Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Pianist Kenny Werner has played with greats across a wide spectrum of styles, including Charles Mingus, the Mel Lewis Orchestra, and harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans. He’s been leading a trio with drummer Ari Hoenig and bassist Johannes Weidenmuller since 1999, an ensemble that has played the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. It is fitting that four-time Grammy Award winning bassist Christian McBride would eventually record at the Village Vanguard, the most hallowed and historical nightclub in jazz: an underground Mt. Olympus where the gods of the music—from John Coltrane to Bill Evans—have cast their syncopated spells. “You …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz and the Spoken Word: UpSurge! “Jazz and the Spoken Word” Short List series is about a small group …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz and the Spoken Word: Dan Jaffe w Mike Melvoin / Rich Herstek w Pierre Hurel “Jazz and the Spoken Word” Short List series is about a small group of writers and musicians who have worked to blend the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Having first made a name for himself in the 1980s as chief arranger for the legendary Woody Herman, John Fedchock has continued to develop his writing style over his 35-year career. His New York Big Band has been together now for over two decades and sets …
Welcome to the new KCCK website! You may not know it, but KCCK has had an online presence longer than just about any other area organization. Our first website was set up by then-sixteen-year-old Michael Dorman, son of News and Operations Director George Dorman. This was in 1996, years before most people had even heard …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM Jazz and the Spoken Word: N-Side with Norman Woods / Dan Jaffe with Mike Melvoin “Jazz and the Spoken Word” Short List series is about a small group of writers and musicians who have worked to blend the …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. When Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra traveled to Havana in December of last year to record his new CD, “Cuba: the Conversation Continues,” something nearly miraculous happened: President Obama unexpectedly announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba. O’Farrill had fought for …
