This Week’s Specials February 27 thru March 4

Jazz Corner of the World Encore

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

The Artistry of Jimmy Giuffre, Part 3

Host Craig Kessler invites you to join him for his final special look at the genius of Jimmy Giuffre, whose legacy continues to draw attention. Craig spins Jimmy’s recordings from Columbia, Candid, Owl, Soul Note, Verve, and other labels. 

 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

10 of Soul at Jazz Under the Stars 

As winter holds on, we’re bringing summer heat on the Wednesday Night Special! This week, we listen back to a hot August night with the powerhouse jazz, blues, and funk of 10 of Soul, live from KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars!

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Turtle Island’s Carry Me Home  

Host Christian McBride spotlights Carry Me Home, a program ranging from gospel to Senegalese chants to jazz standards from the Turtle Island Quartet, “the hardest working string quartet in jazz,” and their collaborator, pianist Cyrus Chestnut. 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Wayne Shorter as a Sideman 

Host Craig Kessler continues his celebration of 85 Years Of Blue Note Records with a look at some classic “Blue Notes” featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter as a sideman. We’ll hear Shorter’s sessions with Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, McCoy Tyner, and other jazz greats.

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Uptown on Mardi Gras Day by Delfeayo Marsalis and the Uptown Jazz Orchestra oMonday; Standard-ized! by Eric Goletz on Tuesday; Blues to Be There: A Salute to Duke Ellington by the Planet D Nonet on Wednesday; The Unknown by Brad Goode on Thursday; Big World of Trouble by Walk That Walk on Friday; Live at the Palladium by Damon Fowler & Friends on Saturday; Time Capsule by Bill Warfield & the Hell’s Kitchen Funk Orchestra on Sunday.