Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Ivy Benson
English bandleader Ivy Benson had several jobs with early all-female ensembles before she formed her own band in 1939. She would become a BBC studio orchestra and have a long tenure at the London Palladium with her “All-Girls Orchestra.” Benson and her big band endured into the 1980’s.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Michel LeGrand
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Saluting Michel LeGrand, Ethel Ennis, Ken Nordine, & Ed Bickert
Craig takes a loving look at four artists that we lost in 2019….band leader Michel LeGrand, vocalist Ethel Ennis, wordsmith Ken Nordine, and guitarist Ed Bickert.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Vincent Herring at ICJF 2018
KCCK’s Wednesday Night Special continues its celebration of Black History Month with another great live set from the 2018 Iowa City Jazz Festival. Veteran reedman Vincent Herring has worked with some of the premier talents in jazz, including Art Blakey, Horace Silver, and Freddie Hubbard. He’s played with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center, and joined John Faddis at Carnegie Hall. Last year, he stepped on to the ICJF stage and played an amazing set that was full of energy and swing.
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
The Electric Miles Davis
Host Christian McBride and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra grapple with Miles Davis’s electric period – a time when immortal trumpeter, yet again, turned the jazz world upside down. Bassist Marcus Miller joins Wynton Marsalis and the JALCO for a musical tribute to this ground-breaking, controversial era in jazz.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Prestige Records in 1970, Part Two
Craig spins selections from the second half of the year 1970. We’ll hear jazz gems from Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, Charles Earland, and many others. Tune in for some great ‘Soul Jazz’ that you won’t hear anywhere else!
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:
Air Power! by The Airmen of Note on Monday; You Can’t Lose the Blues by Lafayette Harris, Jr. on Tuesday; Frankenhorn by Audrey Ochoa on Wednesday; Excursions & Adventures by Tim Ray on Thursday; Front Porch by The MaryJo Curry Band on Friday; Blacktop Run by Sonny Landreth on Saturday; The Sphynx by Jonathan Ng on Sunday.