Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Jimmy Lunceford, arranger/bandleader Nelson Riddle, drummers Specs Powell, Al Harewood, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Louis Hayes, Charlie Watts and Peter Erskine, saxophonists Red Holloway, Hal McKusick, and Oliver Nelson, singers Morgana King and Ian Shaw and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie’s “Bird  & Diz” (1950), “The Eminent J.J. Johnson” (1955), Miles Davis’ “’Round About Midnight” (1956), Tal Farlow’s “Tal” (1956), Betty Roche’s “Singin’ & Swingin’” (1960), Joe Henderson’s “Page One” (1963), Dexter Gordon’s “One Flight Up” (1964), “A Buck Clayton Jam Session” (1975), “Keith Jarrett at the Blue Note” (1994) and many others throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Short List with host Bob Naujoks   

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

Vocal Short List: Sophie Milman

Canadian singer Sophie Milman was barely 20 when she made her first album in 2004. Three years later, her recording, Make Someone Happy, won a JUNO Award for the best jazz vocal recording. She only has a half-dozen recordings available and is currently not performing, but Milman is well worth hearing.

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

Herbie Hancock & the Mwandishi Era, Part 2

Craig presents the second of at least 3 shows spotlighting the recordings of this stunning jazz group that Herbie operated from ’69 thru ’73. We’ll hear both studio and live recordings from Herbie and his artistic cohorts, Eddie Henderson, Julian Priester, Bennie Maupin, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, and Patrick Gleeson. This is some of the most incredible and overlooked music of the 20th century!

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Commons Collective at Jazz Under the Stars

The Commons Collective kicked off 2014’s Jazz Under the Stars. This quintet of extremely talented musicians met as students at the University of Northern Iowa. Their original works draw upon all styles of music – from blues to rock, and from classical to pop – and yet they keep their feet firmly grounded in jazz and improvisation. The crowd at Noelridge Park quickly discovered why they are considered, “one of the most popular … jazz groups in Eastern Iowa.”

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

The Evolution of Jon Batiste 

Jon Batiste, says Christian McBride, “was born for show business.” Hear Batiste play an intimate set in New York City, along with some tunes especially for Jazz Night in America. Follow the career of this consummate professional and showman, from his early days to his gig as band leader for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

The Piano Artistry of Art Tatum

Craig takes a loving look back at the career of one of our greatest virtuosos of jazz piano, Art Tatum. We’ll hear dazzling material from recordings in the mid-1930s, until the time near his death in 1956.  Every jazz player thru history will acknowledge the greatness of Art Tatum.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

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

Rippin & Runnin’ by Farnell Newton on Monday; Mood by Gerald Beckett on Tuesday; Mayan Suite by Brian Andres Trio Latino on Wednesday; From This Place by Pat Metheny on Thursday; Old School Girl by Lawrence Lebo on Friday; Here I Come by Jose Ramirez on Saturday; 4 by Leni Stern on Sunday