Special Programs for April 5 thru April 10

Short List with Host Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM

Short List: Dick Oatts

This week on the Short List is the Iowa born and raised saxophonist Dick Oatts. His career has taken him all over the world, first with the renowned Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra, and then as a soloist with many of the great European bands. He was a key member of the light jazz-fusion band, Flim & the BBs in the 1980s, then became a sought-after session player.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

Tribute to Chick Corea, Part 2 

In this second tribute show, covering September,1968 to July 1969, Craig spins more of his favorites from the keyboard artistry of Chick Corea. We’ll hear some of Chick’s own bands and a bunch of work with one of Chick’s all-time heroes, Miles Davis. This music is surely the backbone of modern jazz from the 1960s and 1970s. Don’t miss it!!

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Jane Ira Bloom Quartet

This week, the Wednesday Night Special begins a celebration of jazz and the spoken word during National Poetry Month. Up first is the Jane Ira Bloom Quartet, whose most recent album, Wild Lines, incorporated Bloom’s music with the poetry of Emily Dickenson. We’ll listen to her 2018 gig in the City of Literature at the Iowa City Jazz Festival.

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

The Masterful Dee Dee Bridgewater

Host Christian McBride talks to Dee Dee Bridgewater on her induction as an NEA Jazz Master, an honor she describes as a very exclusive club where not many women are members. We’ll also hear selections from Songs of Freedom, a program curated by Ulysses Owens, Jr.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Tribute to Freddie Redd    

This week, Craig presents some astounding examples of fantastic music from this unique pianist and composer. We’ll hear from several of Freddie’s own releases (including his 3 Blue Note records), as well as a number of other releases from the likes of Gene Ammons, Art Farmer, Tiny Grimes, Joe Roland, and others. This is another underrated jazz artist who is often overlooked!

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

The Remainder by Jonathan Parker on Monday; Live at the Jazz Station by Idit Shner on Tuesday; Rooibos by the Rooibos Quartet on Wednesday; Hindsight by Charlie Porter on Thursday; Officel/Artificiel by Sweet Crude on Friday; The Best of the Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975 by Doug Sahm on Saturday; I Told You So by the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio on Sunday

Kirkwood Board of Trustees to meet April 8, 2021

The regular meeting of the Kirkwood Board of Trustees will take place April 8, 2021.  Time, place, and meeting agenda can be found at this link.

Clean Up Your Act 4-21-21

The DNR is looking for “forever chemicals” in Iowa water systems.

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KCCK’s Featured Album for April 2021

The KCCK Featured Album for April is “The Mulligan Chronicles” by David Larsen. The disc is a culmination of years of research by the saxophonist into the compositional style of Gerry Mulligan, traveling to the Library of Congress to study hundreds of scores and interviewing countless musicians. Larsen enlisted the help of veteran players who worked with Mulligan, including pianist Bill Mays, trombonist Dave Glenn, bassist Dean Johnson and drummer Ron Vincent, in capturing the breadth of the Mulligan catalog and his many musical styles.  Purchase the album.

Talking Pictures 3-31-21

Sound of Metal (2019) and Lovecraft Country (HBO) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Denny Lynch.

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Culture Crawl 624 “Local, Bingeable Playwriting”

City Circle Acting Company of Coralville presents “Acting Out While Staying In” – An Evening of Virtual Comedy, available to stream April 9-11.

It’s 3 brand new short plays, including a new piece from Chris Okiishi, with the… provocative title “Scandinavian Death Cleaning.” It stars Chris’s husband, Patrick Dulaney, on a break from his Broadway role in Harry Potter, along with Riverside Theatre founders Ron Clark and Jody Hovland. Also premiering are “Working For a Laugh,” by Paul Story and Janet Schlapkohl; and “…And Quarantine Makes Three,” by Brian Tanner.

Watch at your convenience anytime from Friday through Sunday. Tickets at www.coralvillearts.org.

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This Week In Jazz March 28 thru April 3


Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Astrud Gilberto, Frankie Laine and Doris Day, guitarists Remo Palmier, Freddie Green, Larry Coryell, and Dave Stryker, trumpeters Booker Little and Herb Alpert and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Afro-Cuban” (1955), Art Pepper’s “The Art of Art Pepper” (1957), Bud Powell’s “The Complete Essen Concert” (1960), Donald Byrd’s “Black Byrd” (1972), Benny Golson Group’s “Remembering Clifford” (1997), Brent Jensen’s “The Sound of a Dry Martini: Remembering Paul Desmond” (2001) and many more throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our JAZZ MASTERS‘ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Special Programs for March 29 thru April 3

Short List with Host Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM

Short List: The Final Series

The Short List continues its final series with pianist Horace Parlan. Another great jazzman to come out of Pittsburgh, Parlan worked with Sonny Stitt and later with Charles Mingus – collaborating with Mingus on the classic records Blues & Roots and Mingus Ah Um. He recorded for Blue Note in the 1960’s before making Copenhagen, Denmark his permanent home for the rest of his life.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

Ben Webster’s Birthday Party

Craig celebrates the birth date anniversary of Benjamin Francis “Ben” Webster, who was born in Kansas City on March 27th, 1909. We’ll hear a variety of selections from this very influential tenorman … recordings with Duke Ellington, Johnny Hodges, Art Tatum, Benny Carter, Oscar Peterson, and more. Don’t miss it!

 

 

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Cyrille Aimee & the Surreal Band

Our month-long celebration of Women’s History Month concludes with French-born singer Cyrille Aimee and the Surreal Band. This critically-acclaimed chanteuse is a Grammy nominee, and a veteran of the Montreux Jazz Festival. Her sweet, articulate voice charmed the crowd at the 2012 Iowa City Jazz Festival.

 

 

 

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

The Genius of Myra Melford

Host Christian McBride takes us on a “musical journey across the spectrum” with pianist and composer Myra Melford, who McBride considers a master improviser and “multi-dimensional musical force, eloquent in everything from avant-garde to the blues, from small groups to big bands.”

 

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Tribute to Chick Corea, Part 2   

In this second tribute show, covering September, 1968 to July 1969, Craig spins more of his favorites from the keyboard artistry of Chick Corea. We’ll hear some of Chick’s own bands and a bunch of work with one of Chick’s all-time heroes, Miles Davis. This music is surely the backbone of modern jazz from the 1960s and 1970s. Don’t miss it!!

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.

Sacred Hearts by Rick Marqitza on Monday; Luna by Mauricio Morales on Tuesday; Cleveland Time by Matthew Alec & the Soul Electric on Wednesday; The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery by Nelson Riveros on Thursday; You’ve Got To Be Carefully Taught by Gary Negbaur on Friday; Express Connection by Tomislav Goluban on Saturday; Everybody Knows by the Brianna Thomas Band on Sunday