Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Basses Loaded: Nicki Parrott
Australian Nicki Parrott came to America on an arts grant to study with Rufus Reid, and stayed to first get a weekly gig with a Rhythm & Blues band. She would eventually spend a decade with guitar icon Les Paul in his last years. She has recorded prolifically and appeared with such jazz stalwarts as Ken Peplowski, Harry Allen, Scott Hamilton and Houston Person. Parrott even worked a couple of Broadway shows.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
50th Anniversary of ECM Records, Part 4
Craig looks at another batch of unique material from the early years of the label (this show is mostly from the year 1973). We’ll hear from top-notch artists, such as Eberhard Weber, Keith Jarrett, Art Lande, Dave Liebman, Gary Burton, and others. This is the good stuff!
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Christopher’s Very Happy. Band.
Week 3 of the 2019 Jazz Under the Stars featured Christopher’s Very Happy. Band. Led by Chris Mertz, Director of Jazz Studies at UNI, this quartet of fun loving jazzers eschew the notion that jazz must be stuffy and hard to comprehend. Mertz and the band delivered two sets of jubilant original compositions that the crowd at Noelridge Park totally “got” and fully enjoyed!
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Joey DeFrancesco’s Brotherly Love
Christian McBride sits down with Joey DeFrancesco to talk about their Philly roots. We also get to sit in on DeFrancesco’s set at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola with his trio, and get a special sneak listen to his upcoming CD project
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
Herbie Nichols Centennial Celebration, Part 4
Craig spins more fantastic music from Herbie’s own recordings, as well as a number of enticing interpretations from a host of other artists from the last 50 years. Once again, this is all new material that should not be missed!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish. Tune in at Midnight for:
Blue Dawn — Blue Nights by Wallace Roney on Monday; Blue World by John Coltrane on Tuesday; Eleven by Mike Stern & the Jeff Lorber Fusion on Wednesday; The Quartet by George Coleman on Thursday; Live by Johnny Burgin on Friday; Love at the All Night Cafe by Jon Gindick on Saturday; Scary Beautiful by Ricardo Peixoto on Sunday.