Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (International Sweethearts of Rhythm) 
Even though they never quite got the respect they deserved, the all-female big band International Sweethearts of Rhythm continued to delighted big band audiences for the decade of the 1940s. The original group was formed in 1938 at the Piney Woods School in Mississippi. These poor and black students went on money-raising tours for a few years, but in 1941 turned into professional musicians and traveled the country playing mostly for black audiences. The women in the band put up with bigotry and indifference, but those in the know could tell the Sweethearts were a top-rank organization.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Prestige Records In 1967”
Craig travels back 50 years to look in on the 45+ recording sessions that took place for PRESTIGE RECORDS in 1967. We’ll hear great selections from the likes of Pat Martino, Jaki Byard, Sonny Criss, Eric Kloss, Teddy Edwards, Don Patterson, and many more! This is a great opportunity to experience some fabulous material that is definitely not heard very often!
Night Lights (Classic Jazz) with David Brent Johnson
Monday, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Corner the World) 
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: “Post-War Prez – Lester Young 1945-1950”. www.indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/archives/2017
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM (follows Nightlights)
Fletcher Henderson: ‘Architect of Swing’ 
Bandleader, arranger, and pianist Fletcher Henderson is one of the most influential yet least known masters in jazz. During his orchestra’s peak years in the ’20s and ’30s, he helped define the sound of big band jazz, pioneering musical devices such as the call and response between the brass and reeds. His bands featured a brilliant array of musicians including Louis Armstrong, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, Benny Carter, and many others.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Highlights from the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival Mainstage: Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom
Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom at the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival
In anticipation of the 2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival June 30 – July 2, we revisit one of the many wonderful Main Stage performances from last year’s festival. NYC-based drummer/composer/teacher Allison Miller gathers inspiration from a wide array of genres. Coming from the Jazz tradition, she engages her deep roots in improvisation as a vehicle to explore all music. Described by critics as a charismatic and rhythmically propulsive drummer with melodic sensibility, Miller has been named “Rising Star Drummer” and “Top 20 Jazz Drummers” in Downbeat Magazine’s acclaimed Critics Poll. She is known for backing an array of artists like Ani DiFranco, Brandi Carlile, Natalie Merchant, and others. Recently, she has been a guest artist playing with NBC’s Late Night Seth Meyers house band, 8G. Miller knows how to stay busy, but she still finds the time to play with her own band Boom Tic Boom.
Boom Tic Boom, featuring pianist Myra Melford, violinist Jenny Scheinman, clarinetist Ben Goldberg, cornet player Kirk Knuffke, bassist Todd Sickafoose – all lauded band leaders in their own right – and Miller on drums and composition, is currently celebrating its fourth release, “Otis was a Polar Bear.” Of the preceding album, “No Morphine No Lilies,” the New Yorker writes, “No Morphine No Lilies demonstrates that her (Allison Miller) craftiness as a percussionist is met by her ingenuity as a composer and group conceptualist.”
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Ibrahim Maalouf at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Ibrahim Maalouf
Still in his mid-30s, Ibrahim Maalouf has had a monumental career as a multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger, offering fresh musical perspectives as he blends jazz and European classical music with the sounds of his native Lebanon and long-time home in France. Maalouf’s masterful use of a custom four-valve, quarter-tone trumpet allows him to incorporate the Arabic melodic modes known as maqams into his genre-blending work.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Birthdate Anniversary Celebration For Pianist Red Garland” 
Craig salutes William McKinley “Red” Garland, who was best known for his piano work as a sideman with Miles Davis and John Coltrane. We’ll hear from a tasty selection of the 44 recordings led by Red, and from the 20+ records that feature Red as a sideman. Wonderful material that displays the greatness of Mr. Garland!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: TBA
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: