Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of saxophonists Billy Mitchell, George Young and Azar Lawrence, trumpeters Al Hirt, Arturo Sandoval and Johnny Windhurst, bassists Howard Rumsey and Henry Grimes, vocalists Rene Marie, Kitty Margolis, Gregory Porter Joni Mirchell and more! We’ll also salute the recording anniversaries of the Dinah Washington’s “Dinah!” (1955), Sonny Rollins’ “Live at the Village Vanguard, Vols. 1 & 2 (1957), Alice Coltrane’s “Journey to Satchidananda” (1970), and many more. Listen for us to feature these artists and other recordings throughout the week, and on Jazz Masters with Hollis Monroe weekdays at noon on Jazz 88.3 KCCK!

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Basses Loaded: Dave Holland

Dave Holland has been a significant player for over fifty years, with his late-1960s stint with trumpeter Miles Davis as an early highpoint. Since the early 1970s, he has recorded on hundreds of albums, played with dozens of top ranked players, and issued almost 50 albums as a leader. Holland delves into free-jazz as well as the mainstream.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Bill Evans 60 Years Ago 

Craig gives us a delightful look at some of the wondrous music that piano legend Bill Evans was involved with in 1959.  We’ll hear Evans as a leader in his own groups, as well as with jazz greats such as John Coltrane, Lee Konitz, Miles Davis, Warne Marsh, John Lewis, Bob Brookmeyer, and others. Jazz at its best!

Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM   

KCCK’s Young Artist Series

KCCK introduced our new Young Artist Series to Jazz Under the Stars this year. At each of our Noelridge Park gigs, combos made up of student musicians from C.R. Washington, Cedar Falls, Marion, Iowa City High, and Iowa City West took the stage before our headliners. These groups formed on their own and feature some of the amazing young talent in our schools. For this week’s Wednesday Night Special, we feature the sets of all three groups – Cheesecake Experiment, Clowntooth, and The Corridor Quintet.

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Meet the Vocalists

It’s all about the voice on the next Jazz Night In America, as host Christian McBride presents three takes on jazz vocalists – from Gospel to Salsa to 3-Part Harmony – it’s a celebration of the voice with a 3-concert sampler “with a whole lotta soul.”

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at Noon

Herbie Nichols Centennial, Part 5 

Craig spins more fantastic music from Herbie’s own recordings, as well as from a number of tantalizing interpretations from a number of jazz greats down through the years.  As usual, this is all new material with no duplications from previous shows in this celebration.  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. Tune in at Midnight for: 

Same Day Delivery by the Leslie Pintchik Trio on Monday; Departure by Haruna Fukazawa on Tuesday; The Rhythms Continue by T.K. Blue on Wednesday; Common Tones by Randy Napoleon on Thursday; Live! by Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps on Friday; Play the Blues by Doug Duffey & Badd on Saturday; Nothing Never Happens by Bria Skonberg on Sunday.