Corridor Jazz Guest DJs – Prairie

This time next year, Brody Joens and Ryan Neubuaer will be finishing up their first year at Dordt University and Wartburg College, respectively. But today they are guest DJs on KCCK, representing Prairie Jazz I. They tell the story of how Gordon Goodwin’s “Jazz Police” became the unofficial theme “rev-up” tune for Jazz I this year, and spin a fun variety of jazz and blues tunes from a variety of eras and traditions.

Playlist:

  1. “Donna Lee” – Cory Henry
  2. “Spain” – Al Jarreau
  3. “The Jazz Police” – Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band
  4. “How Blue Can You Get” – B.B. King
  5. “Single Petal of a Rose” – Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra feat. Joe Temperly
  6. “Beaulah Witch” – “Burning for Buddy – A Tribute to Buddy Rich”
  7. “Melancholy Serenade” – The Jackie Gleason Orchestra
  8. “On the Sunny Side of the Street” – Dizzy Gillespie feat. Sonny Rollins & Sonny Stitt
  9. “Clair De Lune” – Kamasi Washington
  10. “Everyday I Have the Blues” – Prairie Jazz I feat. Eddie Piccard

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Corridor Jazz Guest DJs – Linn-Mar

Shhh! Don’t tell, but Cavan O’Hara confesses during his guest DJ hour that he “may have” taken an extra sax or two from the Linn-Mar band room to practice on during this long break.

Meanwhile, Anna Kelly explains why the duet she played with her cousin, 10 of Soul’s Mike McMann for the Corridor Jazz Project this year is like Thanksgiving dinner.

Playlist:

  1. “All The Things You Are” – Paul Desmond and Chet Baker
  2. “Shiny Stockings” – Count Basie 
  3. “Moonlight Serenade” – Glenn Miller
  4. “Klactoveedsedstene” – Bird at 100
  5. “Feelin Good” – Nina Simone
  6. “Generique” – Miles Davis
  7. “Have You Met Miss Jones” – Seth McFarland
  8. “The Girl From Ipanema” – Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim
  9. “Queen Bee” – Count Basie
  10. “Somebody New” – Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble feat. Mike McMann (& Anna Kelly)

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This Week In Jazz April 12 thru April 18

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Bud Freeman, Gene Ammons and Leo Parker, vibist Teddy Charles, trumpeter Shorty Rogers, trombonist Freddie Green, flutist Herbie Mann, vocalist The. Rev. Al Green and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), Miles Davis’ “Seven Steps to Heaven” (1963), Wes Montgomery’s “Encores, Volume 2: Blue’n’ Boogie” (1963), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers’ “Indestructible” (1964), Kim Nalley’s “She Put a Spell on Me: Kim Nalley Sings Nina Simone” (2004) and many others throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.

Special Programs for April 13 thru April 18

Short List with host Bob Naujoks   

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

Vocal Short List: Arthur Prysock

The deep-voiced Arthur Prysock started out under the influence of Billy Eckstine, but soon found his own way. His first fame came with the mid-1940s band of saxophonist Buddy Johnson. In the mid-1960s he would record with the Count Basie Orchestra. In 1987, he received a Grammy nomination for a duet on “Teach Me tonight.”

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

West Coast Jazz 5 – Chico Hamilton & Fred Katz

Craig takes a close look at the Pacific Jazz recordings of drummer Chico Hamilton and cellist Fred Katz. We’ll hear unique offerings from a variety of bands led by these two masters. Some great material that will raise your eyebrows!

 

 

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Corridor Jazz Concert 2018

As we celebrate April’s Jazz Appreciation Month KCCK highlights the talent of our high school student musicians. The Wednesday Night Special features the 2018 Corridor Jazz Concert. Musicians from the Corridor’s high school jazz ensembles worked with guest professionals, on a chart, recorded it for a CD, and performed it live at the new Voxman Hall at the University of Iowa.

 

 

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Bela Fleck & Edmar Castaneda at Big Ears 

Host Christian McBride spotlights two virtuosos on two unique instruments. Banjo player Bela Fleck joined Colombian folk harpist Edmar Castaneda on stage at the Big Ears Jazz Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee for a standout performance.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

West Coast Jazz 6 – Shelly Manne

Craig takes a close look at the Contemporary recordings led by this master drummer.  We’ll hear some very special offerings from this singular artist, with support from a number of the top names in West Cost jazz!

 

 

 

KCCK’s Midnight CD

Every Night at Midnight

Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish. Tune in at Midnight for: 

Tangerine Rhapsody by Snorre Kirk Quartet on Monday; The Awakening by Christian Tamburr on Tuesday; Trumpet Ship by Thomas Marriot on Wednesday; Watershed  by John Stein on Thursday; Playing With Fire by Liz Mandeville on Friday; Lessons Learned by Jim Gustin & Truth Jones on Saturday; Woven Dreams by Lara Driscoll on Sunday. 

New Music Monday for April 13, 2020

    Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify
 After 20 years at the helm of her acclaimed acoustic sextet, taking her across the globe and onto such renowned stages as the Newport Jazz Festival and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, Amina Figarova embarks on a bold new chapter with the release of “Persistence.” On the disc, the Azerbaijani-born pianist and composer debuts her exploratory new ensemble Edition 113, an electric band grooving somewhere in the sweet spot between jazz fusion, classic R&B, inventive hip-hop and progressive funk. She’s joined by guitar great Rez Abbasi, drummer Rudy Royston, bassist Yasushi Nakamura, and her partner in music and life, flutist Bart Platteau.

 

     Grammy Award-winning artists Luciana Souza and Vince Mendoza have joined forces with the WDR Big Band of Cologne for a most extraordinary collaboration, “Storytellers.” Considered one of the most important vocalists of her generation, the Brazilian-born Souza brings her deeply personal and illuminated singing to songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim, Chico Pinheiro, Edu Lobo, Chico Barque, Djavan, Ivan Lins and Gilberto Gil. Renowned arranger Mendoza presents each song in the collection with an enlightened score that springs from his profound understanding of orchestration, coloring, and his exceptional ability as a composer.

 

 

         

Also this week, the trio Gilfema with guitarist Lionel Loueke, bassist Massimo Biolcati and drummer Ferenc Nemeth, unveil their first release since 2008, “Three”;

 

 

 

 

                

 bassist and reedman Troy Roberts pushes his musical abilities to the next level of originality with “Stuff I Heard,” showcasing his versatility as an instrumentalist and composer;

 

       

      and saxophonist Jimmy Greene finds solace, support and inspiration from multiple directions “While Looking Up.”

 

 

 

 

Corridor Jazz Guest DJs – Marion

Reddyn Brunner-Luse and David Reisner from Marion High School are old hands at being KCCK Guest DJs, as this is their second time around. Things we learned during this show include:

  • Reddyn has played Ronnie Cuber’s bari sax solo from Moanin’ on his bass trombone.
  • David danced in the rain with a member of the Marion Marching Band color guard
  • Marion director Mr. Vander Weil and his high school director, Mr. Engelhardt (Marion’s Corridor Jazz artist this year), both count measures in French!

 

Playlist:

  1. “Sunrise” – Trombone Shorty
  2. “Lenny” – Stevie Ray Vaughn
  3. “I’ve Got the World on a String” – Frank Sinatra
  4. “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning” – Frank Sinatra
  5. “Moanin'” – Charles Mingus
  6. “Buona Sera” – Louis Prima
  7. “Take Five” – Dave Brubeck
  8. “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” – Cannonball Adderly
  9. “A Woman is a Sometimes Thing” – Louis Armstrong
  10. “You’d be So Nice to Come Home To” – Marion High School Jazz Band One feat. Kyle Engelhardt

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Corridor Jazz Guest DJs – Center Point-Urbana

Center Point-Urbana made its very first appearance in the Corridor Jazz Project this year, and fortunately, we were able to complete the concert before the pandemic hit. Emma, DJ, and Liam spun some great tunes and told us some funny stories.

Things Dennis learned from Emma, DJ, and Liam:

  • DJ has a Twitch Channel
  • The Chordates are sampled by Liam’s favorite rapper
  • Emma searched high and low for a funky cha-cha
  • Mr. Jacobi has a catch phrase!

 

Playlist:

  1. “The Surrey with the Fringe on Top” – Buddy Rich and His Buddies
  2. “Beyond the Sea” – Bobby Darin
  3. “Down By The Riverside” – Benny Green
  4. “Mr. Sandman” – The Chordates
  5. “It’s ‘da Blues” – Al Naylor
  6. “A Night in Tunisia” – Dizzy Gillespie
  7. “Triste” – Oscar Peterson
  8. “Ain’t That a Kick in the Head” – Dean Martin
  9. “Funky Cha-Cha” – Arturo Sandoval
  10. “Blues in the Closet” – Center Point-Urbana Jazz Band feat. Rod Pierson

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Talking Pictures 4-8-20

The Aeronauts (2019) and Midway (2019) with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Scott Chrisman.

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