Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm

Boogie Woogie Piano & Other Keyboard Stylings

Taken from Craig’s senior class on early piano, we’ll hear fine examples of some stride piano, a little ragtime, and a whole lot of boogie-woogie from artists like Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Will Bradley, Earl Hines, Joe Sullivan, and many more!

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00pm

Eddie Piccard & Nexus Brass at Jazz Under the Stars 

Our final Jazz Under the Stars for 2023 was, literally, too hot to handle for Noelridge Park. So we moved the party to the Olympic Southside Theatre for a night of New Orleans swing with the Eddie Piccard Quartet with the Busch Brothers Horns. U of I student group Nexus Brass opened the show to a packed house.

Jazz Night in America

Thursdays at 11:00pm

Mel Brown’s Portland
Christian McBride takes us to Portland, Oregon to hear drummer Mel Brown share Motown stories from the 1970s, and how he returned to his hometown to build up the music scene. We also hear a set from his organ group at the Montavilla Jazz Festival.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm

Donald Byrd on Blue Note

Craig’s celebration of the anniversary of Blue Note Records continues with his spins of select tunes from trumpeter Donald Byrd’s 60-plus sessions for the label. We’ll hear choice sides recorded between 1956 and 1975.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Sonic Bouquet by Jocelyn Gould on Monday; Perspective by Kris Berg & the Metroplexity Big Band on Tuesday; No Goodbyes by John Stein on Wednesday; Dynamic Maximum Tension by Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society on Thursday; Friends Along the Way (Disc One) by Mitch Woods on Friday; Friends Along the Way by Mitch Woods (Disc Two) on Saturday; Where We Are by Joshua Redman on Sunday.