Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Alice Coltrane)
Alice Coltrane
Multi-instrumentalist Alice Coltrane was Alice McLeod growing up in a musical family and playing clubs in Detroit in the late 1950s and early 1960s. A trip to Paris took her to study with the jazz innovator, Bud Powell. When she returned to the States, she joined up with vibraphonist Terry Gibbs, who introduced her to saxophonist John Coltrane. They married in 1965 and began a spiritual journey that would shape Alice Coltrane’s life and music until her death in 2007.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“The Amazing Piano of Conrad Yeatis “Sonny” Clark – Part Two”
In this 2nd of 3 chronological programs featuring the recordings of Sonny Clark, Craig will spotlight Sonny’s work during the years 1957 and 1958. We’ll hear Mr. Clark leading his own sessions from seven Blue Note dates, as well as Clark working as a sideman with the likes of Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Charles Mingus, Curtis Fuller, Johnny Griffin, Lou Donaldson, and others. Sonny Clark is one of the all-time great pianists in modern jazz!
Night Lights (Classic Jazz) with David Brent Johnson
Monday, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Corner the World)
Father Thomas Merton
Night Lights, is a weekly one-hour jazz radio program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focusing on jazz from the 1945-1990 era—covering artists such as Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, and Nina Simone and themes ranging from jazz recordings of spirituals to avant-garde interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Night Lights also features many lesser-known talents of post-1945 jazz. Every program is archived after broadcast for online listening. This week: “Thomas Merton: Jazz Monk”. www.indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/archives/2017
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM (follows Nightlights)
Duke Ellington, The Overview Pt 1
Duke Ellington
Composer and educator Gunther Schuller is unequivocal: “Duke Ellington is of course the absolutely greatest composer in the history of jazz.” Showman, composer, performer, and ambassador, Duke Ellington (1899-1974) turned jazz it into a sophisticated international art form, in practically ALL forms. Duke put his stamp on popular songs, serious works, musicals, “sacred concerts,” and even extended symphonic suites. He also created history’s finest and most successful jazz orchestra, which he toured around the world for more than a half century. This overview takes measure of the jazz royalty that was The Duke.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Matt Wilson at the 2017 Coe College Jazz Summit Grand Finale Concert. Photo by Dakota Helm
Jazz Appreciation Month: Coe College Jazz Summit 2017 Grand Finale Concert with special guest artist: Matt Wilson
Luke Sanders takes a solo at the 2017 Coe College Jazz Summit Grand Finale Concert. Photo by Dakota Helm
The Annual Coe College Jazz Summit is Iowa’s Largest Jazz Festival with more than 90 Bands entered in 2017. Held annually the last weekend in February, the Jazz Summit features appearances by jazz musicians from throughout the nation and has even attracted international artists. School jazz bands and enthusiastic jazz aficionados from throughout the Midwest flock to Coe College to get clinics from the guests and to hear them perform. The Jazz Summit was founded in 1992 and continues a tradition of jazz festivals at Coe College that stretches back to the 1970’s. During this period, the festival has grown from an afternoon event with an evening concert, to a three-day festival encompassing clinics, workshops, a jazz band competition which accommodates almost 2000 musicians from ninety different high school and middle school jazz bands, an awards ceremony, and the Grand Finale concert. This year’s Grand Finale Concert featured the Coe College Jazz Ensemble and The Sinfonia Jazz Ensemble directed by Steve Shanley with special guest artist, drummer and Grammy Award nominee, Matt Wilson.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Arturo O’Farrill: The Conversation Continues
Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
Arturo O’Farrill pays tribute to Afro-Cuban music and the collaborations that have helped this music grow and thrive, despite years of political tumult. “The Conversation Continues” the theme of the concert and Arturo’s album of the same name, does just that – continues a conversation started decades ago between Cuban percussionist, Chano Pozo, and the trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie, by bringing together contemporary collaborations between American and Cuban musicians.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Prestige Records In 1957 – Part One” 
Craig travels back 60 years to look in on the output of PRESTIGE RECORDS during 1957…some of the finest modern jazz records ever made! We’ll hear classic material from the likes of Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Red Garland, and many more jazz greats! Don’t miss it!!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “Lệ quyên Acoustic” by Le Quyen 
Lệ Quyên (born April 2, 1981 in Hanoi) is a Vietnamese singer. She studied at the Hanoi University of Culture.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/l%E1%BB%87-quy%C3%AAn-acoustic/id1016247248
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: