Jazz Under the Stars 2015 came to an end August 27 with a great performance by Shade of Blue at the McGrath Amphitheatre. The 2016 concert series will mark the 30-year anniversary of Jazz Under the Stars!
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Jazz Under the Stars – Shade of Blue
“Aug. 27t at the McGrath Amphitheatre”
From Jazz Under The Stars-Shade of Blue. Posted by Jazz 88.3 KCCK-FM on 8/28/2015 (22 items)
- Getting set up for Jazz Under the Stars-Shade of Blue at 7 p.m. at the McGrath Amphit…
- Mason and Ann Eckley, first to arrive for Jazz Under The Stars!
- Don’t forget… Jazz Under The Stars with Shade of Blue tonight at the McGrath Amphit…
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This Week’s Shows – Week of August 31
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Jazz and the Spoken Word: Dan Jaffe w Mike Melvoin / Rich Herstek w Pierre Hurel
“Jazz and the Spoke
n 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 we’ll hear more from writer Dan Jaffee and pianist Mike Melvoin as they explore the jazz music and ambience of Kansas City through poetry. Then a poetic fling by a man whose career was in advertising and promotion, Rich Herstek. His deep rich voice is pared up with the Julliard trained French pianist, Pierre Hurel, to great effect.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Remembering Max Roach, Rhythmic Innovator 
An innovative drummer, bandleader, composer, and educator, Max Roach is a musical renaissance man. He was Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie’s drummer of choice as they developed bebop in the ’40s, and his innovations forever changed the way drums are played. In the ’50s he co-led (with trumpeter Clifford Brown) one of the seminal groups of jazz, bringing bebop to new levels of sophistication. In the ’60s, he created a range of compositions reflecting the struggle for civil rights.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“Celebration of The Music Of Charles Christopher Parker, Jr.”
Craig celebrates Bird’s birthday (8/29) by playing from a variety of records that feature music from the most important soloist in the history of modern jazz. We’ll hear music from Bird’s years in Kansas City in the early 1940s, through his early demise in 1955.
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
Up and Down the Mississippi with Bill Frisell 
For the past two years, guitarist Bill Frisell has curated Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Roots of Americana series. For the final performance of the series, he takes us back to the Mississippi River Delta, the great incubator of American music, with a performance entitled Up and Down the Mississippi, Traveling Highway 61. Frisell explores music from New Orleans jazz to Delta blues and Bob Dylan to Bix Beiderbecke.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
Christopher’s Very Happy Band at Opus Concert Café 
Christopher’s Very Happy Band is led by saxophonist Chris Merz, Professor of Jazz Studies and Director of Jazz Band I at the University of Northern Iowa. Chris has toured four continents with Dave Brubeck and other members of the Brubeck family and played lead alto saxophone with several East Coast groups, including the Cecil Bridgewater Big Band, the New England Jazz Ensemble, and the Jeff Holmes Big Band. Locally, Chris has led the X-tet, a 12-piece big band and was a member of Equilateral. The Very Happy band plays mostly all original compositions and also features Michael Conrad on piano & keyboard, Drew Morton on bass, and Dave Tiede on drums. This performance was originally broadcast live on KCCK May 1st as part of the “First Friday Jazz” series at Opus Concert Café in downtown Cedar Rapids.
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Ernestine Anderson 
Born in Houston in 1928, Ernestine Anderson hit the jazz scene in the 1940s and has captivated audiences with her vocal warmth and rich intensity ever since. Anderson has performed at prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, and has recorded with Hank Jones, Ray Brown, and Monty Alexander. In this Piano Jazz session from 1996, Anderson joins McPartland to perform “Our Love is Here to Stay” and “In a Mellow Tone.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“The Music of Eric Dolphy — Part Two” 
Craig gives us the 2nd of 2 looks at the career of genius reedman, ERIC ALLAN DOLPHY, JR. In part two, we’ll look at the final half of his career — 1961 to 1964. We’ll hear from his later recordings for Prestige/New Jazz, his appearances with other jazz greats such as John Coltrane and Charles Mingus, as well as a variety of other recordings that he made in the 1960s. Dolphy has always been a very influential cog in the advancement of modern jazz, and his music continues to stand as ‘extremely important’ in jazz literature!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
Crescent City Stomp: Mardi Gras Celebration 
They call New Orleans “the Cradle of Jazz.” And as the saying goes, “The hand that rocks the cradle, rocks the nation” — in this case, the world. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band presents a concert honoring the music and musicians of New Orleans, past and present.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
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New Music Monday for August 31, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
Having first made a name for himself in the 1980s as chief arranger for the legendary Woody Herman, John Fedchock has continued to develop his writing style over his 35-year career. His New York Big Band has been together now for over two decades and sets the standard for modern, post-swing large ensembles, bringing Fedchock back to the Grammy finals for his notable arranging skills. The band features a who’s who of New York stalwarts including Gary Smulyan, Walt Weiskopf, Scott Robinson, Allen Farnham and others. Their new CD, “Like It Is,” shows his Fedchock’s inventive flair in meshing the old with the new, featuring five of his originals and five arrangements of jazz and American classics.
Pianist Mitchel Forman was only 24 and already playing with Gerry Mulligan’s Big Band when he found himself onstage at Newport with legends George Benson and Freddie Hubbard. A stint with a latter-day version of John McLaughlin’s Mahavishnu Orchestra elevated his profile within the jazz scene and it was during this period that he also played with the great Wayne Shorter. Over the course of his three-and-a-half decade career, Forman has also performed alongside Stan Getz, Bill Evans and Pat Metheny. He’s recorded more than a dozen albums as a leader and appeared on dozens more as a sideman. But “Puzzle,” his new release with bassist Kevin Axt and drummer Steve Hass, may just be Forman’s crowning achievement, an intimate display that balances dazzling technique with a wide range of textures, emotions and moods.
Also this week, guitarist Bill Frisell is featured soloist as “Michael Gibbs and the NDR Big Band Play a Bill Frisell Set List” from the 2013 Uberjazz Festival in Hamburg, Germany; pianist Lafayette Harris, Jr. has bassist Lonnie Plaxico and drummer Willie Jones III in his trio for his seventh CD as a leader, “Bend to the Light”; and saxophonist Frank Catalano and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin team up on “God’s Gonna Cut You Down.”
Jazz Under The Stars – The Beaker Brothers
“Photos by Ann Kinney”
From Jazz Under the Stars – The Beaker Brothers. Posted by Jazz 88.3 KCCK-FM on 8/25/2015 (55 items)
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