Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: A Personal History of Jazz – Latin Jazz
Perez Prado
The Short List delves into Latin Jazz this week. Producer Bob Naujoks will offer up examples of his likes with Dizzy Gillespie’s big band, George Shearing’s Quintet, some Bossa Nova and Perez Prado too. One can hardly ignore the impact of Afro-Cuban influences in modern jazz and Bob’s jazz history includes some fine examples.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Benny Waters: Innovation in Longevity 
As a player whose incredible longevity linked him to the jazz pioneers, Benny Waters reemerged late in life as one of the great, unsung saxophonists in jazz. He had played with all the legends — King Oliver, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford, and Hot Lips Page. After a forty-year stay in France, Waters returned to the United States. In the final years of his life he was discovered by a new generation and was very active: playing jazz festivals, composing, recording, and telling stories.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“The State of The Instrument — Part 4: The Guitar”
In the fourth installment of this series, Craig will examine the work of four modern jazz guitarists who are currently involved with top notch artists on today’s jazz scene. We’ll hear from guitarists Rez Abbassi, Diego Barber, Julian Lage, and Kurt Rosenwinkel.
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
“Remembering Alvin Batiste”
Alvin Batiste
Alvin Batiste (1932-2007) was a jazz clarinetist, and one of the most important music educators in New Orleans. He taught at his own jazz institute at Southern University in Baton Rouge. Several well-known musicians studied under Batiste while at Southern University. They include Branford Marsalis, Randy Jackson (American Idol), his brother Herman, Donald Harrison, Henry Butler, Charlie Singleton (Cameo), Ronald Myers and Woodie Douglas (Spirit). His final album was a tribute produced by Branford Marsalis and also features Russell Malone and Herlin Riley.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
A Celebration of Betty Carter (in honor of Women’s History Month)
Betty Carter
In this episode of Jazz Night in America, we hear stories from alumni of “the school of Betty Carter”, an esteemed collection of singers bound together by the thrall of Carter’s titanic influence on jazz. One of the most powerful voices in the American musical tradition, her lasting legacy is celebrated by vocalist Charenee Wade along with many past members of Carter’s band through the years.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
Jazz Masters at the Iowa City Jazz Festival: Roswell Rudd’s Trombone Tribe (2010)
Roswell Rudd’s Trombone Tribe
Roswell Rudd’s “Tribe” was voted one of the top groups in the 2009 Downbeat Jazz Critics poll and Rudd was in second place for trombone in the 2010 Downbeat Critics Poll. The Tribe Band will take you through the history of jazz from New Orleans marching band music through Swing, Bop and Free Form. The band features some of the finest musicians active today. Besides Roswell, Deborah Weisz and Steve Swell also on trombones, Bob Stewart, tuba, Ken Filiano, bass, and Barry Altschul is on drums. Trombone Tribe shows its eclectic influences from down home to Kurt Weill to Eastern European gypsy brass music. Most important, this band can swing!
Rudd began his career as a trombonist in a traditional jazz band called Eli’s Chosen Six at Yale University. He went on to become a leading trombonist in the free jazz scene of the 1960s and 1970s recording with, among others, Don Cherry and Carla Bley. In recent years, he has recorded with vocalist Sheila Jordan, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacey, tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp and Sex Mob. Rudd also has explored different genres of music from around the world. He has recorded with Malian musicians on his 2001 CD MALIcool, a cross-cultural collaboration with kora player Toumani Diabaté and other Malian musicians, which represented the first time the trombone had been featured in a recording of Malian traditional music. More recently, he recorded with the Mongolian Buryat Band, a traditional music group of musicians from Mongolia and Buryatia, entitled Blue Mongol, and with Yomo Toro, one of Puerto Rico’s most famous cuatro players, on El Espiritu Jibaro (both on Sunnyside Records).
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“Prestige Records in 1956” 
Craig travels back 60 years to look in on the output of Bob Weinstock’s PRESTIGE RECORDS jazz label during 1956. We’ll hear from major jazz artists like Miles Davis, Jackie McLean, Red Garland, Gil Melle, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, and many, many more! A show that you won’t want to miss!
Tropical Heat with Kpoti Accoh
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “Condoro” by Kumbaya 
http://www.last.fm/music/Kumbaya
Science-fiction, Italian B-movies, Psychedelia, Egyptian mythology, Sicilian landscapes – among others – all play their part throughout Condoro’s 10 pieces. Keyboardist/singer/composer Julien Lesuisse (Mazalda) and drummer Anthony Charreau (Les Pythons De La Fournaise) are exploring here a variety of moods and sounds based around themes and motifs, with a dramatic/cinematic, yet humorous and light-hearted spirit.
A good half of Condoro is instrumental – lead by the hypnotizing sounds of Juno and Casio synthesizers, underlined by an organic and heartbeat-like drumming. The vocal tracks, beautifully sung in made-up dialects derived from English and Italian, give an even more personal touch to this epic LP. To name a few, the majestic Conca d’Oro evokes North African and Arabic music, the haunting Quetzalcoatl Neapolitan Pop and 70’s progressive Rock…; A fascinating universe translated into analog soundwaves!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: