Jazz Corner of the World Encore
Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm
A Look at IAI Records
Craig Kessler looks at the short-lived IAI (Improvising Artists Incorporated) jazz label, owned and operated by pianist and composer Paul Bley. It was founded in 1974 to record improvised music and video art. We’ll hear true obscurities culled from the label’s 20-plus titles, from artists like Sun Ra, Bill Connors, Jimmy Giuffre, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Ran Blake, Lee Konitz, and others.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
James Dreier’s U of I Retirement Party
Legendary percussionist, bandleader, and composer James Dreier has retired from the University of Iowa School of Music faculty, but not before throwing one incredible retirement party! He is joined on stage by former students, plus friends from Iowa’s seminal salsa band, Orquesta Alto Maiz. KCCK’s own Dennis Green narrates the event.
Jazz Night in America
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Orquesta Akokan at the Museum
It’s an hour of Latin jazz as host Christian McBride leads a guided tour of the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix. The celebrated mambo big band, Orquesta Akokan, plays a hot set and shows us how those instruments make scorching jazz.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Milestone Records, Part 4
Craig Kessler spins choice selections from Flora Purim’s days at Milestone records, from 1973 through 1977. We’ll hear the “Queen of Brazilian Jazz” with George Duke, McCoy Tyner, husband Airto Moreira, Stanley Clarke, Joe Henderson, Miroslav Vitous, Ron Carter, Milton Nascimento, Hermeto Pascoal, and a host of other greats of the day!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Life Can Be Beautiful by Lia Booth on Monday; Romance in Formosa by Tim Lin on Tuesday; Reboot by Ronnie Foster on Wednesday; Reconnect by the Mike Conrad Trio on Thursday; Roots by Jhett Black on Friday; Everybody Let’s Roll by the Texas Horns on Saturday; Paris Sessions 2 by Tierney Sutton on Sunday