Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm
John Abercrombie on ECM
Host Craig Kessler presents the creme de la creme, culled from over 50 releases, featuring the incredible guitar of the late John Abercrombie. Over half of these ECM records feature Abercrombie as a leader, while 25 more include Abercrombie as a sideman with the likes of Dave Liebman, Jan Hammer, Dave Holland, Jack DeJohnette, Enrico Rava, and many others.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Craig Erickson’s Planet Pluto at JUTS 2014
This week on the Wednesday Night Special, it’s another “stellar” Noelridge Park party with Craig Erickson’s Planet Pluto. Iowa’s guitar master took the Jazz Under the Stars stage in 2014 for a night of soul, blues, rock, and jazz fusion.
Jazz Night in America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
Theo Croker in Jacksonville
Host Christian McBride hangs with trumpeter Theo Croker in Jacksonville, Florida – where he spent his teenage years – to revisit old mentors, and hear a set by his band at the Jacksonville Jazz Festival.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm
Paul Chambers on Blue Note
Host Craig Kessler presents an array of bassist Paul Chamber’s classic Blue Note sessions, pulled from over 55 recordings from between 1955 and 1967. We’ll hear Chambers with Sonny Clark, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Lee Morgan, and many others.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
VuVu for Frances by Claire Daly with George Garzone on Monday; In Good Standing by Altin Sencalar on Tuesday; Raymond Scott Reimagined by Quartet San Francisco with Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band on Wednesday; Vox Humans (Disc 1) by Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band on Thursday; For You by Tim Woods on Friday; Nasty Business by Mark Cameron on Saturday; Volume 2 – Generational by The Nimmons Tribute on Sunday.