The Iowa City Community Theatre presents the Moss/Hart comedy, “George Washington Slept Here” Swede. 2-11. Director Rachael Lindhart explains the classic play is the model for all “man vs. remodeling” comedies that followed it, in particular the movie, “The Money Pit,” set in a country atmosphere that probably inspired the show “Green Acres,” as well.
Talking Pictures 11-24-16
Fantasitc Beasts and Where to Find Them and Shut In with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Phil Brown.
KCCK’s Special Thanksgiving Day Holiday Broadcast
Thursday, November 24th 6:00 am – 12:00 Midnight
THE FIRST FRIDAY JAZZ BROADCASTS – 18 Hours, 18 Different Bands!
Mike Maas Quartet at Opus Concert Café
We have so much to be thankful for – including all the incredibly talented musicians who performed over the past two years for the First Friday Jazz Series at Opus Concert Café in downtown Cedar Rapids. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin and contemporary music the first Friday of every month. KCCK broadcasts the first set from each band LIVE and for a real holiday treat we’re bringing you almost an entire day’s worth of some of the area’s most celebrated jazz artists captured in the spontaneous environment and intimate setting of Opus Concert Café. For our complete broadcast schedule of bands go to: http://www.kcck.org/blog/firstfridayjazz-schedule/
Clean Up Your Act 12-2016
A call for more action to clean up the Mississippi River watershed.
Culture Crawl 212 “Where All The Cool Stuff Is”
www.CulturalCorridor.org, the events website operated by the Iowa Cultural Corridor Alliance (ICCA), has thousands of arts and culture events listed, and is your one stop to find interesting things to do.
Sean Ulmer from the ICCA Board of Directors, dipped into the site and found several interesting items for the weekend.
This Week’s Shows: Week of November 21 – 27
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Gabor Szabo) 
On The Short List this week it is the near-forgotten Hungarian guitarist, Gabor Szabo. From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s he was a presence on the American jazz scene with his melding of homeland folk music, gypsy melodies, Indian harmonies and even rock and roll feedback and recorded a string of influential albums. Szabo had a flirtation with the Church of Scientology in the late 1970s and ended up suing them for stealing money and taking over his career. Gabor Szabo died in 1982 at the youngish age of 45 of liver and kidney disease back in Budapest.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Ella Fitzgerald with Ray Brown (left) and Dizzy Gillespie (right)
Ella Fitzgerald, ‘First Lady of Song’
You recognize that voice instantly. The sound is youthful, exuberant, and swings! And when you hear Ella Fitzgerald, you don’t just recognize her – you feel good! This show celebrates the music of one of the greatest singers of our time with interviews that include Ella herself; vocalists Betty Carter, Jon Hendricks and Joe Williams; writers Gene Lees and Albert Murray; and pianist Oscar Peterson.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“Jazz In 1976”
Craig travels back 40 years to explore examples of what was happening in jazz in 1976. We’ll hear a wide variety of tunes from throughout the jazz spectrum, including work from Keith Jarrett, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Albert Mangelsdorff, Jaco Pastorius, Jim Hall, Dexter Gordon, Enrico Rava, and many others. Come along and join in on the fun!!….some great material that you probably haven’t heard for awhile!
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Ain’t Misbehavin’ 
Leroy Jones started out his career playing trumpet in his parents’ garage in New Orleans — and he played so loud it caught the attention of jazz legend Danny Barker, who lived in the neighborhood. Since then his journey has taken him to the Superbowl Halftime show and around the world — and now all the way back to us for an intimate interview and performance at the historic Basin St Station.
Harry Connick Jr said “No one could touch him. For young musicians like me, he was exciting, intimidating. For the older ones, he was the keeper of the flame. But Leroy did more than keep the flame. He started a forest fire…”
Leroy grew up in the same neighborhood as famous musicians Danny Barker, Dave “Fatman” Williams, and Ernest Cagnolatti.
Leroy was mentored by Danny Barker, forming the Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, which also included Lucien Barbarin, Big Al Carson, Anthony “Tuba Fats” Lacen, Herlin Riley, Gregg Stafford, Joseph Torregano, and many others. This was followed by the Hurricane Brass Band.
The Leroy Jones Quintet played a special show for New Orleans Calling at the historic Basin St Station this spring, and we featured tracks on our Live from Basin St Station segment in this episode.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Snarky Puppy In Big D 
The jazz-fusion stars of Snarky Puppy have toured and recorded all over the world; they’ve won a Grammy Award and were just nominated again. But their spiritual home is still Dallas, Texas. It’s where they’d take in gospel performances in area churches; it’s near where they met at music school at the University of North Texas in Denton. As bassist and bandleader Michael League explains, you can hear all those collisions in the funk of their grooves. Jazz Night in America meets up with League for an exclusive conversation about his compositional process – and witnesses its execution in a live hometown concert at The Prophet Bar in Dallas.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
Iowa City Jazz Festival 2016: Miguel Zenón Quartet
Miguel Zenón at the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Artist Profile by Laura Eckles, KCCK Programming Intern
Multiple Grammy Nominee and Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, Miguel Zenón was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Zenón continued on to take over New York by receiving his bachelor’s in Jazz Studies from Berklee College and a master’s degree in Jazz Performance at the Manhattan School of Music. Zenón is a founding member of the all-star group, SFJAZZ Collective, and has worked with Fred Hersh, David Sanchez, and many others.
Miguel Zenón has been known to be one of the most influential saxophonists of his generation. His music concentrates on the balance between both Latin American Music and Jazz. Zenón’s newest album was released in 2014, “Identities are Changeable.” Spoken word along with instrumentals truly make this album unique and inspirational. Zenón’s produces a sound that is unmistakably original.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“The Music of Eli “Lucky” Thompson”
“Lucky” Thompson
Craig pays a loving tribute to the legacy of saxophonist LUCKY THOMPSON. We’ll hear from a handful of Thompson’s dates as a leader, as well as, Thompson as a sideman with jazz notables like Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Oscar Pettiford, Dizzy Gillespie, Stan Kenton, Milt Jackson, and others. A true jazz master, playing astonishing music that is NOT to be missed!!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “Casamance Au Clair De Lune” by Touré Kunda 
http://www.allmusic.com/album/casamance-au-clair-de-lune-mw0000195454
The Touré brothers developed local renown as a singing and percussion group, playing music based on traditional Senegalese rhythms known as Djabadong. In the late 1970s, the three brothers moved to Paris and began experimenting musically. The basis of their music remained traditional African rhythms, enhanced with the incorporation of reggae and other influences. Acoustic performances centered on vocals, kora, balafon, and percussion, evolved over time to include electric instruments and synthesizers. The brothers expanded the group to include several musicians from France and elsewhere.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
Culture Crawl 211 “Don’t Cry for Me”
Revival Theatre Company presents the Corridor premiere of the musical “Evita” Nov. 17-19 in Coe’s Sinclair Auditorium. Director Brian Glick says there are many great moments in the show besides the well-known torch song “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina.” Although he promises that will be a standout moment.
Tickets and information at www.revivaltheatrecompany.com.
New Music Monday for November 21, 2016
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
The world-renowned
Richie Cole began his career as lead alto in the Buddy Rich Big Band, then started his own quintet and toured worldwide, popularizing bebop and his own Alto Madness style. He spends much of his time now with the Pittsburgh Alto Madness Orchestra. During a recent recording session with the Orchestra, the horn section unexpectedly had to bow out for a session. Producer Mark Perna brought the remaining quartet into the studio anyway, for what was supposed to be a fun blowing date for the archives. Only afterward did Perna notice that the majority of the tracks were ballads. He realized Richie had never, during his extensive career, released a dedicated ballads album. He approached Cole about finishing it off and releasing it as such. The saxophonist agreed and the result is “Richie Cole Plays Ballads & Love Songs.”
Jazz has been declared “dead” numerous times since saxophonist Ken Field formed the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble in 1990. The band obviously didn’t get the memo! Over more than a quarter century, the horn-heavy sextet, inspired by the New Orleans brass band tradition, has been evolving and refining a unique sound that incorporates electric, post-bop and avant jazz influences without ever losing it allegiance to the groove and the party spirit of NOLA. Their 4th album, “I Want That Sound!,” celebrates the band’s collective experience by providing a snapshot of where and what it is today—a tight, funky, fun and heady unit that’s transgenerational in its appeal and whose music resonates with listeners on melodic, harmonic and rhythmic levels.
Also this week, Boston-based guitarist Steven Kirby unveils his third disc as a leader, “Illuminations”.
Space Orphan provides a soulful, funky sound that is heavily based on groove for their debut record, “Shut Up About the Sun”.
Trumpeter 
Wallace Roney is joined by jazz veterans Lenny White, Patrice Rushen and Gary Bartz on his latest, “A Place in Time.”