Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Corridor Shortlist: Pat Smith
Guitarist Pat Smith came to Iowa from Illinois by way of San Francisco. When he plays, he says, he “just tries to play with some feeling, and I always want to have some blues in what I do.” An admirer of Howard Roberts, Chet Atkins and Joe Pass, Pat Smith also loves the edgy ECM label artists and has affinity for giants like Miles, Coltrane, Monk and Desmond. Hear the smooth sounds of guitarist Pat Smith each morning at 8:35 and Saturday morning at 7:00 on jazz 88.3 KCCK, with our free mobile app, or on demand at kcck.org.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Tributes to Cecil Taylor and Buell Neidlinger
Craig salutes two major jazz masters who have recently left us … pianist and ‘free jazz’ pioneer Cecil Taylor, and bassist and cellist Buell Neidlinger. Craig will present a tasteful program that will feature both artists together (as part of Cecil’s groups), and individually. We’ll also hear Buell in other groups, such as with Steve Lacy, Jimmy Giuffre, Jean-Luc Ponty, and others. Tune in for landmark music from two very important artists of the highest level!
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM
Oscar Peterson, The Piano Master
Trained in the classical tradition of Franz Liszt, but nurtured on Art Tatum and Nat “King” Cole, Oscar Peterson is the standard to which many pianists aspire. This show examines his career from his origins in tough neighborhoods of Montreal, to his work with Norman Granz’s Jazz At The Philharmonic, to his influential trio with bassist Ray Brown and guitarist Herb Ellis, to becoming a solo artist.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
The 2018 Corridor Jazz Concert
KCCK celebrates the members of our armed forces each Wednesday in May with three special concerts by the United States Air Force Band – “The Airmen of Note.” This week, vocalist and 6-time Grammy Award-winning composer and arranger Nnenna Freelon joins the band as part of their Jazz Heritage Series.
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
The New British Invasion
“The British Invasion” usually describes a specific form of cultural transmission: young Anglo musicians bringing African-American roots back to the source, about half a century ago. But we’ve been seeing a heavy recurrence of the phrase in recent weeks and months, thanks to the work of a vibrant peer group from the London jazz scene. Before much of the current American ballyhoo about this new British Invasion, Jazz Night in America caught up with some of the prime so-called invaders at the 2017 South-by-Southwest music festival.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Jazz in 1978
Craig looks back 40 years at some of the remarkable creative jazz recorded in 1978. We’ll hear surprising recordings from Arthur Blythe, Carla Bley, Sun Ra, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, and so many others. With Miles Davis in retirement, 1978 also heralded the beginnings of what Craig calls the “revival of mainstream jazz.” Don’t miss it!!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: