Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Short List: “The Hits”
The Short List continues its series about jazz tunes that became popular hits. There have been a number of significant jazz artists who have charted well. This week it is a look back to some number one hits of the 1950s and 1960s — Herb Alpert’s “Rise,” Bobby Darin’s “Mack the Knife,” Roberta Flack’s “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “Morris Stoloff’s “Picnic” and “Moonglow,” and Ray Charles’s “I Can’t Stop Loving You.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Jazz in 1970
Craig looks at a wide variety of jazz goodies in all styles, that were recorded 50 years ago, during the year 1970. We’ll hear all sorts of great examples from folks like Miles, Chick, Herbie, McCoy, Alice Coltrane, and a throng of other jazz greats. Be There!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Vincent Herring at the Iowa City Jazz Festival
We continue our look back at the standout performances from 2018’s Iowa City Jazz Festival. This week, it’s the Vincent Herring Quartet. Fresh from recording his latest CD, Hard Times, the veteran reedman brought his quartet to the main stage for set of soul-jazz and hardbop that energized the Pentacrest crowd.
Toast of the Nation New Year’s Eve Celebration
Join KCCK as Jazz Night In America host Christian McBride rings in the New Year with incredible swing. Featured this year are the SF Jazz Collective, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Alexander, Jon Batiste, Carlos Henriquez, and many others.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Six More Who Have Left Us
Craig salutes six jazz artists who have recently passed on. We’ll spin tasty items and tell a few tales about pianists Richard Wyands, Mike Longo, and Ellis Marsalis … saxophonists Hal Singer and Lennie Niehaus … and trumpeter Eddie Gale. We’ll hear a variety of styles and genres devoted to saluting some very well-deserving jazz artists! May they all rest in peace!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Child’s Play by David Childs on Monday;Fortune Teller by the Tom Keenlyside Quartet on Tuesday; In a Big City by Igor Kogon on Wednesday; Enjoy “Toast of the Nation” on Thursday; Live at the Isabel by Miss Emily on Friday; Rise Above by Billy J on Saturday; Reincarnated by Hazar on Sunday