Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Jennifer Leitham)
Jennifer Leitham
Jennifer Leitham is an outstanding bassist and has played with a host of top names in jazz: George Shearing, Woody Herman, Gerry Mulligan, Bill Watrous and Benny Carter. For the past few years she has had her own well reviewed trio. There is one unique thing about Jennifer, and that is she is a left-handed bass player. She is also a person who transitioned from being John to her more comfortable life as Jennifer.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Blue Note Records In 1967 – Part Two”
Craig travels back 50 years to continue his look at Blue Note Records during 1967. We’ll hear choice selections from Andrew Hill, The 3 Sounds, Bobby Hutcherson, Tyrone Washington, Jack Wilson, Larry Young, McCoy Tyner, and many others. Don’t miss this classic array of gems from the ever-changing jazz scene of the late 1960s!!
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: “1961: New Jazz Frontier”.
www.indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/archives/2017
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM (follows Nightlights)
Paul Desmond: ‘The Sound of a Dry Martini’
Paul Desmond
Alto saxophonist Paul Desmond’s airy tone was just one aspect of his great artistry. He was a wholly original improviser whose unfailing lyricism, clear logic, and advanced harmonic sense produced some of the finest solos on record. Many of these solos were recorded during his long association with pianist Dave Brubeck. Their chemistry led to enormous success during the ’50s and ’60s, including one of the most popular jazz recordings of all-time — Desmond’s “Take Five.”
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Highlights from the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival: Edmar Castaneda Trio
Edmar Castaneda Trio at the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Edmar Castaneda, the Colombian harp player is arguably one of the most original players hailing from the Big Apple. Castaneda pursued jazz trumpet once moving to New York from Bogota; but, he soon realized that he wanted to apply the jazz techniques he had learned to his original instrument, the harp. The harp has been utilized in jazz improvisation before by players like Dorothy Ashby, Zeena Parkins, and a few others, but is definitely an outlier where jazz instruments are concerned
Edmar Castaneda currently has four albums out, the latest being released in 2015, “Edmar Castaneda World Ensemble: Live At the Jazz Standard.”
In 2012, Castaneda produced an album featuring Miguel Zenon, “Double Portion.” Castaneda uses an assortment of influences like joropo, Latin, tango, Brazilian, and flamenco vibes to create his music. He has comprised a talented trio, but you may be surprised what he accomplishes on his harp alone. He plays lead melodies, harmonizes, lays down bass lines, and even adds rhythmic depth to the trio.
Paquito D’Rivera, Edmar’s frequent collaborator, describes him as “an enormous talent. With his versatility and enchanting charisma, he has taken his harp out of the shadows, and become one of the most original musicians in the Big Apple.”
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Gary Burton Retires
Gary Burton
Gary Burton’s final stop on his farewell tour was at the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis, Indiana — Gary’s home state. The master vibraphonist has retired from music on his own terms and in the comfort of playing duets with his pianist of three decades, Makoto Ozone. This episode Jazz Night in America features music recorded at The Jazz Kitchen, Burton in conversation with WBGO’s Nate Chinen, and words from some his closest friends and colleagues.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“The Piano Artistry of Malcolm Earl ‘Mal’ Waldron” 
Craig examines the 50 year career of the brilliant pianist who began working in jazz in 1950. We’ll hear solo and group recordings under Mal’s name, as well as a number of classics featuring his piano work with John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Charles Mingus, Eric Dolphy, Jackie McLean, and many others. Waldron was a true “jazz original”, who remains overlooked and underappreciated!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “Exchange” by The JuJu 
Nico Segal, the Social Experiment member formerly known as Donnie Trumpet, has a new band called The JuJu. The Chicago quartet is a jazzy instrumental outfit that features pianist Julian Reid, bassist and former Kids These Days member Lane Beckstrom, and Julian’s brother Everett on drums.Today, they’ve released their debut album, Exchange.The record features additional production from Chance the Rapper collaborator Nate Fox, who mixed and recorded the effort alongside Segal. Jamila Woods also features on a track called “We Good”.
“It’s not like we’re trying really hard to make a jazz album,” Segal explained to Noisey. “Yes, if we’re putting an iTunes description on it we’ll call it jazz, but it’s really nothing like anything we’ve ever made—all four of us.” He also added, “We tried bringing to light the fact that instruments can produce sounds that people, one, want to listen to and, two, can remember and sing forever in the same way that their favorite vocalist can do.”
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: