Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Classic Jazz: Chicago / NY / New Orleans
Bix Beiderebecke
This week producer Bob Naujoks recounts the great traditional jazz that he found to his liking. It was Bobby Hackett’s recreation of a Bix Beiderebecke solo at Benny Goodman’s 1938 Jazz Concert that led him to listen to the real thing. Of course, the great Louis Armstrong entered in, as well as great bands and players from New Orleans and Chicago.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Oscar Pettiford: Bass Beyond Bop
Oscar Pettiford
Though he lived just 37 years, the jazz world will never forget bassist, composer, and bandleader Oscar Pettiford. The man helped define and refine the bass into the melodic, solo instrument we hear today. He also wrote tunes that lay easy on the large resonant bass body. From his birthplace on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma to his death in 1960 in Copenhagen, Pettiford’s musical breadth was a match for the distances he’d traveled, finding a home for himself and his music.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“Blue Note Records in 1966”
Craig travels back 50 years to look in on the jazz recordings that came from Blue Note Records in 1966. We’ll hear great, but sometimes overlooked, material from the likes of Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Donald Byrd, Sam Rivers, Duke Pearson, Blue Mitchell, and many others. Tune in for some satisfying selections that we don’t get to hear everyday!
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
“In Memoriam: Allen Toussaint – Part I”
Allen Toussaint
With great sadness we mark the passing of New Orleans legend Allen Toussaint, who died at the age of 77 on Monday, November 9, 2015 while on tour in Spain. Toussaint is fondly recalled as an elegant, humble, and supremely talented man. His work influenced countless artists, and the number of musicians who benefitted from Toussaint’s touch as a producer and arranger is astonishing. Throughout his career, Toussaint worked with the likes of Irma Thomas, Aaron Neville, Art Neville, Dr. John, the Meters, Paul McCartney, Joe Cocker, Ernie K-Doe, Lee Dorsey, Al Hirt, and many, many others.
Toussaint was born in 1938 and raised in Gert Town. He first played piano at age six and was soon picking out songs he heard on the radio. As a teenager, he found work as a session musician at Cosimo Matassa’s recording studio and wrote “Java” for trumpeter Al Hirt in 1958, who won a Grammy for it. Toussaint went on to write, produce, and arrange a number of now-instantly recognizable songs, including Ernie K-Doe’s hits “Mother-in-Law,” “A Certain Girl,” and “Tain’t It the Truth;” Chris Kenner’s “I Like It Like That;” Aaron Neville’s “Tell It Like It Is;” Art Neville’s “All These Things;” Lee Dorsey’s “Ride Your Pony;” and many more.
In 2013, Toussaint received the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor bestowed on American artists. President Obama spoke highly of him at the award ceremony: “After his hometown was battered by Katrina and Allen was forced to evacuate, he did something even more important for his city — he went back.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
The Father of Stride 
Today’s finest pianists pay tribute to the Father of Stride Piano — James P. Johnson. We’ll dig into the James P. Collection in Newark, New Jersey and then head to Dizzy’s for some solo piano from Aaron Diehl, Ethan Iverson, Marc Cary, ELEW and many others at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
Hot Latin Jazz for a Cold Winter Night: Orquesta Alto Maiz at KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2012
Orquesta Alto Maiz at KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2012
The Salsa Band – Iowa’s popular eleven-piece Latin-jazz-dance was the featured guest at a special fifth concert, celebrating 25 years of Jazz under the Stars. The performance was special as it was the final show by several founding members of the Orquesta, who announced they are retiring from the band. Alto Maiz has been performing regionally and internationally since 1986 and has steadily built a strong base of Latin music fans and supporters wherever they’ve played. They play a wide range of Latin musical styles, including merengue, samba, cha-cha-cha, salsa, calypso, and boleros. In addition to Latin-jazz standards by Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ismael Miranda, Mario Bauzá, Poncho Sanchez and others, the band has produced many successful original compositions as well.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“The Current State of The Tenor Saxophone”
Kirsten Edkins
Craig takes a closer look at some of the tenor sax practitioners and artists that are relatively new to the jazz scene, as well as a few “well-established” prominent, current tenor players. We’ll hear Kirsten Edkins, JD Allen, Anat Cohen, Donny McCaslin, Wayne Escoffery, Chris Potter, Eli Degibri, and a number of other players that could be important to the future of jazz. Don’t miss it!
Tropical Heat with Kpoti Accoh
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “The State of Amazonas-Indigenous and Criollo Music from Venezuela” by Adiwa Gaiteros, Chamanare Ensemble & Various Artists 
Traditional Music of the Hiwi population performed by the various local bands : Carlina Lara & Chamanare together yaguarana Manuel Chobo , Guadalupe Rivas, Ignacio Perez, Manuel Colina , Pendare citoyens , Orquestra Tahany , Estampas del Sur, the Black Boys.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: