Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifySinger and lyricist Mark Winkler and pianist and composer David Benoit have teamed up to record an album that pays homage to their 37 years of friendship. “Old Friends” is a collection of some of the artists’ favorite songs by some of their favorite composers, as well as …
Short List with Host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM Short List: “The Hits” The Short List continues its feature of great jazz in the popular mind. This week, host Bob Naujoks again spotlights albums that crossed over into mainstream popularity. Listen for Jean Pierre-Rampal & Claude Bolling’s …
After months of planning, the Corridor Jazz Project 2021 has begun. It’s a big project, even without a pandemic to complicate things. We launched the program on Feb. 18 at Mt. Vernon, where the Swinging’ STANGS performed with guest artist (and Mt. Vernon alum!) singer Amy Friedl Stoner. It would have been far easier to …
2021 marks KCCK’s fourth year airing Soundtrack to the Struggle, our on-going series celebrating jazz’s contributions to the fight for racial equality. We here at KCCK often say that, in jazz, every month is Black History month. The stories of jazz and Black America are inexorably joined, and those stories are endless. You can hear …
Legendary pianist and composer Chick Corea passed away February 9 after a battle with cancer. He appeared in the Corridor many times, most recently in 2019 with his Trilogy Trio at Hancher in what would be his final tour. In 2010, he played a solo piano gig at the Englert. Prior to the concert, he had …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyCelebrating a half-century of life and a quarter century of trailblazing music, Venezuelan-born turned San Francisco Bay Area-based pianist, composer, educator and bandleader Edward Simon releases a two-disc career retrospective, “25 Years.” Brimming with arrestingly beautiful music drawn from 13 albums spanning 1995-2018, the disc features a brilliant …
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and SpotifyAfter last year’s successful big band outing, guitarist Dave Stryker is back with his hard-driving, deep-grooving B3 organ group on his new recording, “Baker’s Circle.” With the addition of cutting-edge tenor player Walter Smith III, the disc features Stryker originals, a couple of covers and a tip of …
Marty and Brian Stoll make a great couple. Their love and respect for each other is evident when you talk to them. They joke with one another, they truly enjoy each other’s company, and they have many interests in common. KCCK is one of those common interests. They’ve been KCCK members for 10 years, but …
