New Music Monday for July 11, 2016
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
Saxophonist and co
mposer Chris Cheek has come to feel at home in a variety of musical contexts, from the infectious grooves of Brooklyn Boogaloo Blowout to the challenging global music of Guillermo Klein. Much of his compositional style’s effectiveness stems from his love and use of the guitar. The fret masters he’s enlisted for his new CD, “Saturday Songs,” include longtime collaborator Steve Cardenas on guitar and pedal steel expert David Soler along with electric bassist Jaume Llombard. The musical polymath Jorge Rossy rounds out the ensemble on drums, vibes and marimba. The quintet came together for a short tour of Spain and, at Rossy’s recommendation, recorded the disc in Estivella, Spain.
Monika Herzig is a fearless and complete jazz artist touring internationally as a pianist, bandleader, award-winning author and advocate for jazz music, its genres and its players. For her new project, “The Whole World in Her Hands,” Monika showcases her artistry and those of top women band leaders and composers working in jazz today. Bringing together an all-star international band including guitarist Leni Stern, percussionist Mayra Casales, saxophonist/flutist Jane Bunnett, bassist Lindo Oh and others, Herzig presents a program of her exciting originals and those of her band mates.
Also this week, d
rummer Daniel Freedman is joined by Lionel Loueke, Jason Lindner and Omer Avital on his fourth release as a leader, “Imagine That”.
Drummer Scott Neumann and saxophonist Tom Christensen lead the quartet “Spin Cycle” on their debut release.
Pianist Stephen Anderson incorporates the traditional music of the Dominican Republic and uses some of the country’s foremost jazz musicians on “The Dominican Jazz Project.”
Talking Pictures 7-7-16
The BFG, Swiss Army Man, The Legend of Tarzan with Hollis Monroe and Denny Lynch
Best of the Fest Winners!
Thanks to everyone who voted in our Best of The Fest contest, choosing your favorite performers from the past fifteen years of the Iowa City Jazz Festival. We will play back the Top 13 on July 4, beginning at 9am.
2008 was the year that placed the most acts on top, with three. The earliest winner was the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, going all the way back to 2003. The most recent, 2014’s Tom Harrel Colors of a Dream
Bonerama
Here are your choices for the Best of the Fest, along with their approximate airtime.
- 9:00 am – Tom Harrell Colors of a Dream (2014)
- 10:05 am – Cyrille Aimee and the Surreal Band (2012)
- 11:50 am – Stefon Harris & Blackout (2004)
- 1:20 pm – Dirty Dozen Brass Band (2003)
- 2:30 pm – Medeski, Martin & Wood (2008)
- 4:15 pm – Bonerama (2008)
- 5:40 pm – Trombone Shorty (2009)
- 7:10 pm – Dave Holland Quintet (2009)
- 8:45 pm – Dr. Lonnie Smith (2013)
- 10:00 pm – Soulive (2004)
- 11:35 pm – Lake Street Dive (2010)
- 12:40am – Garaj Mahal (2008)
- 2:30am – Marco Benevento Trio (2012)
Thanks to everyone who voted. Enjoy listening back to these great performances on July 4th!
Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet July 14, 2016
The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place July 14, 2016.
Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
KCCK’s Featured CD for July 2016
The KCCK Featured CD for July is “American Tunes” by Allen Toussaint, whose work as a composer, producer, arranger, and performer, especially in the 1960s and ’70s, helped shape the sound of R&B, soul and funk as we know it today. The program is comprised of solo performances of Professor Longhair tunes and band arrangements of songs by Toussaint, Ellington, Fats Waller, Paul Simon and others. Sadly, the disc serves as the final recording from the New Orleans legend as he passed away last November. “American Tunes” is from Nonesuch Records. Click here to purchase the CD.
This Week’s Shows: Week of July 4 – 10
Fourth of July Specials:
The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note: Jazz Heritage Series 2016 Radio Broadcasts with guest soloists Stefon Harris, Marvin Stamm with Bill Mays and Walt Weiskopf
Walt Weiskopf
(6:00 am – 9:00 am)
The Airmen of Note is the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force. Created in 1950 to continue the tradition of Major Glenn Miller’s Army Air Corps dance band. As one of today’s few professional touring big bands, it has attracted some of the finest musicians in the country
Their commitment to musical excellence has earned the respect of the foremost jazz artists from around the globe, leading to many collaborative performances and recordings with such luminaries as Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Sarah Vaughan and Doc Severinsen. In 1990, the Airmen of Note established the Jazz Heritage Series, featuring the “Note” in concert with legendary icons of jazz. The Jazz Heritage Series is broadcast to millions over National Public Radio, independent jazz radio stations, satellite radio services and the Internet.
6 am – Stefon Harris (vibes)
7 am – Marvin Stamm (trumpet) with Bill Mays (piano)
8 am – Walt Weiskopf (tenor saxophone)
Best of the Fest!
(9:00 am – 3:50 am July 5th)
Since 2001, KCCK has recorded and broadcast almost all of the Iowa City Jazz Festival main stage performances. That’s nearly 500 hours of unforgettable shows! Listen for your favorite all-time Iowa City Jazz Festival performances as voted by YOU! Celebrate the Fourth of July and the freedoms we treasure including the freedom of jazz with the “Best of the Fest!” Check back early on the Fourth at the KCCK website: www.kcck.org for the list of bands that made the cut and the broadcast times for your favorites!
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: Cats On the Keys 3 (Ralph Sutton)
Ralph Sutton
This summer we revisit the popular “Cats on the Keys” series 3 beginning with Ralph Sutton. Ralph Sutton was one of the few latter day expert practitioners of the Harlem stride style. There is nothing so bracing in jazz as a great “two-handed” pianist tickling the ivories on a great standard and Sutton was the premier example of this kind of jazzman. Writer-critic Ralph Gleason said “Sutton plays with both hands and ten fingers, a full harmonic sense and a delightful wit.”
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
(pre-empted this week for KCCK’s special Fourth of July programming: “Best of the Fest!”)
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
(pre-empted this week for KCCK’s special Fourth of July programming: “Best of the Fest!”)
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Champion Jack Dupree
Champion Jack Dupree: Pieces of The Puzzle Part One
The story of New Orleans boogie-woogie piano player Champion Jack Dupree is hard to track down – there’s no biography, and the twists and turns of his life took him all over the world. Orphaned as an infant, he taught himself piano in the Waif’s Home, and went on to play barrelhouse piano alongside some of the greats of the 1920s and 1930s. And then he became a championship boxer. And then he was a prisoner of war in the Pacific for two years. And only then did he became a successful recording artist — but he then left America for Europe, not returning for over thirty years. The facts of his life are scattered — in archived papers and recordings, and in the memories of those who knew him or saw him perform. In this episode, part one of this special two-part program of New Orleans Calling, we go searching for pieces of the puzzle, to try to figure out who Champion Jack Dupree really was.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Randy Weston in Panama
Randy Weston at the 2011 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Randy Weston turns 90 this year and Jazz Night in America presents his quintet at the 2016 Panama Jazz Festival, where the pianist was the guest of honor. Bandmate T.K. Blue weighs in on Weston’s humility and host Christian McBride travels to Randy’s home to talk about music, meeting Thelonious Monk, and Randy’s childhood in Brooklyn.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2015: Dan Moore and Friends
Dan Moore Trio at Jazz Under the Stars 2015
To get you pumped-up for another exciting season of free summer concerts next month, we’ll revisit all four of our awesome Jazz Under the Stars performances from last August!
Dan Moore is an internationally known musician, composer, and educator. Dr. Moore is professor of music and associate director of the University of Iowa School of Music. As head of Iowa Percussion, he has created a student-centric program that encompasses contemporary chamber music, concert percussion, electronic music, steel band, traditional Chinese drumming and other ethnic music, and improvisation. He travels the globe exploring the many expressive capabilities of percussion. His distinctive brand of improvisational music ranges from classic jazz to experimental music in acoustic and electronic settings. Dan has recorded three CDs while at the U. of I. and describes his Innova Records release: “Misfit Toys: Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” (2013) “…as surreal wiseacre jazz version of MOR pop.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“Important Jazz Performance Venues of The Past — The Black Hawk”
The Black Hawk in San Francisco
Craig profiles the legendary nightclub THE BLACK HAWK, which was located at the corner of Hyde and Turk in San Francisco, California. The site (which is now a parking lot), once hosted numerous jazz performances, including a legacy of a variety of important jazz recordings. We’ll hear wonderful recordings from Cal Tjader, Thelonious Monk, Dave Brubeck, Shelly Manne, Ahmad Jamal, Vince Guaraldi, and, of course, Miles Davis! Exquisite!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: