For jazz in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City see KCCK 24 hour jazz radio: www.kcck.org
Click on:
- Concert Calendar
and
- Special Events
Also see - on the main web page - that you can now listen to KCCK on the internet. Anywhere you are, that you have internet access - work, home, on vacation - you can listen to KCCK live, 24 hours per day.

Local Clubs
Cedar Rapids

Top of the Five Seasons, Eddie Piccard in Cedar Rapids http://www.iowaalive.com/features/fea069.htm
http://www.eddiepiccard.com/
The Red Lion, Cedar Rapids http://www.geocities.com/gty_99/redlion/
Sip 'n Stir, Cedar Rapids http://www1.cedar-rapids.net/sip-n-stir/
http://www.iowaalive.com/food/rest/bg028.htm
Lighthouse Inn, Cedar Rapids http://www.iowaalive.com/food/rest/sc004.htm

Iowa City

The Mill, Iowa City http://www.iowaalive.com/food/rest/am049.htm
The Sanctuary, Iowa City http://www.users.uswest.net/~sanctuarypub/
http://www.iowaalive.com/food/rest/am056.htm
Wild Bill's Coffe Shop http://www.uiowa.edu/~socialwk/bills/coffeeshop.html

Links for Local Musicians/bands and biographies of local musicians

Heart Consort Music and James Kennedy www.heartconsortmusic.com
Heart Consort Music has full membership in the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS is the organization that gives out Grammys). They receive nominating/voting ballots for Grammys and vote. They are members of both the national and regional organization and have already participated in regional activities. Heart Consort Music is honored to have membership in this prestigious organization.

Eddie Piccard http://www.eddiepiccard.com/

Dan Knight http://www.danknight.com/

Vanguard Jazz Collective http://www.geocities.com/gty_99/vjc

Orquestra de Jazz y Salsa Alto Maiz http://www.salsaband.com

Red Devil Down http://soli.inav.net/~mmaas/RDD.html

Dick Watson Trio http://www.iuma.com/IUMA/Bands/Dick_Watson_Trio/

Eastern Iowa Swing http://www.eiowaswing.com/

Cedar Valley Dance Club http://www.members.tripod.com/hildaostby/

Local Festivals

Iowa City Jazz Festival http://www.IowaCityJazzFestival.com/default2.htm

Sturgis Falls/Cedar Falls Jazz Festival http://sturgisfalls.org/

Des Moines Jazz Festival http://www.jazzpartnerz.org

Bix Festival http://www.bixsociety.org/

Regional Jazz

Des Moines
Coffee House Productions http://www.coffeehouseproductions.com/
is an eclectic mix of jazz, folk and world music. Something like a combination of jazz and our local CSPS. Real neat

Waterloo
Jazz in Eastern Iowa on KHKE -- 89.5 FM
Jazz 6 AM to 5:30 PM Mon-Fri; 1 PM to 5 PM on Saturday and Sunday
http://www.khke.org/
KHKE -- 89.5 FM, University of Iowa, Waterloo, Iowa
Contact: KUNI/KHKE, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0359; 319-273-6400 or 1-800-772-2440; FAX 319-273-2682; kuni@uni.edu.
Live music listings at http://www.kuniradio.org

Quad Cities
For a real interesting band, check out The Kabalas at http://www.qconline.com/kabalas/

For MidWest jazz, see the following sites, to which the Jazz Society of Eastern Iowa is linked

Jazz at the Bistro, in St. Louis - This is TOP jazz. The stuff you ALWAYS wanted to see!
www.jazzatthebistro.com

See the St. Louis Jazz Festival http://www.saintlouisjazzfest.com/

Twin Cities Jazz Society, Minneapolis-St. Paul - for an extensive set of links and information to jazz in the Twin Cities area
http://www.tcjs.org

Listen to jazz 24 hours/day while in Minneapolis at 88 FM on KBEM
You hardly have to move your dial from Cedar Rapids 88.3 KCCK

Jazz Institute of Chicago - The programmers of the Chicago Jazz Festival, and THE link to the best in jazz! Be sure to check this before you arrange any trip to Chicago.
http://www.jazzinstituteofchicago.org/

The Kansas City Jazz Ambassadors
http://www.jazzkc.org/index.html

We are also linked on a national jazz portal http://www.jazzonweb.com/
under the category - Jazz Schools and Jazz Associations, sub-category North American Cultural Associations

Cedar Rapids is the CENTER of jazz for the Upper Midwest. Cedar Rapids is THE destination center for jazz. According to the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce, we are approximately a 4 1/2 hour driving distance from the major cities in this region. The distances are:
- Chicago - 223 miles
- Milwaukee - 242 miles
- Minneapolis - 265 miles
- St. Louis - 291 miles
- Omaha - 251 miles
- Kansas City - 312 miles
WE are the CENTER of the universe! According to the 2000 Census estimate, the combined population of Linn and Johnson counties is 302,707.