Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00pm
A Salute to Les McCann
Craig tips his hat to the 68-plus year career of this master of “soul jazz” by spinning a variety of fine releases dating back to 1960. We’ll hear great music from Pacific Jazz, Atlantic, Limelight, and other fine jazz record labels.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Kid Logic at First Friday Jazz
Kid Logic, featuring five Eastern Iowa jazz veterans with a love of 70s and 80s fusion, played the greatest from Weather Report to Steely Dan to the Crusaders for a sold-out 2022 First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Café.
Jazz Night in America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
The Movement Revisited
Former All Things Considered correspondent Audie Cornish guest hosts this week as host Christian McBride – Grammy Award winning bassist and composer – talks about and performs his suite, The Movement Revisited, inspired by the words of Rosa Parks, Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, and Martin Luther King, Jr. The performance was captured live at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, McBride’s hometown.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm
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.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
A Lovesome Thing by Geri Allen & Kurt Rosenwinkel on Monday; Swing & Soul by Blue Moods on Tuesday; On a Misty Night by The Reid Hoyson Project on Wednesday; Bizet: Carmen in Jazz by the John Ellis Quartet on Thursday; Thank You Brother Bill: A Tribute to Bill Withers by Kevin Burt & Big Medicine on Friday; The Hard Line by Chris O’Leary on Saturday; Coincidental Moment by Lisa Hilton on Sunday.