Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm A Coleman Hawkins Birthday Party This week, Craig throws a birthday party for Coleman Hawkins, the “Father of Jazz Tenor Sax.” Hawkins was known for contributing to each of the major changes in jazz stylings. We’ll hear a wide variety of recordings made in the mid-1920s …
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This Week In Jazz November 24 thru November 30
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Billy Strayhorn, saxophonists Paul Desmond, Gigi Gryce and Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, brassmen Nat Adderley, Chuck Mangione and Terrell Stafford, singers Etta Jones and Holy Cole, pianists Jacky Terrasson and Jon Snell and and more. We’ll also mark the …
Thanksgiving Special – First Friday Jazz
Some people spend Thanksgiving looking forward to Black Friday. But on KCCK, we’ll spend it with FIRST Friday! First Friday Jazz, that is. All day on Thanksgiving, we’re playing back some of your favorite shows from the past year of KCCK’s First Friday Jazz. Here’s the schedule (times approximate): 6:00 am – Betsy Hickok & …
Big Mo Pod Show 038 – “Hard Workin’ Women”
In another episode of the Big Mo Pod Show John and his 20 something sidekick producer Noah discuss another smattering of songs from Friday night’s show. This time around some of the tracks spurred on conversations about women in the blues and what they’ve contributed to the art form. Song featured in the episode: Big …
Special Programs November 18 thru November 24
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm George Cables at 80 Craig celebrates George Cables’s 80th birthday by presenting an array of great jazz selections from his lengthy career, beginning in 1970 right up to the present. Some 50 years ago, Art Pepper dubbed Cables “Mr. Beautiful.” (He still is!) …
Big Mo Pod Show 037 – “Of Wolves And Weevils”
This week our two blues aficionados delve into some blues history, and even a little American history, with some Friday’s tracks, discussing the unique environments that shaped the blues and those that played it. Songs featured in the episode: Pink Anderson – “Bo Weevil” Guitar Shorty – “True Lies” Curtis Salgado – “Slow Down” Albert …
Special Programs November 11 thru November 17
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore) Mondays at 6:00pm Steeplechase Records, Show 5 Craig presents another of jazz from the remarkable Steeplechase label from Copenhagen. Founder Nils Winther, has created over a thousand top-notch releases from great jazz artists like Dexter Gordon, Stanley Cowell, Eddie Henderson, George Cables, Tete Montoliu, John Abercrombie, and many others. …
This Week In Jazz November 10 thru November 16
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Benny Moten, Art Hodes, Hampton Hawes, George Cables and Ellis Marsalis, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Willie Cook, trombonist Helen Jones Woods, singers Jo Stafford, Ernestine Anderson and Mose Allison, bassists Sam Jones and Neil Swainsson and more. We’ll …