Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: Jazz Clubs Live – Village Vanguard (NYC)
The Village Vanguard in New York
The Village Vanguard in New York is a celebrated jazz venue, and it should be; it’s been there eighty years plus. It was first opened in February 1935 and has been running ever since, except for one day following the death of its founder, Max Gordon, in 1989. The Village Vanguard is the oldest jazz club in New York City. It started out as a place for poets and folk singers, but soon jam sessions could be heard with the greatest swing players in the late 1930s. By 1957 the club featured jazz musicians almost exclusively. It still does.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Carmen McRae: ‘Painter of Song’
Carmen McRae
Carmen McRae was an outstanding song stylist whose great strength was in her phrasing and interpretation of lyrics. She was also an excellent pianist, whose personal approach and musicianship developed during her occasional performances at Minton’s Playhouse during the early years of bebop.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“The Birthdate Anniversary Celebration For Unheralded Jazz Master, Gigi Gryce”
Craig celebrates the birthday of noted reedman, composer, arranger, and educator, George General “Gigi” Gryce (11/28/25 to 3/14/83) by spinning an impressive array of Gigi’s work as a leader, a sideman, and as a remarkable composer and arranger. Gigi worked with many of the biggest names in jazz in the 50s and 60s — Clifford Brown, Thelonious Monk, Teddy Charles, Art Blakey, Lee Morgan, etc., but remains relatively unknown. Tune in to catch a glimpse of why so many of his contemporaries thought so highly of him!!
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
“Bayou Road Blues”
Ernie Vincent
Ernie Vincent is one of four Bluesmen from New Orleans profiled this week on New Orleans Calling. Regardless of how long they have been part of the musical landscape of the Crescent City, New Orleans bluesmen draw upon the rich, multi-cultural fabric and tradition of blues, Soul, R&B, Funk, Gospel and Jazz to inform their individual style making New Orleans Bluesmen unique among the many greats of the genre.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Uncore: A Tribute to the Late Kenny Wheeler
A young Kenny Wheeler
Kenny Wheeler’s stunning compositions and imaginative improvisations on trumpet and flugelhorn left deep impressions on generations of musicians. Two such devotees — trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and saxophonist Steve Treseler — revisited Wheeler’s compositions after his death in 2014 at age 84. And in doing so, they realized they wanted to record their arrangements, paying tribute to the man who catalyzed their own careers. So Jensen, raised in Vancouver and now based in New York, traveled back across North America to meet Treseler, who resides in Seattle, to make the album and play a gig while they were there.
Jazz Night in America explores the legacy of Kenny Wheeler through the music that Jensen and Treseler arranged and performed live at the Royal Room in Seattle. They’re accompanied by Jensen’s working rhythm section — pianist Geoffrey Keezer, bassist Martin Wind, drummer Jon Wikan — and local vocalist Katie Jacobson.Wheeler.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
Iowa City Jazz Festival 2015: Dave Douglas & High Risk
Dave Douglas & High Risk at the 2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Dave Douglas is a prolific trumpeter, composer and educator from New York City. His unique contributions to improvised music have garnered distinguished recognition, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Aaron Copland award and two Grammy nominations.
High Risk is an exciting new electro-acoustic quartet led by Douglas. At the vanguard of modern jazz and electronic music, High Risk incorporates elements of improvisation into its sound, beat and song. On bass and drums, current scene leaders Jonathan Maron and Mark Guiliana explore new territory through groove and electronic manipulation. With the addition of up-and-coming DJ and remixer Shigeto, the group fuses melodic lyricism, stuttering, textured electronics, deep bass lines and driving drums. Building on the excitement of the pioneering ensemble Keystone, this quartet is the latest chapter in Douglas’ involvement in electronic jazz—an exciting and colorful new exposition of improvised possibilities.
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Ingrid Jensen
Ingrid Jensen
Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen has built a strong reputation among critics and peers, and McPartland praised the warmth and virtuosity of her playing. Her performances as a leader and featured soloist have taken her around the world, and she can be heard as a soloist with the Christine Jensen Orchestra, her own quartet and quintet formations, and a number of other New York-based bands. Jensen is McPartland’s guest on this 2000 Piano Jazz, with musical selections including “A Child Is Born” and “Chelsea Bridge.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“McCoy Tyner — His Impulse! Years”
McCoy Tyner (left) with John Coltrane
Back in May, Craig presented a program of McCoy’s years at MILESTONE RECORDS (1/72 to 11/94), and in July, a program of McCoy’s years with BLUE NOTE RECORDS (6/60 to 10/70 and 2/85 thru 1989). Today, as we close in on Mr. Tyner’s 77th birthday (12/11), Craig looks at Tyner’s years at IMPULSE! RECORDS (5/23/61 to 11/23/65 and 1995 – ’97). We’ll hear from Tyner’s seven Impulse! recording dates as a leader, as well as the his majestic piano work in the company of John Coltrane and others. Don’t miss the culmination of our 3 shows spotlighting the career of one of the great jazz pianists…MCCOY TYNER!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
Class of ‘26: Soundtrack of the Jazz Age 
America was booming in 1926. The country enjoyed peace and prosperity— and the 20s roared. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band celebrates the soundtrack of the Jazz Age with music from the repertoires of Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke and Jelly Roll Morton with special guests: guitarist Marty Grosz, vocalist Nina Ferro and Vernel Bagneris, and more.
Tropical Heat with Kpoti Accoh
Sunday, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “Real Blues” by St. Germain 
http://www.last.fm/music/St.+Germain/Real+Blues
One of the few producers to pursue a real fusion of jazz and house music, Frenchman Ludovic Navarre began recording in the early ’90s using various aliases (Subsystem, Modus Vivendi, Deepside) for a range of French imprints. St. Germain debuted in 1994 for Laurent Garnier’s F Communications label and Navarre released his first album, Boulevard, in 1996. Featuring trumpeter Pascal Ohse, the album worked as a hybrid of American R&B and jazz with the growing French house scene exemplified by Garnier, la Funk Mob, and Dimitri From Paris. Tourist, issued at the turn of the century by Blue Note, took the concept further, with Navarre working post-production on a fuller complement of musicians. Navarre has also remixed such varying artists as Björk, Pierre Henry, and the Suburban Knight.
As St. Germain he signed with Nonesuch in early 2015. In May he announced a self-titled offering — his first album of new material in 15 years. Inspired by his longtime love of Malian music, the album was recorded in Navarre’s Paris studio. His stable of studio musicians included Brazilian percussionist Jorge Bezerra, Malian kora player Mamadou Cherif Soumano, Malian guitarist and n’goni player Guimba Kouyate, and longtime associate Martiniquais keyboardist Didier Davidas. St. Germain’s pre-release single “Real Blues” was issued in May, while the album was released that October.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: