KIOS Jazz Calendar

The 2009 Toyota-Scion of Iowa City Jazz Festival takes place in Iowa City, Iowa during the Fourth of July weekend. Highlights of the festival will be performances by the David Sanchez Quartet, the Lionel Loueke Trio, the Bill Frisell Quartet, and the Dave Holland Quartet. The festival runs from Friday July 3 to July 5th. Admission is free. For more information you may visit http://www.summerofthearts.org  The 40th Annual Music in The Parks Summer Concert Series is underway in the Omaha area. Jazz musicians will perform at various outdoor venues for your entertainment during the summer months. Upcoming concerts in this series include:  July 5 at 7:30pm Joey Gulizia & The G Notes at Florence Park - 30th & State Streets July 15 at 6:30pm Luigi Waites at Bayliss Park Pearl & Willow Streets In Council Bluffs July 12  at 7:00pm Steve Raybine Band at Papillion City Park, 84th & Lincoln Concerts in the Music in the Parks Series are open to the public. Joslyn Art Museum presents the 25th annual Jazz on the Green Series, celebrating the great variety of jazz styles and bringing local, regional, and national jazz players to the Museum’s grounds. Recognized as one of the most popular free summer events in Omaha, drawing tens of thousands for exhilarating performances each year, Jazz on the Green kicks-off its 2009 season on Thursday, July 9th. The schedule for this month includes: July 9 — Bobby Watson Quartet A saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator. A tireless worker, a "team player," and a consummate, seasoned musician. July 16 — The Shay Estes Quintet A dynamic, contemporary vocal jazz ensemble, blending from a large and varied musical palette and pushing the improvisatory envelope. July 23 — Marcos & Sabor Latin America with an American twist. A South Omaha sensation, combining the slow burn of careful, trained musicianship with the flare of raw talent.   July 30 — Ida McBeth & Friends Captivating, elegant, mystifying, and delightful. A lithesome vocalist with technique, taste, and sass. A story teller, a professor emeritus of body language, a consummate actress, a complete entertainer, and song stylist extraordinaire. Concerts begin at 7 pm with seating east of the building in Joslyn’s new Peter Kiewit Foundation Sculpture Garden and surrounding areas; bands will perform on the grand staircase. The garden opens for Jazz on the Green at 5 pm and closes at about 9:30 pm (one half hour after the end of the concert). The Jazz in June Series is open to the public. For more information you may visit www.joslyn.org. Rockbrook Village presents the Friday Night Summer Concert Series. This annual series of concerts in June, July and August takes place Friday Nights from 7-8pm and starts June 5th. Jazz concerts in this series include: 7/ 3 New Testament Jazz 7/24 Steve Raybine Band  Concerts are open to the public and take place at Rockbrook Village Shopping Center, 108th and West Center Road. The Third Thursday Jazz Series concludes at the Fort Omaha Campus of Metropolitan Community College in July with Jamel McNair. This performance takes place on July 16th at the Brick Hearth Cafe at Building 10 of the Fort Omaha Campus at 11:30am-1:00pm. Admission is free and open to the public. The Courtyard Jazz at Pacific Hills Lutheran Church series runs this summer. Concerts take place on the third Sundays of June, July and August beginning at 7:00 PM and are open to the public. The next concert in this series will be on July 19 and will feature the Steve Raybine Group. Performances take place in the church courtyard. On hot, humid, rainy Sundays, the concerts move to the church sanctuary. Bring blankets or chairs for seating. While there is no admission charge, donations will be accepted to help defray the costs of the 2009 Courtyard Jazz concerts. Raybine’s new CD In the Driver’s Seat will be featured on the concert and will also be available for purchase.

This week's Jazz in the Afternoon rotation

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