Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Short List: Jazz Women – The Instrumentalists (Leslie Pintchik)
Leslie Pintchik
Lyrical New York pianist and composer Leslie Pintchik was an English major in college, but while working on a doctorate found jazz to be more fascinating than academia. She would study with the fine pianist, Bruce Barth. One of her first professional jobs was working with a touring Hawaiian music show. However, it was the veteran bassist Red Mitchell who gave Pintchik’s career a boost by including her in his Sunday appearances at the fine jazz venue, Bradley’s. Her trio now includes her husband, bassist Scott Hardy.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“The Jazz Corner of The World’s Annual Iowa City Jazz Festival Preview Show”
Craig samples the output from the artists who are appearing at this year’s fest…Friday June 30th, Saturday July 1st, and Sunday July 2nd. We’ll hear recordings from Main Stage acts….Stacey Kent, Jeff Coffin, Chris Merz, Jacob Garchik, Kris Davis, Billy Hart, George Cables, Cecil McBee, Eddie Henderson, Laura Caviani, Donny McCaslin, and others. We’ll also hear recordings from many of the Side Stage performers….The Dandelion Stompers, Laranja, Jim Buennig, Blake Shaw, and others. It’s going to be another great year for THE IOWA CITY JAZZ FESTIVAL!!!….and, by the way, be sure to check out KCCK’s 24-7 Jazz Fest channel, and, if you can’t attend in person, the entire festival is broadcast LIVE on 88.3 and 106.9. You can find all of the details at KCCK.ORG!!
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: “After the All-Stars: Live at the Lighthouse 1960 – 1972”.
www.indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/archives/2017
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM (follows Nightlights)
Oscar Pettiford: Bass Beyond Bop 
Though he lived just 37 years, the jazz world will never forget bassist, composer, and bandleader Oscar Pettiford. The man helped define and refine the bass into the melodic, solo instrument we hear today. He also wrote tunes that lay easy on the large resonant bass body. From his birthplace on a Native American reservation in Oklahoma to his death in 1960 in Copenhagen, Pettiford’s musical breadth was a match for the distances he’d traveled, finding a home for himself and his music.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
A Geri Allen Memorial: Geri Allen Trio at the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Geri Allen
(1957 – 2017)
Pianist and composer Geri Allen passed away at age 60 on June 27th from cancer. In her memory we rebroadcast her performance with her trio at the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman: New Dreams Joshua Redman has embraced a vibrant career for more than 25 year. Since being launched into the public eye in 1991 after winning the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, Redman has paved his career with acrobatic hard-bop, groove-oriented funk and and sensitive ballads. For the first time the saxophonist confronting the music of his father, saxophonist Dewey Redman. In this episode of Jazz Night in America Josh Redman and a group featuring Ron Miles (cornet); Scot Colley (bass); and Brian Blade (drums) play homage to Old and New Dreams — a band from 1976 that lasted until 1987 — that featured Dewey Redman and other contemporaries of Ornette Coleman.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
(pre-empted for KCCK’s special live broadcast of the 2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival)
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
(pre-empted for KCCK’s special live broadcast of the 2017 Iowa City Jazz Festival)
KCCK’s Fourth of July Special: The Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts
Karrin Allyson performs with the USAF Band Airmen of Note July 4th at 1:00 pm
Tuesday, July 4th 6:00 AM – 12:00 Midnight
Let KCCK be part of your Fourth of July celebration when we bring you the Jazz Heritage Series Radio Broadcasts featuring The United States Air Force Band Airmen of Note, the premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force, with special guests. Enjoy 18 hours of unique performances recorded in concert at various locations in Washington, D.C. Each program includes short, insightful interviews with the guest soloist. Special guests include Doc Severinsen, Paquito D’ Rivera, Karrin Allyson, Kirk Whalum, Stefon Harris, Terell Stafford and many more!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: