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Big Mo Pod Show 021- “John’s Belated Top Ten of 2023”

For this week we have a surprise episode on a Monday! This time John goes solo to discuss his top ten blues picks for 2023, albeit a bit belated. The show departs from its usual format, with John discussing his picks rather than playing each one, culminating in a short but sweet conversation about the songs and artists that stuck out to him throughout the previous year. Tune in to find out what made it into his top ten!

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 957 “What Are You Doing Playing Trumpet?”

The Dandelion Stompers played a record number of shows in 2023, and founding member Katies Roche says the band has taken it just a bit easier in 2024. But things are ramping up for late summer and fall. They perform Aug. 23 for the Friday Night Concert Series and at Wilson’s Orchard on Sept. 8. 2025 will bring a new album, “Whirlwind Sessions Vol. 2, with songs recorded during the same mammoth session that produced 2023’s Volume 1.

Follow the band on your favorite social channel or at danelionstompers.com.

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The Week’s Shows August 19 thru August 25

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)

Mondays at 6:00pm

Steeplechase Records, Show #2

Craig spins another delightful sampling of the prestigious Steeplechase label from Denmark. Nils Winther founded the label in 1972, and since then has created well over 1,000 choice releases by great jazz artists like Jackie McLean, Teddy Edwards, Dexter Gordon, Shirley Horn, Eddie Henderson, Kenny Drew, and many more.

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Christopher’s Very Happy.Band at Jazz Under the Stars

The Jazz Under the Stars crowd delighted in the exuberant compositions of saxophonist Chris Merz and his Very Happy. Band. Merz, Dave Tiede, Mike Conrad, and Drew Morton cut loose and played with joy and happy.ness all evening long.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Lou Donaldson & Hip Hop

Host Christian McBride sits down with saxophonist Lou Donaldson to talk about Lou’s life as a performer, his thoughts on jazz today, and how hip hop brought new ears to his music.

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm

Pat Martino on Prestige, Part One

Craig gives us a listen to the guitar genius of Pat Martino. We’ll hear a number of outstanding recordings that feature Martino as a leader and as a sideman, all on classic dates from Prestige Records.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Balanced by Jan Harbeck Quartet on Monday; Chosen Path by Markus Howell on Tuesday; Together by Eric Alexander & Mike LeDonne on Wednesday; Phoenix Reimagined (Live) by Lakecia Benjamin on Thursday; The Legend of Sugarbelly by Guy Davis on Friday; 40: Blues With Horns, Volume II by Chris Daniels & the Kings on Saturday; Dreams Do Come True by George Benson on Sunday.

This Week In Jazz August 18 thru August 24

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, trombonists Eddie Durham, Jack Teagarden, Frank Rosalino and Jiggs Wigham, trumpeter Art and bassist Addison Farmer, drummer Ginger Baker, pianist/singer Jamie Cullum and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Red Garland Trio w/ John Coltrane’s “Traneing In” (1957), Herbie Mann’s “Memphis Underground” (1969), Joe Henderson’s “Relaxin’ at Camarillo” (1979), Ernestine Anderson “Live at the 1990 Concord Jazz Festival” (3^rd Set) (1990), Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring’s “Friendly Fire” (2011) and many others, Monday thru Friday, and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

New Music Monday for August 19, 2024

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“Elias Haslanger Meets Mike Sailors” is the culmination of a musical friendship spanning nearly two decades. An Austin, Texas-native, Haslanger turned his obsession with Charlie Parker into a robust career divided between Texas and New York—performing and recording with Maynard Ferguson, Ellis Marsalis and others. Upon his return to Austin, Elias and Mike would develop a super-simpatico musical partnership. Sailors would then move to New York shortly thereafter to lead a diverse career as trumpet player and arranger with Jazz at Lincoln Center and others. Sailors returned to Austin a decade later to teach at the University of Texas, joining Haslanger as two of the most respected elder statesmen on the Austin scene.

At age 18, Scottish jazz trumpeter Malcolm Strachan enrolled at Leeds College of Music and quickly immersed himself in the city’s vibrant acid jazz, funk and soul scene, making his recording debut in 1999 with The New Mastersounds. He’s since recorded and toured with Amy Winehouse, Corrine Bailey Rae, and jazz legend Lou Donaldson. He’s also a founder and existing band member of the UK band The Haggis Horns. Jazz was always musical passion but took a back seat to funk/soul/pop, which were the day jobs. Until now. “About Time” is his first Stateside album, nodding slightly to the late 1960s classic Blue Note Records jazz, where soul and funk beats are at the heart of the arrangements.

Also this week, NEA Jazz Master saxophonist David Liebman joins up with the CNY Jazz Orchestra of Syracuse, New York for “If a White Horse From Jerusalem…,” which features music composed by Bret Zvacek, the University of Iowa graduate who has been the musical director for the ensemble since 2005; San Francisco-based saxophonist and composer Patrick Wolff unveils his seventh release as a leader, “Bay Blue”; and pianist and composer Luther Allison, who has won a Grammy Award for his work with Samara Joy, makes his debut as a leader with “I Owe It All to You.”

Culture Crawl 956 “Guitar Math”

Steve Grismore brings his trio to the final Jazz Under the Stars Aug. 22. The group features Steve on guitar, Mitch Towne on organ, and Tim Crumely, drums. They recently performed at the Iowa City Jazz Festival and brought the crowd to its feet with fresh takes on the organ trio style popularized by Grant Green, Pat Martino, as well as some Grismore originals. Visit Steve online at gizmojazz.com.

Also performing is “Ship of Fools,” an Eastern Iowa Arts Academy band lead by Steve and Craig Erickson’s student, Carter Buske, who won several jazz awards last year as a high school freshman.

School may have started, but don’t let Summer’s final party pass you by! There will be food trucks, a playground for the kids, and great music starting at 6:30pm.

More info at kcck.org/juts.

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Culture Crawl 955 “That August Show”

TKM Productions’ Ron Gilbert & Tom Milligan are in the studio to talk about the birds and the bees… “Sex Please We’re Sixty” by Michael & Susan Parker will be running August 23-25 at The Amana Performing Arts Center with 7:30pm shows Friday and Saturday and a 3pm matinee on Sunday.

For tickets and more info visit www.tkmtheatricalproductions.com.

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Talking Pictures 8-14-24

“In a Violent Nature” (2024), “Deadpool & Wolverine” (2024) and “Wicked Little Letters” (2023) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Monica Schmidt.

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