Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)
Mondays at 6:00pm
Jazz in 1975
Craig travels back 50 years to look in on the exciting variety of jazz recorded in 1975. We’ll hear from Chick Corea, Joe Farrell, Dexter Gordon, Lenny White, Keith Jarrett, and many others.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Da’Bluesapalooza 2024, Part One
A truckload of Iowa’s legendary blues artists gathered last February at the Olympic Southside Theatre for KCCK’s annual daBluesapalooza. The celebrity benefit to support da’Blues on KCCK, featured Craig Erickson, Homebrewed, Dennis “Daddy-O” McMurrin, Charlie Morgan, and Ship of Fools, was again the jam of the year.
Jazz Night In America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
Mary Stallings Not Stopping
Christian McBride celebrates Mary Stallings, a stalwart of vocal jazz, who has shared the stage with many legends – Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, to name a few. Still swinging at 84 years old, she shows no signs of stopping. She joins the Emmet Cohen Trio for a special night of singing from Dizzy’s Club in New York City.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm
Jutta Hipp Centennial Celebration
Craig plays samplings from German pianist Jutta Hipp and her 1950s American Blue Note releases, as well as great material from all of her known earlier European recordings. Born in Leipzig in 1925, Hipp was brought to the U.S. by Alfred Lyon. We’ll hear fabulous music, amazing stories, and her mysterious history.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
KCCK features a new album every night, played from start-to-finish.
Kiko by Jim Mullen on Monday; Hidden Gems by Brent Laidler on Tuesday; Breakthrough by Erik Jekabson on Wednesday; Vienna to Hollywood: Impressions of E.G. Korngold & Max Steiner by Peter Erskine & the JAM Music Lab Allstars on Thursday; Here We Are by Sierra Green & the Giants on Friday; Saratoga by Eddie 9Volt on Saturday; Almost in Your Arms by Claire Martin on Sunday.