Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Women In Jazz: Toshiko Akiyoshi
In her long and prolific career, pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader Toshiko Akiyoshi has received 14 Grammy nominations. She was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in Down Beat Magazine’s annual Reader’s Poll. In 1984, she was the subject of the documentary, “Jazz Is My Native Language, and in 2007, Akiyoshi was named an NEA Jazz Master.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Blue Note in 1969, Part One
Craig looks back 50 years on the recordings at Blue Note Records during the first half of 1969. We’ll hear classic Blue Note recordings from Lonnie Smith, Horace Silver, Larry Young, Stanley Turrentine, Elvin Jones, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, and many others.
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Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Eastern Iowa All-Star Big Band & Singers at Jazz Under the Stars
We capped off 2018’s Jazz Under the Stars in grand and glamourous style! Our final show was so big, only the McGrath Amphitheatre could hold it! The Eastern Iowa All-Star Big Band played fresh arrangements of classic tunes, accompanied by some of Iowa’s finest vocal talent. Amy Friedl Stoner, Craig Boche, Eddie Piccard, and even KCCK’s own Bob Stewart took their turns at the microphone. It was a party full of singin’ and swingin’, as only KCCK could host!
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Unpacking Cannonball
Host Christian McBride sits in with young saxophonist Patrick Bartley as they delve into the music of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley. Cannonball has been his role model, and Bartley not only loves playing Cannonball, but also playing like Cannonball. McBride adds some stories from the recording of Adderley’s historic 1971 album, Black Messiah.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
KCCK’s Midnight CD