Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Max Roach, Osie Johnson, Grady Tate and Gene Krupa, trombonists Melba Liston, Willie Denis and Bob Enevoldsen, singer Allen Toussant, guitarist Joe Pass and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert (1938), …
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Special Programs for January 11 thru January 15
Short List with host Bob Naujoks Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM The Short List: “The Hits” The Short List continues its look at jazz tunes that became popular hits. This week, host Bob Naujoks visits songs that scored high on the pop charts and have become party of Great …
KCCK’s Featured CD for January 2021
The KCCK Featured CD for January is “Cachai” from Anibal Rojas. The Chilean-born saxophonist and composer attended West High in Iowa City before studying at the University of Iowa. While in Eastern Iowa he worked in several bands including Mean Street and the Hell Horns, Funkfarm, Orquesta Alto Maiz and the Demolition Band. Now based …
Special Programs for January 4 thru January 9
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 look at jazz tunes that became popular hits. This week, host Bob Naujoks visits songs that almost made it to Number One on the pop charts. Tune in for …
This Week In Jazz January 3 thru January 9
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of brassmen Wild Bill Davis, Dizzy Reece, Don Sickler and Vernon Brown, reedmen Frank Wess and Kenny Davern, drummers Sam Woodyard and Kenny Clarke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Return of Art Pepper” (1957), The …
Producers Top 10s for 2020
Bob Stewart Hollis Monroe Ron Adkins Bob DeForest Saul Lubaroff Bob Stewart: Monday-Friday 6 a.m. – 10 a.m. 1) Christopher’s Very Happy Band – While We Wait (Chris Merz) Always a fan of the work of Chris Merz, the new disc from his Very Happy Band did not disappoint. With his regular bandmates Mike Conrad, Drew …
Culture Crawl 612 “Temptation for Perfection”
Family Folk Machine starts off the new year with the 2nd in their current season of online mini concerts, “One Planet,” January 1 at 7:00pm. Jean Littlejohn and Aprille Clarke say that the switch to online choir practice and concerts has been complicated, but also an opportunity to learn new skills. Family Folk Machine will …



