Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Vocal Short List: Francis Wayne
Big Band singer Francis Wayne was a teenager when she left Boston for New York to sing with her brother’s band. She soon became the vocalist for Charlie Barnet’s orchestra, and then joined Woody Herman’s First Herd in the mid-1940’s. Wayne married trumpeter Neal Hefti and then both of them left Herman’s band. Francis Wayne had a nice 15-year career until she retired to raise a family. Hear the Short List weekday mornings at 8:35 and Saturday mornings at 7:00 on 88.3 KCCK, or with our free mobile app.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Tribute To Roswell Rudd
Jazz Corner of the World salutes the life and legacy of recently departed trombonist and composer, Roswell Hopkins Rudd. Craig will spin some select examples from Roswell’s 20+ recordings as a leader, as well as from his 40+ recordings as a sideman. Don’t miss this special tribute to the pioneering spirit of this complex and remarkable musician, composer, trombonist and jazzman!
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM
Nat Adderley: Brotherly Swing
Nat Adderly was a fine trumpet player. But he spent most of his career in the shadow of his older brother, Julian “Cannonball” Adderly. Nat ran the band business and wrote many of their hits. When Cannonball died, Nat carried on, not only with the band, but also with the family tradition of educating the next generation.
Wednesday Night Special 
6:00 PM
Funk Daddies at Jazz Under The Stars
The Funk Daddies brought their signature brand of groove to Noelridge Park for a 2011 gig at Jazz Under the Stars. Saxman Skeeter Lewis, guitarist Craig Erickson, Ken Fullard on bass, vocalist Alicia Strong, and keyboard wizard Denny Ketelsen jammed on the horn-driven soul and R&B of Motown, Tower of Power, Earth, Wind & Fire, and their own originals. The crowd that night was definitely picking up what they were laying down. Funk Daddies was a popular choice in our recent 30th Anniversary poll of best Jazz Under the Stars performances. And you can hear it again, on this week’s Wednesday Night Special!
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Muldrow Meets Mingus
Georgia Anne Muldrow is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist entrenched in the alternative R&B scene, but she was born out of jazz family. Her father Ronald was Eddie Harris’ guitarist (making Harris her Godfather) and her mother is singer Rickie Byers Beckwith who worked with Sir Roland Hanna and Pharaoh Sanders. Georgia also knew Alice Coltrane, who gave her the name Jytoni, which she uses as her “jazz alias.” Muldrow joins pianist Jason Moran and his cohorts at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for a program featuring her own original music and their interpretations of music by Charles Mingus.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler 
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Music of Woody Shaw, Part Two … His Blue Note Years
Craig focuses on another area of the career of this remarkable trumpet master and composer … his legendary work with famed artists of the classy, modern jazz record label, Blue Note Records. We’ll hear Woody performing in the company of jazz greats Andrew Hill, Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, McCoy Tyner, Hank Mobley, Booker Ervin, and others. Exciting jazz from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: