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Live music is back for the 2021 holiday season with many traditional concerts returning. Find out who is performing in the Hudson Valley area.

KCCK’s Featured Album for May 2021 The KCCK Featured Album for May is “Corridor Jazz Project, Volume 14.” This annual production features the talented high school jazz bands from Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Marion and beyond as they perform a tune each with their special guest musicians in professional recording sessions. They all get together afterward for a special  concert to present their work live. Despite the pandemic this year, the recordings took place and the concert was presented virtually, with all the appropriate protocols in place.  Purchase the CD. Listen live...

Jazz collaboration, Symphoria hits Broadway, Pi Day at the MOST: 15 things to do in CNY Updated Mar 10, 2021; With winter on the retreat, this weekend offers a chance to take part in some traditional springtime activities. Sky Armory will be having a St. Patrick’s Day party. Learn about trees at Baltimore Woods and search for owls at Sterling Nature Center. There are also some great virtual music opportunities. The Oswego Jazz Project and CNY Jazz Central will join forces for a night of jazz standards and original compositions and Symphoria will have an evening of Broadway favorites. Know ...

City High Student Wins Corridor Jazz Art Contest Diego Loria-Eivins, a freshman at City High School in Iowa City, has been chosen as the winner of the 2021 Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Diego will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM. His design will serve as the cover of the  “The Corridor Jazz Project XIV”, a compilation of recordings from the top jazz bands from Jefferson, Kennedy, Prairie, Xavier and Washington High Schools in Cedar Rapids, Linn-Mar and Marion in Marion, Liberty, Center Point Urbana, Solon, Mt. Vernon, and Lisbon. The Corridor Jazz Project...

Do you remember the first thing you ever wrote? >> there's a song i wrote called "elephandella." >> larry: elephandella. ♪ elephandella, that's the name i keep hearing ♪ ♪ elephandella >> larry: that could be a hit. >> i don't think so. it wasn't then. it's not now. >> larry: what was the first hit? >> the first hit we had was a song called "fingertips." and originally -- >> larry: third album, right? >> that was in the, yeah, third album, yes. it was a jazz sort of -- the first time it was recorded -- the jazz little stevie. it was a project that motown did with me playing the harmonica...