Join us New Year’s Eve for NPR’s Toast of the Nation. Christian McBride is your host for an evening of jazz from around the world. You’ll hear Joshua Redman, Brad Mehldau, The Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ron Carter, and Fred Hersch. Beginning at 9 p.m. December 31 and going into the wee hours of January 1, 2020.
Toast of the Nation New Year’s Eve
Special Programs for December 23 thru December 28
Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Bill Withers
Bill Withers, with his strong, soulful voice and poignant songwriting, crossed the boundaries of many musical genres. While remembered primarily as a Rhythm and Blues balladeer, Withers also made a great impact on the jazz world. His collaboration with Grover Washington, Jr. earned that recording a Grammy. He also lent his talents to The Crusaders, B.B. King, and Etta James.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
The 2019 Holiday Show
Craig spins a tasty mix of holiday jazz faves, some holiday obscurities, and some easy going ultra-mellow jazz gems, to cook up the perfect recipe for a relaxing, yet spirited holiday presentation. We look forward to sharing some cheer and glad tidings with all of our listeners! Best wishes to all!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Celebrate your Christmas Eve with KCCK’s Christmas Channel!
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
South Africa 25 Years Later
Host Christian McBride commemorates the 25th anniversary of the end of South African apartheid. The musicians who stayed in South Africa during the oppression are celebrated with music from the Cape Town International Jazz Festival and Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
The 2019 Holiday Show
Craig spins a tasty mix of holiday jazz faves, some holiday obscurities, and some easy going ultra-mellow jazz gems, to cook up the perfect recipe for a relaxing, yet spirited holiday presentation. We look forward to sharing some cheer and glad tidings with all of our listeners! Best wishes to all!
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:
A View From Within by the Jim Robitaille Group on Monday; Pocketful of Cool by Ginetta’s Vendetta on Wednesday; My Left Hand Man by Richie Goods & the Goods Project on Thursday; Blues Got My Back by Tom Euler on Friday; Knockin’ On the Door by Glenn Alexander & Shadowland on Saturday; Paramus by Chano Dominguez & Hadar Noiberg on Sunday.
This Week In Jazz December 22 thru December 28
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway, pianist/singer/composer Earl “Fatha” Hines, bassist Monty Budwig, drummer Ed Thigpen, saxman Frank Morgan and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1954), Miles Davis & the Jazz Giants (1954), Mingus at the Bohemia (1955), Milt Jackson’s “Bag’s Opus” (1958), Ray Charles’ “Genius+Soul=Jazz” (1960), Don Cherry’s “Multikulti” (1988) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
New Music Monday December 23, 2019
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
The great Jay Leonhart has always shown a deft touch on his instrument, the double bass. It would be fair to say he is equally skilled at turning a phrase. He began his musical explorations as a teenage trad jazz player in Baltimore, where he was immediately attracted to the music and the upright bass soon after. Leonhart’s path led him to associations with many of jazz’s greats, including Thad Jones and Mel Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Tony Bennett and Jim Hall. His favored configuration for his story filled original tunes has been a trio with piano, bass and drums. That’s the setting we find him in on his new recording, “Joy,” a wonderful collection of jazz-inflected art songs.
Harkening back to the era of classic Gary Burton recordings, vibist Dan McCarthy pays tribute to Burton and Carla Bley, another towering influence on his musical development, for his new CD, “City Abstract.” Recently returning to Toronto after 15 years in New York City, McCarthy teams with highly regarded Toronto-based improvisers, guitarist Ted Quinlan, Pat Collins on bass, and drummer Ted Warren, to present six new originals inspired by Burton and Bley, as well as compositions by Bley, Pat Metheny and Keith Jarrett.
Also this week, trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas offers up a twelve piece ‘song-cycle’ dedicated to positive action with “Engage”;
trumpeter Gabriel Mark Hasselbach is joined by Cory Weeds and Ernie Watts in an homage to some of the classic jazz flag-bearers he grew up listening to on “MidCentury Modern Volume 2”;
and jazz veterans Dick Hyman and Ken Peplowski take on the Lerner & Loewe songbook on “Counterpoint.”
Clean Up Your Act 12-26-19
The 100% Clean Economy Act would put the U.S. on the path toward a clean economy by 2050, according to a member of Moms Clean Air Force.
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Culture Crawl 534 “Foul Play at The Fizzy Lemon”
Hardboiled Mysteries is a new performance troupe that grew out of founder Marissa Carson’s love for putting on Murder Mystery parties. After having years of using shows written by others, Marissa gathered a group of friends to put on an original show that would be open to the public. Their first event, “Foul Play at The Fizzy Lemon,” is Jan. 3 & 4 at Shores Event Center in Cedar Rapids.
The unique twist is that each guest will not only be trying to guess the identity of the murderer, but will have their own Twenties-era persona to play in character. Period attire is encouraged.
Dec. 27 is the deadline for tickets that include dinner catered by The Blend. Performance-only tickets can be purchased up through Jan. 1.
www.hardboiledmysteries.com for tickets and more info.
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Talking Pictures 12-18-19
The Irishman and Watchmen with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Phil Brown.
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Culture Crawl 533 “The Full Kevin”
Orchestra Iowa music director Tim Hankewich has been a fan of International Blues Challenge winner Kevin “BF” Burt for years, and has invited Kevin to be the guest artist for the highlight of the Christmas season for many, “Holiday Spectacular.” Kevin will perform new arrangements of holiday favorites, and Coe College’s Steve Shanley has also arranged one of Kevin’s own compositions for the full orchestra.
Also featuring the kids Discovery Chorus, Espressivo Strings, Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale and Tim also promises to show us a side of Santa Clause we’ve never seen before!
Dec. 20, 21, & 22 at the Paramount Theatre. Tickets at www.orchestraiowa.org.
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