Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Eubie Blake and Sir Roland Hanna, bassist Walter Page, singer Roberta Flack, vibist Ben Gillece and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of John Lewis’ “Grand Encounter” (1956), John Coltrane and Red Garland’s “Soultrane” (1957), Art Blakey’s “Free for All” (1964), Shirley Horn’s “Travelin’ Light” (1965), Ray Brown Trio’s “Black Orpheus” (1991), Barbara Morrison’s “I Wanna Be Loved” (2017)  and many more throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK

Short List with host Bob Naujoks

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

Short List: “The Hits”

The Short List continues its listen to great jazz tunes in the popular mind. Join host Bob Naujoks as he spotlights jazz tunes that crossed the boundaries of jazz and other genres. This week, it’s Etta James’s “At Last,” Tommy Dorsey’s “Tea For Two Cha-Cha,” Si Zentner’s “Up a Lazy River,” “Street Life,” made popular by the Crusaders and Randy Crawford, and “Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing.”

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

4 More Who Recently Left Us

In this show, Craig pays tribute to four more jazz artists who have moved on to that “big stage” in the afterworld – Candido Camero Guerra (aka Candido), pianist Frank Kimbrough, baritone sax and tubist Howard Lewis Johnson, and Junior Mance. Each of these artists were, in their unique ways, pioneers in jazz and they left behind a treasure in their recorded legacies.

The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Don Byron Music For Six Musicians

All month long, our Wednesday Night Specials celebrate African-Americans who raise jazz to the level of high art. This week, we listen back to the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival for Don Byron’s Music For Six Musicians. Byron, a celebrated, innovative composer, performer, and jazz educator, never stops reinventing jazz. His experiments with tone, tempo, and ensembles break new ground and inspire legions of fans.

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Channeling Cannonball  

This week, we’re introduced to young saxophonist Patrick Bartley, whose love of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley’s music and musicianship is defining his career. Plus, host Christian McBride tells stories from the recording of Cannonball’s classic live album, “Black Messiah.”

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler 

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Jazz & the Spoken Word, Part One     

Craig will spin a variety of spoken forms in a jazz context. We’ll hear poet Barry Wallenstein with pianist Stanley Cowell, a story told by Duke Ellington, poetry by Jack Kerouac with saxophonist Zoot Sims, Barbara Simmons speaking in front of Jackie McLean’s Sextet, poet Ted Joans with the Archie Shepp Quintet, a Gunther Schuller narration in front of his orchestra, some work by Charles Mingus, and a variety of other goodies and rarities. 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.

Cartoon Bebop by the 14 Jazz Orchestra on Monday; Been Down That Road Before by Clifton Anderson on Tuesday; The VJE: Very Live! by the Verve Jazz Ensemble on Wednesday; Baker’s Circle by Dave Stryker on Thursday; What Is Real by Trevor B. Power on Friday; One More Mile by Dave Thomas on Saturday; Spirit Garden by Tivon Pennicott on Sunday