrant career for more than 25 year. Since being launched into the public eye in 1991 after winning the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, Redman has paved his career with acrobatic hard-bop, groove-oriented funk and and sensitive ballads. For the first time the saxophonist confronting the music of his father, saxophonist Dewey Redman. In this episode of Jazz Night in America Josh Redman and a group featuring Ron Miles (cornet); Scot Colley (bass); and Brian Blade (drums) play homage to Old and New Dreams — a band from 1976 that lasted until 1987 — that featured Dewey Redman and other contemporaries of Ornette Coleman.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
(pre-empted for KCCK’s special live broadcast of the 2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival)
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
(pre-empted for KCCK’s special live broadcast of the 2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival)
KCCK’s Fourth of July Special: The Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts
Karrin Allyson performs with the USAF Band Airmen of Note July 4th at 1:00 pm
Tuesday, July 4th 6:00 AM – 12:00 Midnight
Let KCCK be part of your Fourth of July celebration when we bring you the Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts featuring The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note, the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force, with special guests. Enjoy 18 hours of unique performances recorded in concert at various locations in Washington, D.C. Each program includes short, insightful interviews with the guest soloist. Special guests include Doc Severinsen, Paquito D’ Rivera, Karrin Allyson, Kirk Whalum, Stefon Harris, Terell Stafford and many more!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
New Music Monday for June 26, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
Veteran musical col
leagues Don Braden and Joris Teepe continue a nearly quarter- century of collaborations with their new disc, “Conversations.” Having met back in 1992 at a session in New York City, the two titans of jazz immediately recognized their potential to work well together. As Teepe recalls, “We quickly recognized the compatibility of our personalities and attitudes, as well as our musical tastes and goals.” With the help of esteemed drummers Gene Jackson and Matt Wilson, reedman Braden and bassist Teepe deliver creative, grooving performances of jazz classics and originals, which incorporate uniquely interactive improvisation.
Passionate, airy, poetic, refined, gentle, evocative: this is “Lantern,” the new offering from Oregon. It’s a landmark of sorts for the quartet as it marks the 30th album of their 47 years of recorded output. It’s also their first with new bassist Paolino Dalla Porta, who joined the band over two years and three tours ago. Most of the pieces were composed by guitarist and keyboardist Ralph Towner, with Dalla Porta and drummer Mark Walker contributing one each and hornman Paul McCandless adding a beautiful rendition of the traditional gem, “The Water is Wide.”
Also this week, drummer Peter Erskine debuts a new trio on “In Praise of Shadows”.
The duo of guitarist John Stein and bassist Dave Zinno shines an intimate light on the simple joys of collaboration with “Wood and Strings”.
Pianist Spike Wilne
r and his trio release, “Odalisque,” a program of nine pieces balancing standards from the Great American Songbook and Wilner’s own pen, celebrating his heroes Walter Davis and Jacki Byard.
Culture Crawl 269 “Dance Comes to Mt. Vernon”
Alvon Reed, a graduate of the dance programs at Coe and UI, is now on the faculty at Cornell College, where he is organizing the first Cornell Summer Dance Institute, June 26-30. Participants as young as age 12 will be taking classes including Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop and West African. There will also be some clinics open to the public, as well as a showcase performance Friday night that anyone can attend.
The Summer Dance Institute is presented by Cornell College, and with grants from the Iowa Arts Council and the Mt. Vernon Area Arts Council.
Find the Summer Dance Institute on Facebook at facebook.com/ccsdi.