Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Vocal Short List: Kalil Wilson
Oakland, California, jazz singer Kalil Wilson grew up with a bassist and bandleader dad and a record collector mom. He began his career in opera but was eventually captivated by jazz. Mentored by guitar great Kenny Burrell, Wilson was a finalist at the Jose Iturbi Classical Competition and also appeared at the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Vocalist Competition.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
West Coast Jazz 3 – Fantasy Records & the San Francisco Scene
Craig looks deep into the legendary Fantasy Records during the 1950s. He’ll also take a look at Lester Koenig’s traditional jazz label, Good Time Jazz Records. We’ll hear from Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Cal Tjader, Red Norvo, Fire House Five, Kid Ory, Lu Watters, Turk Murphy, and a host of others. Don’t forget the sunscreen!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Student Combos at Jazz Under the Stars
Last season’s Jazz Under the Stars introduced our Young Artist Series of combos, made from students and recent alumni from Cedar Rapids Washington, Marion, City High, West High, and Cedar Falls. Each group — Cheesecake Experiment, Clowntooth, and the Corridor Quintet — organized their own rehearsals, set lists, and performances. To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, KCCK features all three of these combos, who opened for the headliners at Noelridge Park, as this week’s Wednesday Night Special. Just like the audiences last August, you’ll be knocked out by the talent of these young players!
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Rene Marie is Unafraid
René Marie began her music career at age 42, but she’s making up for lost time. This week on Jazz Night in America, we hear a set from last year at Jazz at Lincoln Center, and retrace her story to learn how she’s giving back to help people feel both more vulnerable and less afraid.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
West Coast Jazz 4 – Verve, Capitol & Other Labels
Craig continues his in-depth look at several other record labels that are associated with “West Coast Jazz,” such as Jazz West, Atlantic, Hi-Fi, Andex, Decca, GNP, and others. We’ll hear from Stan Getz, Jimmy Giuffre, June Christy, Lyle Murphy, Richie Kamuca, Bill Holman, and a host of others.
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:
Rhythme de Passage by Emie R Roussel on Monday; The Ghost of Buddy Bolden by Derrick Shezbie on Tuesday; Two Cigarettes in the Dark by Keith Oxman on Wednesday; Tetrahedron by Ernesto Cervini on Thursday; Out of the Box by Ben Rice & RB Stone on Friday; What My Eyes Have Seen by John Blues Boyd on Saturday; All Stars by Special EFX with Chieli Minucci on Sunday.
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Sarah Vaughan and King Pleasure, guitarists George Benson and Melvin Sparks, saxophonists Ben Webster and Sherman Irby, pianist/singer/songwriter Dave Frishberg and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s 1952 Concert, “Sonny Rollins + 4” (1956), Kenny Drew’s “This Is New” (1957), Wes Montgomery’ “Jazz Guitar” (1965), The New Your Jaz Quartet “In Concert in Japan, Vol. 1” (1975) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Short List with host Bob Naujoks 
The Wednesday Night Special
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Hailed by the Vancouver Sun as “one of Canada’s premier drummer-composer-bandleaders,” Toronto-based Ernesto Cervini has proven restlessly creative at the helm of the Ernesto Cervini Quartet, his innovative Turboprop sextet, his co-led trios MEM3, Myriad3 and Tunetown, and his Radiohead cover project Idiotech, among other efforts. With “Tetrahedron,” Cervini flips the script once again, undertaking his first project with an electric bassist (Rich Brown) and an electric guitar (the acclaimed Nir Felder). Together with them and the marvelous Cuban-born, Toronto-based alto saxophonist Luis Deniz, Cervini reveals still new facets to his musical imagination.
Because that’s what we are. The musicians, teachers, students, donors, and music fans who make up KCCK’s constituency are a family. We celebrate together when times are good. And we grieve with each other during tough times.