This Week’s Shows for December 5 thru December 11

Jazz Corner of the World Encore

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Jimmy Giuffre, Part 1 

Craig plays early selections from master musician Jimmy Giuffre. We’ll hear arrangements and compositions that Jimmy did for Woody Herman, as well as some great work with “West Coast jazz” mainstays Shorty Rogers, Pete Rugolo, Howard Rumsey, Teddy Charles, and Chet Baker, plus some of his mid-50s pioneering trios under his own leadership. 

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Dick Oatts In Concert 

Iowa native Dick Oatts, now one of the top saxophonists on the New York scene, has been a featured artist with the Metropole Orchestra, the WDR Big Band, the Mats Holmquist/Dick Oatts Orchestra, and is the artistic director and lead alto for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Hear Dick’s gig at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts on this week’s Wednesday Night Special.   

 

 

Jazz Night in America

Thursday at 11:00 PM

Drummer Nate Smith with KinFolk

Host Christian McBride meets with 3x Grammy Award-nominated drummer/composer/producer, Nate Smith with “a Jazz with Strings project that grooves instead of swings.” Drummer Nate Smith with KinFolk, seek a larger than life sound by unlocking the potential of a double string quartet with members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Herbie Hancock’s V.S.O.P. Projects

When Miles Davis retired in 1975, Herbie Hancock assembled Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and many others from Miles’s 1960’s bands. These new units created high art and original compositions, but still in the spirit of Miles’s work. The result was great music that deserves a listen.

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Planets by Rebecca Coupe Franks oMonday; Back 2 Basics by the Thomas Clausen Trio on Tuesday; The Merriest by Jane Monheit on Wednesday; Christmas Vibes: Gold Frankincense and Meurkens by Hendrik Meurkens on Thursday; Keep On! by Lil’ Red & the Rooster on Friday; Hangin’ at the DeVille Lounge by The Rusty Wright Band on Saturday; Together for Christmas by Calabria Foti & Bob McChesney on Sunday