Special Programs May 20 thru May 26

Harold In The Land Of Jazz (1958, Vinyl) - DiscogsJazz Corner of the World  with host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00pm

Harold Land, Tenor Sax Genius

Craig shares outstanding recordings featuring tenorman Harold Land.  We’ll hear Harold’s music from Contemporary, Riverside, Mainstream, Blue Note, and other record labels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Mina Jazz Quintet & Nick Rueckert Quartet

We continue to enjoy the rich, diverse talent from the Iowa City Jazz Festival side stage. This week, from 2022, the Mina Jazz Quintet proves that Brazilian music is more than just Bossa Nova. Plus, pianist Nick Rueckert and his quartet play many of their original compositions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sasha Berliner: albums, songs, playlists | Listen on Deezer

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Youngbloods: The Vibes

Christian McBride presents Youngbloods, a mini-series featuring new and rising geniuses who are shaping the future of jazz. This week, he shines the spotlight on three vibraphonists to watch: Joel Ross, Simon Moullier, and Sasha Berliner.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig KesslerSonny Clark: My Conception (1959) Blue Note Tone Poet ...

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

The Many Contributions of Sonny Clark

Craig presents great recordings featuring pianist Sonny Clark as a leader for Blue Note, as well as his work as a sideman with the likes of Jackie McLean, Hank Mobley, Grant Green, and many others.

 

 

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

Latin Jazz Sessions by Ron Rieder on Monday; Trio Nuevo by Dave Bass on Tuesday; Alliance by Sharel Cassity & Colleen Clark on Wednesday; Reverence by Charles McPherson on Thursday; Fine By Me by Curtis Salgado on Friday; New Moves by the Chess Project on Saturday; Orchestras (Disc 2) by Bill Frisell on Sunday.

This Week In Jazz May 19 thru May 25


Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/arranger/composer Fats Waller, pianist/bandleaders Sun Ra and Bob Florence, singers Rosemary Clooney and Jackie Cain, bagpiper Rufus Harley, drummer Lawrence Marable, pianist Christian Sands and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “Tenor Madness” (1956), Grant Green’s “Matador” (1964), Return to Forever “Live” (1977), Ahmad Jamal’s “The Sound of Jazz: Ahmad Jamal In Concert” (1980), Paquito D’Rivera’s “Who’s Smoking?!” (1991), Monty Alexander “Live at the Iridium” (2004) and many others, Monday through Friday at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.   

2024 Guest Djs – Linn Mar

Sutra Iyer, Zach Kendrick, and Augie Ketels from the Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble conclude the 2024 Guest DJ season with a bang. Linn-Mar had a stellar year, that included a 3rd place Jazz Championships finish, just behind rival Prairie. But the Lions will have a chance at revenge when they take on the Prairie Hawks… in the bowling alley.

Sutra, Zach, and Augie’s Playlist:

  • Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis – Symphony in Riffs
  • Brecker Brothers – African Skies
  • George Duke – Cravo e Canela
  • The Roy Hargrove Quintet – Strasbourg / St. Denis
  • Chick Corea & Return to Forever – Spain
  • Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble – Night in Tunisia

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Big Mo Pod Show 010 – “Music Changes Context”

Another edition of the weekly podcast rolls out with your hosts John and Noah discussing deep cut blues from John’s most recent show. This week’s songs cover a wide range of topics and eras, with one track in particular by Blues Traveler sparking a conversation about how the power of music can change the tone of any subject matter. Songs featured in the episode: 

  1. Robert Pete Williams – “Graveyard Blues”
  2. Scrapomatic – “Louisiana Anna” 
  3. Blues Traveler – “Funky B***h”
  4. Craig Erickson – “Stormchasin'” 
  5. The Dig 3 – “Damn The Rent” 

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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Big Mo Pod Show 008 – “Blues In The Schools”

On this special episode John goes solo and tells the story of how Kirkwood’s Blues In The Schools program got started, as well as the how’s and why’s of its production. Listen in to discover where the program came from and why its important to Iowa’s blues community! 

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Big Mo Pod Show 009 – “Do What You Love And Do It Well”

In another special episode this week John interviews local music legend Dan “DJ” Johnson, a musical polymath who’s dabbled in songwriting, bass playing, and signing over a fifty year career that’s still ongoing! Tune in to this episode to learn a little about how he plays and the ethos that goes behind his performances.  

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Culture Crawl 922 “Shocked I’d Never Heard of Him”

 

Some people have a second act, but UI alum Harold Bradley had at least four. Collegiate, military, and NFL football standout, artist, musician, and activist. University of Iowa Chief Innovation Officer Jon Darsee began to dig into Bradley’s background after appreciating four paintings of Iowa Black leaders Bradley painted back in the Seventies.

Those paintings hang in the Iowa Memorial Union (IMU) and the display has been transformed into a permanent exhibit, part of which is a short documentary celebrating Bradley and his diverse career.

Visit the Bradley exhibit anytime the IMU is open, on the second floor near the International Ballroom.

Subscribe to The Culture Crawl at www.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 www.kcck.org/listen.

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Talking Pictures 5-15-24

Abigail (2024) and Alice & Jack (2024 PBS Materpiece) with Ron Adkins and Phil Brown.

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