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This Week In Jazz October 20 thru October 26

Hey, Jazz fans!

Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Byas, Sonny Criss and Jimmy Heath, trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, bassists Wendell Marshall and Hans Glawischnig, flutist Ali Ryerson, singer Dianne Reeves and more.

We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & James Moody (James Moody’s Modernists)’s “New Sounds” (1948), Horace Silver Quintet Plus J.J. Johnson’s “Cape Verdean Blues” (1965), Sonny Criss’ “Out of Nowhere” (1975), Bobby Shew/Chuck Findley’s “Trumpets No End” (1983), The Terry Gibbs Quartet’s “Play That Song” (1994), Mose Allison’s “American Legend: Live in California” (2006) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Special Programs October 21 thru October 27

Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)

Mondays at 6:00pm

Eddie Harris Birthday Celebration

Craig salutes Chicago tenorman Eddie Harris (born October 20, 1934) with an exciting array of jazz goodies from his lengthy recording career, from 1961 thru 1995.

Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Jazz Under the Stars with
Trio Grismore & Ship of Fools

The final week of KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars was a great one! We ended the last great party of the summer with Steve Grismore’s Trio Grismore, and opened the night with the return of Ship of Fools, comprised of students from the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

The Golden John Scofield

Guitarist John Scofield celebrates 50 years of recorded music in 2024. To mark this milestone, Jazz Night in America gave Scofield a unique challenge: select 10 career-defining tracks from his extensive discography and share the stories behind them.

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm

Eddie Henderson Birthday Party

Craig “lights the candles” and “cuts the cake” for trumpet master Eddie Henderson’s 84th birthday (born 10/26,1940). We’ll hear quality gems of jazz spanning the early 1970s right up to the present.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

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

It Gets Better by Jeff Rupert on Monday; But Of Course by Charles Ruggiero on Tuesday; Chance by Miki Yamanaka on Wednesday; Better Angels by Peter Bernstein on Thursday; Back in Boston Live by the Bruce Katz Band on Friday; Happy Hour by Mitch Woods on Saturday; Cali Mambo by Dred Scott on Sunday.

Big Mo Pod Show 033 – “A Balance of Old And New”

Once again Noah and John are hooked up with all their wires and dials for another pod show! This week’s episode features an eclectic mix of old and new blues tracks from a variety of blues sub – genres, tune in to hear which! Songs featured in the episode:

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee – “Walk On”
James Carr – “Dark End Of The Street”
Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper & Steve Stills – “Season Of The Witch”
North Mississippi AllStars – “Eyes”
Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters – “Blow Wind Blow”

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 982 “And Kolaches, too!”

Still basking in the awe and excitement that was the Czech and Slovakia presidential visit to Cedar Rapids and the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, museum president and CEO Cecilia Rokusek gives us the breakdown of the museum’s 50th anniversary celebratory programing.

“Czech & Slovak Echoes in the USA” is a two-week-long festival (10/28-11/4) described as a “multi-genre immersion in Czech and Slovak culture.” Events range from an upscale fashion show featuring traditional and modern designs by celebrated Czech designer Beata Rajská, a concert version of Dvořák’s opera Rusalka, kid-friendly art projects, and Kolache baking with Czech bake-off winner Petra Burianová.

To see the full list of events and to register (everything is free and open to the public), visit ncsml.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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Culture Crawl 981 “Just One Dead Guy”

Miera Kim and Carey Bostian are eight concerts deep into Red Cedar Chamber Music’s 2024 fall concert series, “Passion & Peril.” Clarinetist Christine Bellomy will be featured, and weaved throughout the program you’ll find variations in genre, mood and technique.

There are three upcoming concerts remaining:

Friday, October 18, 7pm @Center Point Library in Center Point (free)

Saturday, October 19, 7:30pm @First Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids (tickets)

Sunday, October 20, 3pm @Congregational United Church of Christ in Iowa City (tickets)

For more information, tickets, and for access to the livestream for Sunday’s concert visit redcedar.org.

You can also visit the Red Cedar Youtube channel @RedCedarChamberMusic.

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Talking Pictures 10-16-24

“Nero Wolfe” (1936 YouTube), Halloween Film Favorites and “Lee” (2023) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown, Monica Schmidt and Denny Lynch.

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The Wheels on the Bus Go ‘Round with Jazz

Eddie and Rily Many people don’t know that in addition to being one of Iowa’s most popular jazz performers, Eddie Piccard also drives a bus for College Community Schools. One of the many students he’s struck up a friendship with is Riley Kruse, who rode Eddie’s bus from the time he was in elementary school.

Riley’s mom has been a music teacher, so music was a big part of his young life. And when he boarded Eddie’s bus for the first time, he immediately noticed that Eddie’s bus offered a unique amenity: Iowa’s Jazz Station. Eddie always plays KCCK on his bus.

“I didn’t really know what that was at the time,” Riley says, “but slowly learned that it was jazz playing (on) KCCK. Hearing KCCK on the radio had an awesome effect on my love for music, because it was always around me, every day, before school, after school.”

Riley soon came to accept and appreciate jazz on KCCK as a part of his daily ride, but it wasn’t until he attended a Prairie Jazz I concert that featured Eddie as a guest (singing a song he recorded with the Prairie band for the Corridor Jazz Project), that RIley realized his bus driver was a talented musician.

On the day Riley successfully auditioned for middle school jazz band, Eddie was the first person he told. Riley went on to play saxophone in high school jazz band, culminating in Prairie’s runner-up finish at the Iowa Jazz Championships, their best ever.

Riley graduated in the spring 2024, but Eddie hopes their paths will cross again. “Hopefully, one day he’ll be able to sit in with the Eddie Piccard group. I’m hoping for that.”

Riley will continue his music career at UNI, where he’ll major in music education. We’re sure he’ll follow Eddie’s example of sharing his love of music with the next generation.

Culture Crawl 980 “Sometimes They Want To Crawl Onstage With Us”

Patrick Starke, Sarah Rosales, Deirdre Lahiff, and Alexandra Wiebe make up the cast of Cedar Rapids Opera’s fun, kid-friendly The Littlest Mermaid. This 37-minute adaptation of Dvořák’s Rusalka has been specially tailored by Joshua Bortz to captivate young audiences. The cast has been performing at schools all over the area, and say it is so fun to connect with the students, many of whom are seeing live opera for the first time.

Visit www.cropera.org. for more info.

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