Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Kenny Clarke, Osie Johnson and Max Roach, singers Betty Roche and Ruth Brown, trombonists Wilbur de Paris and Willie Dennis, saxophonists Allen Eager and Jane Ira Bloom and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Toots Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1958), Jackie McLean’s “Bluesnik” (1961), George Benson’s “Breezin” (1978), Miles Davis’ “You’re Under Arrest” (1985), Arturo Sandoval’s “Swingin’” (1996), Madeleine Peyroux’s “Secular Hymns” (2016) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
This Week In Jazz January 7 thru January 13
Special Programs January 8 thru January 14
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00pm
Happy Birthday Blue Note
It’s an encore presentation of Craig Kessler’s 85th birthday party for the legendary Blue Note Records, founded January 6, 1939. Craig celebrates by spinning some unusual and obscure titles. We’ll hear the likes of Sal Salvador, Wynton Kelly, Frank Foster, Francy Boland, Lou Mecca, Howard McGhee, and others!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
The Dandelion Stompers at First Friday Jazz
It was a delightful trip back to the roots of jazz and the great New Orleans sound as the Dandelion Stompers entertained the Opus Concert Café audience at First Friday Jazz.
Jazz Night in America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
The Joy of Cannonball
Christian McBride revisits the joy of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley through the imagination of saxophonist Patrick Bartley and his young band of New York first-call musicians. Plus, he’ll explore Adderley’s coveted 1971 live album The Black Messiah.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm
A Salute to Les McCann
Craig tips his hat to the 68-plus year career of this master of “soul jazz” by spinning a variety of fine releases dating back to 1960. We’ll hear great music from Pacific Jazz, Atlantic, Limelight, and other fine jazz record labels.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Quaver by the Geoff Bradfield Quintet on Monday; Echo Canyon by Art Hirahara on Tuesday; Shaping the Invisible by Teri Parker on Wednesday; Hot House: the Complete Massey Hall Recordings (Disc One) by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus, and Max Roach on Thursday; Sticks & Strings by EG Kight on Friday; Getting’ Into It by the Rush Cleveland Trio on Saturday; Urban Myth by Trio Grande on Sunday.
News Digest 1-5-24
Reaction to the school shooting in Perry…Haley and DeSantis hold back-to-back town halls in Iowa.
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News Digest 1-4-24
The White House is pressuring House Republicans to approve a government spending plan…Iowa business groups are pushing for legislation to allow foreign businesses to buy Iowa farmland for large developments.
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Talking Pictures 1-3-24
Talking Pictures with Hollis Monroe, Monica Schmidt and Denny Lynch, who rate the best and worst films of 2023.
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News Digest 1-3-24
Harvard’s president is resigning following criticism of her congressional testimony over antisemitism…students in Iowa are calling on the legislature to make changes to the state’s gun laws.
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KCCK’s Featured Album for January 2024
The KCCK Featured Album for January is “Hot House: The Complete Jazz at Massey Hall Recordings.” On May 15, 1953, five of jazz’s most influential musicians–Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Bud Powell, Charles Mingus and Max Roach–gathered at Toronto’s Massey Hall for what would result in their first and only known recording as a quintet. This historic evening was captured on tape and, became one of the genre’s most essential and celebrated releases. The new 70th anniversary edition commemorates the evening with the entirety of the evening’s recorded material presented in meticulous 24-bit audio restoration and remastered by Grammy-winning engineer Paul Blakemore. “Hot House” is from Craft Records. Purchase
News Digest 1-2-24
Nearly 50 people are dead following an earthquake in Japan…the suspect in a drive-by shooting is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Cedar Rapids.
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