The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place September 12, 2024. Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.
KCCK’s Featured Album for September 2024
The KCCK Featured Album for September is “Dreams Do Come True” from George Benson. In 1989, the Grammy Award-winner collaborated with the celebrated composer and arranger Robert Farnon, whose lush orchestral arrangements perfectly complemented Benson’s soulful vocals and fluid guitar work.. The recording took place during a prolific period for Benson and he chose to delay the album’s release. In the meantime, the recordings went missing and remained lost until recently, when they were discovered in Benson’s archive. Now, after 35 years, the album is finally receiving its proper release. “Dreams Do Come True” is from Rhino Records. Purchase
This Week’s Shows September 2 thru September 8
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)
Mondays at 6:00pm
Enrico Rava on ECM
Craig features the brilliance and artistry of one of the true trumpet and flugelhorn greats. We’ll hear delicious samplings from Enrico Rava – the “Godfather of Italian Jazz” – from his many releases on ECM Records, from the early 1970s to the present.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Jazz Fest Side Stage:
Kiersten Conway Trio & Reese Pike Trio
This month, the Wednesday Night Special spotlights the outstanding artists from the Iowa City Jazz Festival side stage. Composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Kiersten Conway led her trio in a set of contemporary jazz originals and time-tested standards. Pianist Reese Pike infuses a classical sensibility into her jazz repertoire. She plays along with Vivian Shanley on bass and Brian Zeglis on drums.
Jazz Night in America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
Wayne Shorter’s Birthday Party
On what would have been Wayne Shorter’s 91st birthday week , host Christian McBride presents an encore of a 2015 concert featuring the master saxophonist with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. We’ll hear the maestro explore his back catalogue and discover his many sources of inspiration.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm
Jaki Byard as a Sideman
Craig gives us a listen to a variety of recordings by Eric Dolphy, Chris Connor, Charles Mingus, Eric Kloss, Booker Ervin, Roland Kirk, and a host of others. Each of these records feature the piano genius of John Arthur “Jaki” Byard.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Coin Flip by Addison Frei on Monday; Under the Covers by Steve Luciano Quartet on Tuesday; Feeling Good by the Alvin Queen Trio on Wednesday; Memoir by Michael Wolff on Thursday; Ain’t Goin’ Back by Doug Duffey & Badd on Friday; About Time by Celso Salim & Darryl Carriere on Saturday; What It Means by Bria Skonberg on Sunday.
Big Mo Pod Show 025 – “Lunch With Chuck”
With another week comes a new episode of the Big Mo Pod Show! John and Noah bite into fresh new cuts from Friday’s show, as well as telling the story behind “Lunch With Chuck”. Tune in to hear how the bit got started! Songs featured in the episode:
- Tiny Bradshaw – “I’m Going To Have Myself A Ball”
- T-Bone Walker – “Mean Old World”
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe – “Strange Things Happen Every Day”
- Mud Morganfield – “Short Dressed Woman”
- J.D. Simo – “Street People”
Listen to ‘da Friday Blues with Big Mo each week at 6pm, and catch the podcast for a behind the scenes look at the show!
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Culture Crawl 960 “We Ran Out of Pedestals”
Gilded Pear Gallery’s Lauren Tucci and Iowa Ceramics Center’s Ellen Kleckner are teaming up in a big way this October to present the 2024 Iowa Clay Conference in conjunction with the River 2 River National Juried Exhibition.
The conference will be held October 4-6 at the Iowa Ceramics Center & Glass Studio with the exhibition being held at Gilded Pear Gallery through October 26. A reception for the exhibit will also be held at Gilded Pear on Saturday, October 5 from 5-7pm.
For more information visit www.iowaceramicscenter.org and www.gildedpeargallery.com.
Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at 10:30am most weekdays on Iowa’s Jazz station. 88.3 FM or kcck.org/listen.
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Culture Crawl 959 “Sing Your Favorite Notes”
Gerry Kreitzer is back with a breakdown of the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale’s ’24-’25 season. Their first concert will be Friday, November 8, “Veterans, We Salute You,” at the Veterans Memorial Building. December will feature two concerts of “Handel’s Messiah (Part One),” March will bring a concert featuring Craig Hella Johnsons’s modern day oratorio, “Considering Matthew Shepard,” and the final concert of the season (May) will be a continuation of last season’s concert, “Music That Touched Our Souls.”
All are welcome to join the chorale, no audition needed and no membership payments required. For more information visit www.crchorale.org.
Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at kcck.org/culture or search “Culture Crawl” in your favorite podcast player. Listen Live at 10:30am most weekdays on Iowa’s Jazz station. 88.3 FM or kcck.org/listen.
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Talking Pictures 8-28-24
“The Vourdalak” (Amazon Prime 2023) and “The Union” (Netfix 2024) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Scott Chrisman.
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New Music Monday for August 26, 2024
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Internationally renowned pianist and composer Michael Wolff is well known for playing with a who’s who of jazz legends, from Cal Tjader, Cannonball Adderly and Sonny Rollins to Nancy Wilson, Christian McBride and so many more. In pop culture, he’s best known for his five-year run as the musical director and bandleader for Arsenio Hall on his award-winning late-night TV talk show. After a miraculous triumph over a four-year battle with a rare form of cancer, Wolff continues to celebrate his incredible recovery and life on “Memoir,” his first studio album in four years.
New York-based Canadian Bria Skonberg is a Juno Award-winning triple threat trumpeter, singer and songwriter. Called “the shining hope of hot jazz” by the New York Times, Bria has performed at hundreds of festivals and stages the world over, including the New Orleans, Monterey, Newport and Montreal jazz festivals “What is Means” is a return to what first inspired her: the sounds of New Orleans jazz. Recorded during Mardi Gras 2023, Bria is joined by an ensemble of established veterans and up and coming talent, including master Crescent City drummer Herlin Riley.
Also this week, American drumming legend Alvin Queen follows up on the success of his previous celebrated releases with “Feeling Good,” an expertly curated program representing American music and culture in its many forms; guitarist Steve Luciano presents a collection of cover songs spanning over fifty years that hold a special place in his heart on “Under the Covers”; and pianist and composer Addison Frei is accompanied by bassist Tamir Shmerling and drummer Diego Joaquin Ramirez on his sixth release as a leader, “Coin Flip.”