Jazz Corner of the World Encore
Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Miles On Columbia – 1982-1985
Craig Kessler celebrates Columbia Record’s latest in their Miles Davis Bootleg series, featuring some surprising unreleased music from 1982 through 1985. We’ll also hear some unusual live sets from the period. It’s an excellent sound picture of Mile’s creative output in his later years.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Big Fun at First Friday Jazz
Guitarist Steve Grismore brought Big Fun to the Opus Concert Café, as he and the band treated the First Friday audience to a feast of funk, soul, and jazz fusion.
Jazz Night in America
Thursday at 11:00 PM
The Uncompromising Shirley Horn
Host Christian McBride is a huge fan of Shirley Horn, calling her, “an uncompromising pianist and singer who does a ballad like no one else.” We’ll hear her story, as well as her music with Toots Thielemans, Wynton and Branford Marsalis, and many others.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Bossa Nova & Brazilian Jazz, Part 2
Host Craig Kessler opens another treasure chest of music exploring the history of Brazilian jazz – from its early roots to the present. We’ll hear Antonio Carlos Jobim, Baden Powell, Astrud Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, and others.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Finding the Right Notes by Ron Carter on Monday; Yes!!! by Duduka da Fonseca & Quarteto Universal on Tuesday; Plays Monk & Ellington by the Spike Wilner Trio on Wednesday; The Latin Side of Mingus by Conrad Herwig on Thursday; Behind the Sun by Grant Dermody on Friday; Hot Mess by Michele D’Amour & the Love Dealers on Saturday; Golden Rule by Dennis Mitcheltree on Sunday