Jazz Corner of the World
Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm
Early Hampton Hawes
Host Craig Kessler takes a listen to the near-forgotten talents of pianist Hampton Hawes during his formative years in the 1950s. We’ll hear him performing with his own trios and quartets, as well as his playing with Shorty Rogers, Art Pepper, The Lighthouse All-Stars, Shelly Manne, and others.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
The Corridor Jazz Project 16!
17 of the area’s top high school jazz bands and their guest professionals reunited on the Paramount Theatre stage for one great night of music for KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Concert 16! This week, we’ll hear the performances from City High, Prairie, Lisbon, Clear Creek-Amana, Xavier, West Branch, Mid-Prairie, and Marion.
Jazz Night in America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
Jazz Master Phil Schaap
Continuing the celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month, host Christian McBride examines the life and legacy of 2021 NEA Jazz Master Phil Schaap. We’ll hear music from Jazz at Lincoln Center, and from a rare live album produced by Schaap himself at the West End Café in Manhattan.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm
Grant Green as a Leader, Part 2
In this second of two shows featuring guitarist Grant Green as a leader for Blue Note Records, host Craig Kessler presents more great classics. These prime examples of his fabulous work, including Idle Moments, Matador, Solid, Talkin’ About, Green Is Beautiful, and many other albums, have become essential listening.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
The Other Shoe: the Music of Gregg Hill by Michael Dease on Monday; Artistas, Musicos y Poetas by the Chembo Corniel Quintet on Tuesday; Return to Casual by Walter Smith III on Wednesday; Standing by the Crossroads, Disc 1 by Elio Villafranca on Thursday; Electric Church for the Spiritually Misguided by Dean Zucchero on Friday; Among the Insanity by Skylar Rogers on Saturday; Unalome by Buster Williams on Sunday.
It’s the Ron and Phil show, as percussionist Phil Perea represents the Cedar Rapids Revolutionists jazz band. Phil talks about meeting one of his idols, Dave Weckl, and played music from the Brecker Brothers, John Pattitucci, and the University of North Texas One O’Clock Lab Band.
We had a rollicking hour of music and laughs with Paladin, Leona, and Kayla from the Solon Jazz Orchestra. We heard about their plans for next year, and also the story of Mr. C (Solon director Desmond Cervantes) drop-kicking a stuffed animal across the band room.
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2023 marks the very first year that Mid-Prairie High School participated in the Corridor Jazz Project, adn they made the most of if, bringing in not just one, but two guest artists, Randy Swift, guitar, and the legendary Gary McCurdy a.k.a The Tubador, on tuba.