Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)
Mondays at 6:00pm
A Tribute to Jack DeJohnette (1942 – 2025)
Craig salutes the life and legacy of drummer, pianist, and composer Jack DeJohnette with a variety of his recordings and collaborations. We’ll hear Jack both as a leader, and as a sideman with artists including Keith Jarrett, Charles Lloyd, Betty Carter, Joe Henderson, Josef Zawinul, Sonny Rollins, and others.
Wednesday Night Special (January 14)
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Vivian Shanley at First Friday
Some college students go skiing or lounge on the beach for their holiday breaks. Bassist Vivian Shanley, instead, comes home to Iowa to play sold-out jazz gigs! Rising star Vivian and her quartet returned to the Opus Concert Café in December to close out 2025 at First Friday Jazz. Her two standing room only shows were packed with fresh arrangements and exciting originals.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays at 12:00 noon
Pacific Jazz of the 1960s
Craig spins a variety of selections from the 1960s at Pacific Jazz. With the abrupt ending of the “west coast” craze of the 1950s, Pacific Jazz, one of the first labels involved with the west coast phenomenon, turned to several other genres. Pacific’s Richard Bock began recording soul jazz, organists, guitarists, piano trios, blues artists, island music, and a variety of “world” musics.
KCCK’s Midnight CD (January 5 – January 11)
Every Night at Midnight
KCCK features a new album every night, played from start-to-finish.
Eternity and a Day by Michika Fukumori on Monday; Echo by Emi Makabe on Tuesday; Go Ahead by Jon Bentley on Wednesday; Englewood by The Blackhawk Quintet on Thursday; Hill Country Blood by Kent Burnside on Friday; It Only Happens Once by Michael Charles on Saturday; Live at Vic’s Las Vegas by Nicole Zuraitis on Sunday.
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Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of brassmen Wild Bill Davison, Henry “Red” Allen, Dizzy Reese and Wendell Culley, singers Betty Roche and Johnny Adams, trombonist Vernon Brown, percussionist Chano Pozo, drummer Kenny Clarke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie and His Orchestra’s “April in Paris” (1956), Jackie McLean’s “Bluesnik” (1961), George Benson’s “Breezin’” (1978), Woody Shaw’s “Lotus Flower” (1982), Arturo Sandoval’s “Swingin’” (1996), Louis Hayes’ “Crisis” (2021) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Al McKibbon, drummers Nick Fatool and Lewis Nash, singers Susannah McCorkle and Arthur Prysock, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist/saxophonist/conductor Gordon Goodwin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1957), Bobby Hutcherson ‘s “The Kicker” (1963), Joe Henderson’s “Relaxin’ at Camarillo” (1979), Carmen McRae’s “For Lady Day, Vol. 1” (1983), Chick Correa & Origin “Live at the Blue Note” (1998) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Dr. Scott Routenberg is an award-winning jazz pianist, composer, arranger and educator whose accolades include the John Lennon Songwriting Contest Song of the Year. His works have been premiered at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and around the world, and he is an established arranger for the Metropole Orkest since 2011. The Scott Routenberg Trio presents a swinging tribute to legendary pianist Oscar Peterson on “Live at Merriman’s Playhouse,” crafting a joyous set of Peterson’s memorable originals and the master’s arrangements of timeless jazz standards.
