Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm
More Vibes from Bobby Hutcherson
The celebration of Blue Note Records’ 85th anniversary continues. In this next presentation, host Craig Kessler serves up another wonderful sampling of vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson’s work for Blue Note.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Betsy Hickok & Ron Roberts at Jazz Under the Stars
Singer and great friend of KCCK Betsy Hickok returned to Cedar Rapids for 2022’s Jazz Under the Stars. Fans and newcomers alike filled Noelridge Park to hear Betsy and the Ron Roberts Group’s interpretations of classic and contemporary favorites, and hits from the Great American Songbook.
Jazz Night in America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
The Rise of BadBadNotGood
Host Christian McBride explains how a couple of jazz students from Toronto went rogue from performing jazz standards to becoming the darling instrumental ensemble of the hip-hop elite. Learn this fascinating story, and hear of the music of BadBadNotGood.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays from 12 noon to 4:00pm
Hampton Hawes’s Final Years
Host Craig Kessler takes a listen to the nearly forgotten talents of this great pianist during his final decade. We’ll hear Hawes as a leader of his own groups, as well as work as a sideman with a number of artists such as Art Pepper, Art Farmer, Sonny Criss, and others.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK lets you hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
The Pacific Jazz Group by The Pacific Jazz Group on Monday; Bossa 65: Celebrating Carlos Lyra and Roberto Menescal by Antonio Adolfo on Tuesday; Open City by the Michael Davis Hip-Bone Band on Wednesday; #PEOPLE by Ray Blue on Thursday; I’m Coming Home by Shaun Murphy on Friday; Get Your Back Into It! by The Nick Moss Band on Saturday; Rovanio by Nanny Assis on Sunday.
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/bandleader Noble Sissle, pianist Milt Buckner, saxman Paul Gonsalves, singer Irene Reid, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” (1958), Charles Mingus’s “Mingus in Antibes” (1960), Sheila Jordan’s “Confirmation” (1975), “Manhattan Jazz Quinet” (1984), Common Ground’s “High Voltage” (2004) and many others 10am to 2pm, Monday thru Friday, with Jazz Masters at noon on Jazz 88.3.
With a discography that stretches back nearly 60 years, pianist, composer and arranger 
Trombonist Michael Davis’ new recording, “Open City,” is a musical reflection on the inclusive, open nature of being a musician in post-pandemic New York City. “The joy of being back, performing live with other musicians, going into a studio to record our projects, sharing the challenges we all faced as performing artists and building back the business we all share so much passion for,” says Davis. The new disc marks Davis’ fourteenth album as a leader, and his sophomore recording fronting his Hip-Bone Big Band.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Jazz Night in America
Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Johnny Hartman and Bill Withers, trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen, trombonists Vern Friley and Frank Rehak, saxophonist Hank Mobley and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Duke Ellington at Newport” (1956), Buddy Rich Big Band’s “Mercy, Mercy” (1968), Bobby Hutcherson’s “Live at Montreux” (1973), Charlie Haden’s “The Montreal Tapes” (1989), Steve Kuhn Trio “Live at Birdland” (2006) and many others 10am to 2pm, Monday thru Friday, with Jazz Masters at noon on Jazz 88.3.