2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival (Labor Day Special)
Monday, September 5th 6:00 AM – 1:00 AM Tuesday, September 6th
Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom at the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Hear all the Main Stage performances from this summer’s festival plus KCCK’s exclusive, behind the scene, backstage interviews with each group’s leader! Our special holiday broadcast features the Akiko Tsuruga Trio with Jeff Hamilton, Marquis Hill Blacktet, Poncho Sanchez and His Latin Jazz Band, Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom, Miguel Zenon Quartet, the David Berkman Sextet, and several more including the student jazz bands United Jazz Ensemble and North Corridor All-Stars. The broadcast times for each group will be posted on our website.
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Red Garland)
Red Garland
Even though pianist Red Garland backed such jazz luminaries as Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young and even Charlie Parker, he remained obscure until he became a member of the Miles Davis Quintet in the mid-50s. He would stay with Miles for three years and then become a significant influence with a series of excellent albums for Prestige Records. His block chord style combined with his own distinctive approach made him a delight.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Anita O’Day: High Times and Hard Times
Anita O’Day with unknown big band Image by © Terry Cryer/CORBIS
Singer Anita O’Day has experienced both the “high times and hard times” – as her autobiography is so aptly titled – of a jazz singer. In the mid-’40s she was a celebrated vocalist with the Stan Kenton and Gene Krupa orchestras. In the mid-’50s, she had a string of highly regarded albums. Drug addiction interfered with her potential for super-stardom, yet she still had a profound impact in jazz with her exceptional range at improvisation and her skill at interpreting a lyric.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“The Birth Date Anniversary of Lester Willis Young”
Craig salutes the birthday of Lester Young (b. August 27th, 1909) by spinning a wide variety of music from throughout his career. We’ll hear “The President” or “Prez” (nicknames given to him by Billie Holiday) performing in his early days with Count Basie and Fletcher Henderson, through to his years with Savoy Records and the Norman Granz labels, right up to the end in the late 1950s. Along the way, we’ll hear Young in the company of many of the era’s biggest jazz names: Nat Cole, Buddy Rich, Roy Eldridge, Teddy Wilson, Billie Holiday, Charlie Christian, and so many others.
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
“Alvin Batiste: Music Came”
Alvin Batiste
Alvin Batiste (1932-2007) was not famous. But once you start to explore the world of New Orleans music, his name starts to come up, again and again. He taught Henry Butler, and Branford Marsalis. He was a lifelong friend and collaborator with Harold Battiste (no relation). He founded the Jazz Institute at Southern University in Baton Rouge. Alvin Batiste was a musician’s musician.
And his approach to music wasn’t just a curriculum, it was a philosophy — the idea that there is no separation between types of music, and that they all are based in the same experiences.
In this episode of New Orleans Calling, host George Ingmire explores Alvin’s life and philosophy in his own words, from archived interviews. And he also speaks with one of his star pupils in his final years, clarinetist Gregory Agid, who describes meeting and studying with Alvin, and eventually becoming a protege to whom Alvin passed down one of his most difficult compositions, not through sheet music but through note-by-note practice over many months.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Many Miles Ahead
Miles Davis
It was once said that Miles Davis to jazz is like Hemingway is to the American novel, like Picasso is to art. But he was more than just a jazz celebrity, he was an icon of style and artistry. Jazz Night in America explores some iconic interpretations of Miles Davis – on the silver screen, the page, and on the bandstand with the actor Don Cheadle, writer Quincy Troupe and trumpeter, Keyon Harrold.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
First Friday Jazz: Tim Daugherty Group at Opus Concert Café (Encore Broadcast)
Tim Daugherty Group at Opus Concert Café
Jazz Keyboardist Tim Daugherty is part of a well-known musical family. His father, Willis Daugherty has been a much-appreciated dance band drummer for decades, and his four brothers are also all professional musicians.
After graduating from the University of Iowa, he composed and produced songs for two of the Iowa Hawkeye bowl game appearances. Two tunes-“Go for It” and “Smell the Roses”-were anthems for Iowa’s appearance in the 1982 Rose Bowl. He earned a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from the U. of I. Daugherty earned a steady following throughout Iowa as part of the Daugherty, Davis and McPartland group. He has been the music director/composer for the Old Creamery Theater company, and has also performed with the Quad City Symphony and Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony.
Most recently he has been active in the cruise ship industry, but made a rare trip home for this performance.
The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin and contemporary music the first Friday of every month. Doors at Opus open at 4:30 p.m. with live music from 5-7 p.m.
If you can’t be there in person, the first set of each performance of the series is broadcast live on KCCK. The Opus Concert Cafe is operated by Orchestra Iowa. More information at:
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“Tribute To Bobby Hutcherson — Part One”
Bobby Hutcherson
Craig pays a special tribute to the recently departed expert jazz marimbist and vibraphonist ROBERT “BOBBY” HUTCHERSON (1/27/41 TO 8/15/16), with 2 back-to-back shows. Show #1 (Sept.3rd) will spotlight the early years as well as the later years of Bobby’s great career. We’ll begin with his work in 1961 with Les McCann, as well as material with Curtis Amy, Billy Mitchell, Archie Shepp, Harold Land, McCoy Tyner, and many others…and conclude with more recent work from Bobby’s career with groups like the S F Jazz Collective, Joey DeFrancesco, Andrew Hill, and others. Show #2 (Sept. 10) will spotlight Bobby’s Blue Note years…4/30/63 to 8/6/76.
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “Maldición Maleva” by Maldito Tango Duo 
https://malditotangoduo.wordpress.com/music/
Charles Gorczynski (bandoneon) and Scott O’Day (guitar) draw from the rich history of guitar/bandoneon tango music, creating a sound rooted in tradition while still feeling contemporary and resonant with modern tango listeners. Maldito performances are intense, dramatic, sophisticated and subtle. Equally at home on the concert stage and at the milonga, Maldito has developed a powerful and rhythmic sound that dancers love. They have performed for milongas in San Francisco, Chicago, Bloomington, Los Angeles, Gainesville, Tampa, Miami, Madison, London, among many other cities throughout the United States and Canada. Maldito performs regularly in the San Francisco Bay Area, and currently holds popular monthly events at Pianofight, Rite Spot, and Redwood Cafe.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: