Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Basses Loaded: Christian McBride
Encouraged by his mother and uncle, Christian McBride started playing bass in junior high school. While spending a year at Julliard, he joined up with the saxophonist Bobby Watson. He has joined the rhythm sections of countless bands, including Freddy Hubbard, Joshua Redmond, Pat Metheny, Sting, Diana Krall, and even Sonny Rollins. He also fronts several of his own projects, most recently Christian McBride’s New Jawn.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Herbie Nichols Centennial Celebration, Part 4
Craig spins more fantastic music from Herbie’s own recordings, as well as a number of enticing interpretations from a host of other artists from the last 50 years. Once again, this is all new material that should not be missed!
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Funk Daddies at Jazz Under the Stars
Week Four of 2019s’ Jazz Under the Stars moved downtown, because only the McGrath Amphitheatre could hope to contain the infectious jazz, soul, R&B, and funk laid out for the record-breaking crowd! The Funk Daddies, featuring new singer Alicia Monae, led the long-time powerhouses of groove in a night of get-on-your-feet excitement. Like the song says, “they were dancin’ and swingin’ and movin’ to the groovin’!”
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Celebrating Andy Bey
Jazz Night In America celebrates the life and career of 80-years-young singer, pianist, composer, and arranger, Andy Bey. Host Christian McBride sits down with Bey, who prides himself on being a musical risk-taker. A never-before-heard 2002 concert with Bey at the microphone is also featured.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
Bill Evans 60 Years Ago
Craig gives us a delightful look at some of the wondrous music that piano legend Bill Evans was involved with in 1959. We’ll hear Evans as a leader in his own groups, as well as with jazz greats such as John Coltrane, Lee Konitz, Miles Davis, Warne Marsh, John Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, and others. Jazz at its best!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish. Tune in at Midnight for:
Children of Art by the Joshua Breakstone Trio on Monday; Conspiracy by Rich Willey’s Boptism Funk Band on Tuesday; Play Lerner & Loewe by Adrian Cunningham & His Friends on Wednesday; The Gordian Knot by Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band on Thursday; Chicken Grease by Biscuit Miller & the Mix on Friday; Don’t Pass Me By: A Tribute to Sean Costello by Various Artists on Saturday; In Any Key by Gretja Angell on Sunday.