Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Women In Jazz: Jane Ira Bloom
We begin our summer-long series of Women in Jazz with Jane Ira Bloom. Hailed as one of the premier reed artists of the day, Bloom has recorded 20 critically-acclaimed albums. Always an innovator, the Grammy-winning soprano saxophonist’s latest work, “Wild Lines,” incorporates the poetry of Emily Dickenson into her music. NASA even named an asteroid for her.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Prestige Records in 1959, Part 2
Craig looks in again on Prestige Records in 1959. In this second show, we’ll hear selections from the latter half of the year, with mega-tasty tunes from the likes of Benny Golson, Shirley Scott, Yusef Lateef, Willis Jackson, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, and a host of others.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
John Raymond & Real Feels at the 2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival
As we get set for this year’s stellar lineup, we take a quick look back at one of the recent standout performances from the Iowa City Jazz Festival. John Raymond & Real Feels took the main stage in 2017 and gave the crowd a set of stellar jazz that pushed the boundaries. Downbeat Magazine hails Raymond for his live performances, and his 2017 Jazz Fest set proves them right.
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Billy Strayhorn’s Lush Life
Behind the music, Billy Strayhorn led a complex and often vice-driven life. While composing some of the most harmonically rich jazz of its time, often in the shadow of Duke Ellington, Strayhorn was an outlier in that he led an openly gay life as a black man in the homophobic 1940’s. This week, interviews with Strayhorn family members, Strayhorn’s biographer, and rare archival tape of Strayhorn himself.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
The Music of Bill Evans, 1957 & 1958
Craig surveys more of the early recordings of the great Bill Evans. We’ll hear Evans as a leader, as well as performances with Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, George Russell, Chet Baker, and others. Very important listening from one of the biggest names in modern jazz piano.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: