Special Programs for May 23 thru May 29

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Third Stream Jazz, Part 2  

Host Craig Kessler plays more wonderful examples of “Third Stream Jazz” (music that combines characteristics of improvised jazz, and European classical music).  In this second of three shows, you’ll love the offerings from Ornette Coleman, Duke Ellington, Stan Getz, Don Ellis, Gary Burton, Joe Lovano, Eberhard Weber, and a host of others. 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

George Jazz Group at Opus

Drummer Nick George’s first true jazz love is the Great American Songbook. He and his band played a beautiful set of timeless jazz standards at the Opus Concert Café for First Friday Jazz.

 

 

 

 


Jazz Night in America

Thursday at 11:00 PM

The Curious Linda May Han Oh

Linda May Han Oh is a musician rooted in curiosity. Host Christian McBride relates the story of the bassist and composer, from her roots in Australia to her growth in New York City. Also featured is music from her latest project, Aventurine – a third stream musical exploration with strings.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Miles Davis In Transition  

Tune in for some amazing, underrated, and sometimes overlooked American jazz, as host Craig Kessler spins the dazzling music made between 1959 and 1964 by some of Miles Davis’s “other” sax greats. We’ll hear from Hank Mobley, George Coleman, Sam Rivers, Sonny Stitt, Wayne Shorter, and others.

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Seresta by Phill Fest oMonday; Bam! by the Daniel Glass Trio on Tuesday; StandArt by Tigran Hamasyan on Wednesday; Stardust by the Alberto Pibiri Trio on Thursday; Mississippi Son by Charlie Musselwhite on Friday; Nightwalk by Dave Weld & the Imperial Blue Flames on Saturday; Late Bloomin’ Jazzman by Mark Winkler on Sunday