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 …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify. Helming a trio was the furthest thing from bassist Christian McBride’s mind—until an appearance with his band Inside Straight in 2009 became a trio date due to the absence of his saxophonist and vibraphonist. But instead of calling for replacements, he opted for expedience and played …
Short List with Bob Naujoks Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Richard “Groove” Holmes (new series) The Short List extends a listen to the great Hammond B-3 players on a new series starting with Richard “Groove” Holmes. He is a most accessible and …
Heads of State, featuring four of the most respected and admired jazz artists of our time, releases its first recording, “Search For Peace.” A band over fifty years in the making, Gary Bartz, Larry Willis, Buster Williams and Al Foster had performed together countless times in different combinations and contexts over their storied careers, but …
George Cables is one of the world’s greatest jazz pianists, one who helped define the sound of the instrument as we know it today. He’s been making unostentatious music at the keyboard for decades. His new release, “In Good Company,” though focusing on people Cables has known in the past, is not a tribute album …
Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick pays tribute to the North American Midwest on a new CD of intensely melodic compositions which reflect thematically upon journeys and homecomings both literal and spiritual. The original inspiration for “Midwest” came during an arduous tour of the U.S. and Canada. “We’d started on the West Coast and were driving long …
