Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Mary Osborne)
Mary Osborne
Guitarist Mary Osborne grew up in North Dakota, but was mentored by the great Charlie Christian as he was on the road with a territory band. The meeting cemented the determination of Osborne to be a jazz player. She worked with violinist Joe Venuiti and played with many greats – tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, pianist Marian McPartland, guitarist Tal Farlow among them. She only got to record occasionally, but what she did is priceless.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Prestige Records In 1957 – Part One”
Craig travels back 60 years to look in on the output of PRESTIGE RECORDS during 1957…some of the finest modern jazz records ever made! We’ll hear classic material from the likes of Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, John Coltrane, Red Garland, and many more jazz greats!
Night Lights (Classic Jazz) with David Brent Johnson
Monday, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Corner the World) 
Night Lights, is a weekly one-hour jazz radio program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focusing on jazz from the 1945-1990 era—covering artists such as Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, and Nina Simone and themes ranging from jazz recordings of spirituals to avant-garde interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Night Lights also features many lesser-known talents of post-1945 jazz. Every program is archived after broadcast for online listening. This week: “Ella Fitzgerald ‘57: Ella Flies High”. www.indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/archives/2017
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM (follows Nightlights)
Duke Ellington, The Overview Part 2
Duke Ellington
Host Nancy Wilson picks up the Ellington story in the early 1930s. As America struggled through the depths of the Depression, Ellington’s star continued to rise. But his manager Irving Mills’s move to book Ellington and his band on a tour of the racially-segregated Deep South brought Duke to a career crossroads. Commentary includes biographer John Edward Hasse, former Ellington bandmates, and Ellington himself.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Corridor Jazz Project Volume X CD art, by Lauren Stangl, Kennedy High School.
Jazz Appreciation Month: 2017 Corridor Jazz Project Concert
Preparing the Paramount Theatre for the Corridor Jazz Project X Concert. Rubicon Photo
The Corridor Jazz Project, showcases the outstanding high school jazz programs in the Cultural Corridor and provides the opportunity for high school musicians to interact with and learn from college jazz directors and other professional players. Each school that chooses to participate is matched with a professional musician/educator, who performs as a guest soloist with the school’s top jazz ensemble. The group rehearses the tune in 1-2 sessions. The band and guest artist record the track, under the direction of professional producers. All the tracks are included on a compilation CD. High school-age artists can also submit a design for the cover art, which is chosen by a committee of artists/art educators. A CD Release party and concert, featuring the bands and guest artists, is then held at an area venue. Schools are given blocks of tickets that they can sell and keep the proceeds. The CD is made available to each school, below cost, to sell and keep the profit. The CD airs periodically on KCCK, particularly during April Jazz Appreciation Month, and is also available at local retailers.
For the tenth year running, Iowa’s Jazz Station, brings nearly every high school in the Creative Corridor together for a joint concert to celebrate a CD that features their outstanding talent and jazz chops. This year’s concert was given on March 6th at the Paramount Theatre in Cedar Rapids featuring the following student bands (in order of performance) and their guest artist:
Marion High School Jazz Band featuring Dan Cassady
Iowa City High School Jazz Band featuring Derek Dreier
Kennedy High School Jazz Band One featuring John Hall
Prairie High School Jazz One featuring Lynne Hart
Jefferson High School Jazz Ensemble featuring Jen Tiede
Lisbon High School Jazz Band featuring Steve Shanley
Mt. Vernon High School Swingin’ STANGS, featuring Jon Wilson
Solon High School Jazz Orchestra featuring Mike Compton
Xavier High School Jazz Band One featuring Nolan Schroeder
Linn Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble featuring Dr. Alex Pershounin
Washington High School Revolutionists featuring Rod Pierson
You can order the Corridor Jazz Project Volume X CD here: https://www.kcck.org/kcck-store/
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
NEA Jazz Masters
NEA Jazz Master Dr. Lonnie Smith at the 2013 Iowa City Jazz Festival. Photo by Dave Maley
For more than 30 years, the NEA has been horning some of the most significant living well established, seasoned jazz veterans. The folks who’ve earned their stripes, paid their dues. The first crop was in 1982 with Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sun Ra … the following year, Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, and Kenny Clarke. This year, it’s writer Ira Gitler, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, bassist Dave Holland, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Pianist Dick Hyman Jazz Night in America salute this year’s recipients with interviews with the artists and unearthed rare live recordings.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Horace Parlan Tribute” 
Craig pays a loving tribute to the recently departed, superior pianist Horace Parlan (1/19/31 to 2/23/2017). We’ll hear from Parlan’s 2 dozen + releases as a leader, as well as performances as a sideman with greats like Charles Mingus, ‘Lockjaw’ Davis, Booker Ervin, Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine, and others. Once again, some amazing material that is not to be missed!!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: TBA
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: