Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
“The Jazz Standard”
The Short List this week features the Jazz Standard club. It’s a throwback to the clubs of the 1930s and 1940s in that it is located in a basement below a Southern cuisine restaurant. The music is mostly straight-ahead jazz, playing seven days a week. Their “Mingus Mondays” with the Charles Mingus Big Band are quite popular, as is the Sunday afternoon “Jazz for Kids.” Hear about the Jazz Standard each morning at 8:35 and Saturday at 7:00 a.m. on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“The Piano Artistry of Barry Harris” 
Craig celebrates the brilliant, award-winning career of jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator, Dr. Barry Harris, one of only a handful of artists that have been around long enough to have played with Charlie Parker. We’ll hear a variety of material from his 20 + albums as a leader, and from his 60 + albums as a sideman with jazz giants like Dexter Gordon, Cannonball Adderley, Benny Golson, Yusef Lateef, Coleman Hawkins, and many others! Don’t miss this loving look at one of our true giants of jazz!
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM
“Sarah Vaughan”
Musicians and audiences alike marveled at the ease with which Sarah Vaughan moved up and down her four-octave range, turning even the most mundane songs into operatic riffs. Her sound possessed a full-bodied purity, with an approach not unlike an instrumentalist. Early in her career, “Sassy” cut her teeth on bebop, performing with Billy Eckstine, Dizzy Gillespie, and Charlie Parker. She also ventured into the pop world, recording hits such as “Broken-hearted Melody,” “Day-O,” and “Send in the Clowns.” Enjoy Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson Monday night (tonight) at 11:00 on Jazz 88-3, KCCK.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
First Friday Jazz: Telluric at Opus Concert Café (Encore Broadcast)
Join Telluric – a new group of young lions, all recent graduates of the University of Northern Iowa and students of Dr. Bob Washut and Chris Merz – as they present their original charts in a style both modern and accessible. Doors open at 4:30 with live music from 5-7. If you can’t be there in person, the first set is broadcast live on KCCK. Enjoy Telluric at the Opus Concert Café on our Wednesday Night Special, 6:00 on Jazz 88-3, KCCK. For more about the Opus Concert Cafe and the First Friday Jazz Series, you may log on to http://www.artsiowa.com/opus
Jazz Night in America
Thursday at 11:00 PM
“Robert Glasper Live at Summerstage”
The Robert Glasper Experiment has built a solid following by combining jazz, funk, rock, rap, and hip-hop. He combines it all into a dynamic stage performance. Hear Robert Glasper and his band as they bring this exciting show to Summerstage, one of New York’s premier summer music festivals.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Mode Records”
Craig spotlights the short-lived Hollywood, CA jazz label from 1957, MODE RECORDS. With some 29 releases to their credit, featured artists include Thad Jones, Pepper Adams, Warne Marsh, Clora Bryant, Marty Paich, and many others. Some eye-popping jazz that, for the most part, languishes in obscurity. You’ll be glad that you tuned in!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: