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:
Allen Toussaint’s work as 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. He collaborated memorably with artists ranging from Lee Dorsey to Ernie K. Doe to the Pointer Sisters and Labelle, from the Meters to Dr. John to the Band and Paul McCartney. The New Orleans legend had just completed his new album, “American Tunes,” when he passed away last November during a European tour. Recording took place at two sets of sessions: solo piano in New Orleans in 2013, and with the rhythm section of Jay Bellerose and David Piltch—joined by guests Bill Frisell and Charles Lloyd—in Los Angeles in 2015. The disc comprises solo performances of Professor Longhair tunes and band arrangements of songs by Toussaint, Ellington, Fats Waller, Paul Simon and others.
Also this week, soprano saxophonist and composer Jane Ira Bloom releases her sixteenth disc as a leader, “Early Americans,” which is her very first trio album.
