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New Music Monday for September 7, 2015

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It is fitting that four-time Grammy Award winning bassist Christian McBride would eventually record at the Village Vanguard, the most hallowed and historical nightclub in jazz: an underground Mt. Olympus where the gods of the music—from John Coltrane to Bill Evans—have cast their syncopated spells. “You can literally feel the ghosts of all the legends that played there,” McBride says. “You feel Coltrane hovering in the vortex. You feel Monk hovering in the vortex. Miles, Mingus…you feel all of that in the air.” And with his new CD, “Christian McBride Trio: Live at the Village Vanguard,” you can feel and hear McBride in the same air, with his magnificent trio, which features drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr. and pianist Christian Sands. It’s the fruit of McBride’s long association with the Vanguard, where his first appearance as a leader for the club was in 1995.

As one of modern jazz’s premier voices on the tenor sax, John Ellis is also a highly in-demand sideman with an impossibly busy schedule. The runner-up in the 2002 Thelonious Monk International Saxophone competition, he’s since worked with artists as diverse as bass great John Patitucci, organ legend Dr. Lonnie Smith, guitar groove master Charlie Hunter and pop icon Sting. His band Double-Wide, which he formed in 2007, has proven to be a fertile and colorful outlet to ease the tension of Ellis’ internal tug-of-war between New Orleans and New York. For their new CD, “Charm,” the band is anchored as always by sousaphonist Matt Perrine and drummer Jason Marsalis, who lend the group its buoyant New Orleans groove. Gary Versace returns to the fold on keyboards. Completing the line-up is trombonist Alan Ferber, who appeared as a special guest on Double-Wide’s second album.

Also this week, guitarist Lee Ritenour twists, flips and reconstructs some new material and tunes from his catalogue on “A Twist of Rit,” featuring Dave Grusin, Patrice Rushen, Ernie Watts, Dave Weckl, Bob Sheppard and others; guitar master Pat Martino is special guest for saxophonist Eric Alexander and his quartet on “The Real Thing”; and ace trumpeter Joe Magnarelli takes the court with trombonist Steve Davis, organist Brian Charette and drummer Rudy Royston for “Three on Two.”

This Week’s Shows – Week of September 7th

Short List with Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM

Jazz and the Spoken Word: UpSurge!

“Jazz and the Spoken Word” Short List series is about a small group of writers and musicians who have worked to blend the rhythm of jazz with the rhythm of poetry and the spoken word. The series reveals some of the best attempts at combining the two art forms during the past 90 years. On the Short List this week it is the work of the Los Angeles poetry jazz ensemble, UpSurge! One writer call them “a free-pushing band with two strong poets out front.” The two poets and readers are Zigi Lowenberg and Raymond Nat Turner. Turner grew up in the Watts area of Los Angeles and is an activist for social change. Lowenberg is from Queens and recently the band relocated to New York. The amazing thing is that UpSurge! Has been in existence for twenty-five years.

Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson

Monday at 6:00 PM

(pre-empted this week for our special Labor Day rebroadcast of the 2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival)

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler

Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)

(pre-empted this week for our special Labor Day rebroadcast of the 2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival)

New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire

Tuesday at 6:00 PM

Remembering Katrina – 10 Years Later

Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans on August 29, 2005 and changed countless lives forever. One of the remarkable stories from that fateful day and its aftermath was the loss and ultimate resurrection of New Orleans Public Radio Station WWOZ. Host George Ingmire shares this tale of how hundreds of people including WWOZ staff, volunteers, listeners, friends and community activists came together to help reclaim the airwaves for this public institution.

Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride

Wednesday at 6:00 PM

Remembering Rahsaan Roland Kirk

Legendary trombonist and conch shell virtuoso Steve Turre brings a monster lineup to Jazz at Lincoln Center to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of his influences, the late Rahsaan Roland Kirk.

Wednesday Night Special

7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)

Saul Lubaroff Quartet live at the Opus Concert Café

Saul Lubaroff wears many musical hats. He has played saxophone and studied the art of jazz improv for 34 yrs. An acomplished free-lance woodwind artist, Saul has played clarinet with Orchestra Iowa, as a sideman with notable musicians Dan Knight, Nick George, and Denny Redmond. He has played with world famous jazz pianist Michael Wolff and his touring band with Mike Clark of Herbie Hancock fame on drums and bassist Jeff Berlin. The Saul Lubaroff Quartet played KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars in 2003 and more recently Saul has been part of our JUTS line up as a member of The Johnny Killowatt Band, The Fez- Iowa City’s Steely Dan tribute band, and just this summer he got back with the original members of Shade of Blue for a special Reunion performance at our final JUTS concert of the 2015 season. Saul is an adjunct instructor in the Iowa City Community Schools and also is an endorsed performing artist for P. Mauriat and Bari Woodwine Supplies.

Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland

Thursday at 6:00 PM

Clark Terry

One of the great innovators and educators in jazz, Clark Terry (1920 – February 21, 2015) was celebrated for his technical virtuosity and swinging lyricism. He is featured in the 2014 documentary Keep on Keepin’ On, which chronicled his mentorship with emerging jazz pianist Justin Kauflin. In memory of Clark Terry, Piano Jazz brings you this 1994 episode, which captures the master trumpet player’s magic and humor as he and McPartland play “The Snapper” and “WHAM.”

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler

Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

“The Incomparable Artistry of Andrew Hill — Part Three”

Craig brings us the 3rd of 4 shows in which he’ll throw the spotlight onto the career of one of the most innovative jazz pianists of the last 65 years! In this show, we’ll examine more material from Mr. Hill, including groups under his leadership, as well as some of the many appearances of Hill as a sideman. ASTONISHING MUSIC THAT IS NOT TO BE MISSED!!

Riverwalk Jazz

Sunday at 5:00 PM

Peck’s Bad Boys: The Peck Kelley Story

Dick Hyman joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band for the story of piano virtuoso Peck Kelley. He was a 1920s East Texas sensation, in high demand by top bands. But he preferred to spend his life playing in honky-tonks.

Peck Kelley

KCCK’s Midnight CD

The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:

http://www.kcck.org/onair/midnight_cd.php

Culture Crawl 091 “Actors Take Up Less Space When They’re In The Air”

David Balakrishnan (Turtle Island Quartet)

Dennis Green Talks About The Band Shell Project on Ch. 2

October 2015 CD of the Month

The KCCK Featured CD for October is “Sophisticated Abbey” from Abbey Lincoln, a previously unreleased live set recorded in the cozy confines of the Keystone Korner in San Francisco in 1980. Probably best known for the power, raw rage, and emotional impact she intended and achieved in her performances, here she is casual, candid, comfortable and in superb voice. The 1970s and ’80s found Ms. Lincoln recording only sporadically, with little documentation of her art from this period, making this recording a rare treasure. “Sophisticated Abbey” is on High Note Records. Click on the image to purchase.