Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00pm
Blue Note 85th Anniversary Collection, Part 1
Craig spins more from the unusual and obscure side of the label, and includes bonus material from his curriculum for his University of Iowa Senior College class on Blue Note Records.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
5K Quintet at First Friday Jazz
Five of the area’s best young musicians gathered together for a 2022 First Friday Jazz. The Opus Concert Café crowd enjoyed the 5K Quintet’s fresh interpretation of jazz classics, some lesser-known charts, and a few originals.
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00pm
Stefon Harris’s Empathy
Vibraphonist Stefon Harris gives us a lesson in empathy on and off the bandstand, with his band Blackout. Join us for a ferocious and intuitive set recorded at Clement’s Place, a small club at Rutgers University, in Newark, NJ.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm
Blue Note 85th Anniversary Collection, Part 2
Craig spins more selections from the unusual and obscure side of the label. This again will include bonus material from a 4-part course Craig is teaching on Blue Note Records for the University of Iowa Senior College.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Circular Motion by Francesco Crosara on Monday; New York Knock by Marius Van Den Brink on Tuesday; A New Beat by Ulysses Owens Jr. & Generation Y on Wednesday; Groove Street by the Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer on Thursday; Live at the Hidden Gem by Chris Yakopcic on Friday; American Roots Project II: Call Dr. John by Jack’s Waterfall on Saturday; Improbable Solutions by Bill Anschell on Sunday.