This Week’s Shows May 5 thru May 11

Musa: Ancestral Streams | Stanley CowellJazz Corner of the World  (Encore)

Mondays at 6:00pm

Birthday Salute to Stanley Cowell

Craig celebrates the music and memory of the great pianist Stanley Cowell by spinning choice examples from Cowell’s stellar career. We’ll hear him both as a leader and a prominent sideman with the likes of Charles Tolliver, Jimmy Heath, Larry Coryell, Roy Haynes, Bobby Hutcherson, Art Pepper, and others!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

‘daBluesapalooza 2025

It was another all-star jam when Kat Blue & the True Believers, Johnny Kilowatt, Wonderful Smiths, and a truckload of special guests gathered at the Olympic Southside Theatre for ‘daBluesapalooza 2025 – KCCK’s benefit party to support Iowa’s longest-running blues radio shows!

 

 

 

 

 

Kinfolk: Postcards from Everywhere

Jazz Night In America  

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Nate Smith’s Kinfolk (with Strings)

Drummer Nate Smith, who is often celebrated for his groovy “pocket,” finds a new a dimension to his craft as a string arranger. Hear the premiere of his new sextet Kinfolk, with a double string quartet featuring members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the WorldKeith Jarrett [Album Covers]

Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm

Keith Jarrett’s 80th Birthday

Craig celebrates the 80th birthday of pianist Keith Jarrett by sampling some gems from Keith’s career. We’ll begin with his days with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis, and play classic recordings through 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

KCCK features a new album every night, played from start-to-finish.

Zito’s Jump by James Zito on Monday; Agua e Sol by Laura Dreyer & the Manhattan-Rio Connection on Tuesday; Are You Really Real by the Shuffle Demons on Wednesday; In Your Dreams by the Reid Hoyson Project on Thursday; Money & Power by Ally Venable on Friday; Truth Is by Carolyn Wonderland on Saturday; Smitty Straightens Out by Peter Smith on Sunday.