Special Programs for January 27 thru February 1

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Horn Bands

A couple of “horn bands” – Blood, Sweat, & Tears and Chicago – are Bob Naujoks’ favorite rock stylists because of their strong brass counterpoints. David Clayton-Thomas was distinctive for B-S-&-T, as was bassist-vocalist Peter Cetera for Chicago.

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

John Coltrane in 1960

Craig travels back 60 years to look in on the recorded output of saxophonist John Coltrane in 1960. We’ll hear live material that features Coltrane in Miles’ band, as well as more studio material from Atlantic Records and Roulette Records.

 

 


The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Ritmocano at ICJF 2015

With the recent release of their latest album, Iowa Friends, Cuban Music, now is a great time to revisit Ritmocano’s standout performance at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Led by master percussionist James Dreier, this hot Latin music ensemble features a who’s who of Eastern Iowa talent. 

 

 

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

Wayne Shorter with the JACL

Legendary saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter joins the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra for a deep listen to some of his greatest works. Host Christian McBride sits down the Shorter to discuss Shorter’s long and storied career, as well as stories behind his most memorable compositions.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

Tribute to Jimmy Heath

Craig celebrates the life and legacy of the recently departed NEA Jazz Master, saxophonist Jimmy Heath.  We’ll hear key selections from his numerous recording sessions as a leader (mostly for Riverside Records), as well as some sideman sessions for a variety of jazz giants like Miles Davis, Freddie Hubbard, J.J.Johnson, Milt Jackson, and many others.  Tune in to experience the greatness of his sax work, his composing, and his arranging.

 

 

 

 

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: 

Brain Scan by Brian Scanlon on Monday; Haymarket Station by Aaron Stroessner Quartet on Tuesday; One Note at a Time by the Erik Jekabson Sextet on Wednesday; Jazz Party by Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra on Thursday; Ice Cream in Hell by Tinsley Ellis on Friday; The Juice Glove by G Love on Saturday; Nocturnal Animals (Disc 2) by Yelena Eckemoff on Sunday. 

This Week In Jazz January 26 thru February 1

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of violinist Stephane Grapelli, songwriters Jimmy Van Heusen & Jerome Kern, trumpeter/singer Hot Lips Page, trumpeter Roy Eldridge, pianist/vibist Buddy Montgomery and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Anita O’Day Sings the Most” (1957), Hampton Hawes’ “Four!” (1958), “The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery” (1960), Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans’ “Know What I Mean?” (1961), “Ahmad Jamal & Gary Burton – In Concert” (1981) 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 for January 27, 2020

     Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify

How do you make a comeback to a music scene that has gone through so many radical changes since your departure? The answer, as Christopher Hollyday has discovered, involves a combination of focus, perseverance, and the will to keep moving forward. In 1993, after releasing four well-regarded albums for the RCA/Novus label and touring the world for more than 200 nights a year, Novus closed for business. At age 23, the saxophonist went back to school, got married, moved to San Diego and taught school for 25 years. He started performing again in 2013 and recorded his first album in 26 years in 2018. “Dialogue” is the eagerly-awaited second chapter of Hollyday’s comeback.

 

 

     Guitarist and composer Albare was born in Morocco and grew up in Israel and France. Although he studied at the musical conservatory in his hometown in Israel for two years starting at age 8, he was mostly self-taught. These days, as Albare has lost his central vision faculties due to a genetic illness, his playing is completely by ear. In 1972, he discovered the sound of Tom Jobim while watching Marcel Camus’ cult film, “Orpheus Negro.” The haunting melodies and unique compositions left a profound impression on the young guitarist and inspired Albare to study and play the melodic style for which he is now known. For his 12th album as a leader, “Albare Plays Jobim.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

       

Also this week, reedman Eric Alexander is backed by three of his favorite colleagues and the lush sounds of a string orchestra, bringing his lyrical side to the fore on “Eric Alexander with Strings”;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                

 guitarist and New York native Frank Kohl, who is now a fixture on the Seattle jazz scene, unveils his fifth disc as a leader, “The Crossing”;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

         

     and pianist Aaron Diehl’s new CD, “The Vagabond,” is thoroughly a jazz recording with clear references made to his background and simultaneous career as a classical performer.

 

 

 

 

 

First Friday Jazz February 7

The Corridor Quintet – comprised of students from City High, West High, Cedar Falls, and Cedar Rapids Washington –  will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, February 7, at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary music and more in an intimate, upscale environment. For a $12 cover, enjoy live music and drink specials at the Opus Concert Café bar the first Friday of every month. Purchase tickets .

Talking Pictures 1-22-20

1917, Uncut Gems, Underwater with Hollis Monroe, Phil Brown and Monica Schmidt.

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Xavier Junior Wins Corridor Jazz Art Contest

Allison Talyat, a junior at Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, has been chosen as the winner of the 2019 Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Allison will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM.

Her design will serve as the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project XIII”, a compilation of recordings from the top jazz bands from Jefferson, Kennedy, Prairie, Xavier and Washington High Schools in Cedar Rapids, Linn-Mar and Marion in Marion; City High, Liberty, Center Point Urbana, Solon, Mt. Vernon, and Lisbon.

Receiving Honorable Mention in the contest were eight other students:
Megan Bennett, CR Washington
Katy Hawkins, Marion
Andrew Galimowski, Marion
Lydia Johnston, Marion
Shelby LaMere, Marion
Katelyn Putz, Marion
Carl Steinlase, Marion
Dangelo Washpun, Marion

Allison’s original piece, and those receiving Honorable Mention will all be exhibited during the Corridor Jazz Project concert, March 10 at the Solon Center for Fine Arts.

The Corridor Jazz Project is a jazz education and mentoring program for jazz band students in Eastern Iowa. The program matches each high school’s top jazz band with a professional jazz player, who performs as a guest soloist with the band. The subsequent recordings have been collected and will be released on a compilation CD.

Support for the Corridor Jazz Project comes from MidWestOne Bank, Latta Harris, Orchestra Iowa, and West Music.

Special Programs for January 20 thru January 25

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Bob’s Baker’s Dozen: Sauter-Finegan Orchestra

An obscure big band from the 1950s. The Sauter-Finegan Orchestra had a nice five-year run with a dozen albums. Their Orchestra flirted with novelty effects, near modern classical compositions, and offered little improvisation. They hit the charts with “Doodletown Fifers,” and “The Moon Is Blue.” 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Mondays at 6:00 PM

Prestige Records in 1970, Part One

In this first of a 2-part set of shows, Craig presents selections from the first half of 1970.  We’ll hear from great jazz artists like Harold Mabern, Gene Ammons, Houston Person, Pat Martino, Dexter Gordon, and others.  Looking back 50 years, Prestige Records was still totally in the groove.

 

 


The Wednesday Night Special

Wednesdays at 6:00 PM

Ritmocano at ICJF 2015

With the recent release of their latest album, Iowa Friends, Cuban Music, now is a great time to revisit Ritmocano’s standout performance at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Led by master percussionist James Dreier, this hot Latin music ensemble features a who’s who of Eastern Iowa talent. 

 

 

Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride

Thursdays at 11:00 PM

The Two Hemispheres of Mark Guiliana

Explore two sides of drummer Mark Guiliana’s creative brain featuring two different bands from two sides of the globe. The Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet, his acclaimed acoustic ensemble, performs a lightning-rod set at the world famous Bimhuis in Amsterdam, followed by the premiere of the composer’s new look electric Beat Music project, captured at Rough Trade in Brooklyn.

 

 

 

Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler

Saturdays at 12:00 Noon

John Coltrane in 1960

Craig travels back 60 years to look in on the recorded output of saxophonist John Coltrane in 1960. We’ll hear live material that features Coltrane in Miles’ band, as well as more studio material from Atlantic Records and Roulette Records.

 

 

 

 

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: 

Live In New York by Kurt Elling & James Morrison on Monday; Crazy Time by Shuffle Demons on Tuesday; Beast From The East by Wild Card on Wednesday; Sunrise Over Molokai by the Bill Cunliffe Trio on Thursday; Wayback Machine by Mark Hummel on Friday; Every Day of Your Life by Jimmy Johnson on Saturday; Brazilian Whispers by Andrea Brachfeld on Sunday. 

This Week In Jazz January 19 thru January 25

Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trombonists Juan Tizol and J.J. Johnson, drummers Jimmy Cobb and Jeff “Tain” Watts, singer Etta James and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of  Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” (1949), “Clifford Brown with strings” (1955), Lee Morgan Quintet’s “Take Twelve” (1962) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.