Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Licorice Stick 2: Kenny Davern
As a teen, Kenny Davern was entranced by the sound of Pee Wee Russell. Right out of high school, Davern joined Ralph Flanagan’s Glenn Miller-styled orchestra for a year, then joined up with trombonist Jack Teagarden’s combo with whom he made his first recordings. Later, parings with pianist Dick Wellstood and reedman Bob Wilber were well-known and popular. Davern and Wilber formed the group “Soprano Summit.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
More Early Art Pepper
In early September, Craig delivered a look at the first 10 years of Pepper’s stellar career (1943 to 1953). This week, Craig looks at more good stuff from Pepper’s 1950s material – covering 1950 to 1956. We’ll hear excellent examples of Pepper’s saxophone artistry, with jazz luminaries Stan Kenton, Shorty Rogers, Shelly Manne, Warne Marsh, Marty Paich, Hoagy Carmichael, and many others!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Anat Cohen at the Iowa City Jazz Festival
This month, KCCK’s Wednesday Night Special features members of the jazz supergroup, Artemis, and their standout gigs at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. This week, it’s clarinetist Anat Cohen from her 2014 main stage gig.
KCCK’s Thanksgiving Day Special
All Day Thursday
Join us for a feast of great music, recorded live from the Opus Concert Café. KCCK presents The Best of First Friday Jazz. There’s something on the table for every taste in jazz – from the Blake Shaw Quintet and Commons Collective, to the Peter Schlamb Trio and Eddie Piccard. We’re even serving up some double portions of great sets from the Rod Pierson Big Band with Craig Boche, Steve Grismore’s Big Fun, Soul Sacrifice, Craig Erickson, and the Corridor Quintet.
Jazz Night In America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Pre-Empted This Week. Join us all day Thursday for KCCK’s Thanksgiving Day Special
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
The Pioneering John Lewis
Craig takes a respectful look at the pioneering pianist, composer, and arranger, John Lewis – known best as the founder and director of the Modern Jazz Quartet. We’ll hear Lewis in the company of Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Rollins, “Orchestra U.S.A.,” and, of course, the Modern Jazz Quartet. Lewis was an important figure in the development of “Third Stream jazz,” and in the movement of modern jazz in general!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
BB XL by Walter White on Monday; You’re It! by the Mike Melito/Dino Losito Quartet on Tuesday#KingButch by Butcher Brown on Wednesday; Music in Film: The Reel Deal by Richard Baratta on Thursday; Living in the City by Big Harp George on Friday; Tales from the Psychedelta by Kerry Kearney on Saturday; New York Strong – Latin Jazz! by Noah Bless on Sunday