Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Vocal Short List: Nnenna Freelon
This week the Short List begins a new vocal series. Nnenna Freelon was a late-starter in the music business, beginning after the birth of her third child. She grew up singing, however, in church choirs and learned piano at her grandmother’s house. Ellis Marsalis encouraged Nnenna to pursue a recording contract with Columbia Records in the early 1990s.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
West Coast Jazz 1: Pacific Jazz Records
Craig presents an in-depth look at the artists and recordings of the legendary record label, Pacific Jazz, during the 1950s. We’ll hear from Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Bud Shank, Annie Ross, Richie Kamuca, Jack Montrose, Zoot Sims, Shorty Rogers, Jim Hall, and a host of others.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Soul Sacrifice at First Friday Jazz
Soul Sacrifice, Eastern Iowa’s collective of all things Latin rock/fusion, brought their love of Carlos Santana to the Opus Concert Café for two sets of sweet grooves. John Reasoner, Denny Redmond, Rob Wallace, John Hall, Tim Crumley, and Dennis McPartland – veterans of local music stages for decades – got the Opus crowd moving in their chairs and singing along to “Black Magic Woman,” “Evil Ways,” and other immortal Santana classics.
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Getting to Know Linda Oh
Host Christian McBride gets to know bassist Linda May Han Oh. We’ll hear from her latest album, Aventurine, and learn about her award-winning rise to the top of the jazz world. Oh looks back at the jazz heroes who influenced her, as well as the thrill of later getting to play in their bands.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
West Coast Jazz 2 – Contemporary Records
Craig presents an in-depth look at the artists and recordings of the legendary label, Contemporary Records, during the 1950s. We’ll hear from Teddy Edwards, Bob Cooper, Harold Land, Art Pepper, Lennie Niehaus, Leroy Vinnegar, Shelly Manne, Curtis Counce, Buddy Collette, 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:
Alterations by Robin McKelle on Monday; The Scrapper by John Sneider on Tuesday; The Road Less Traveled by Knoxville Jazz Orchestra on Wednesday; Without Deception by Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio on Thursday; High Risk, Low Reward by Ryan Perry on Friday; Rebel Moon Blues by Sass Jordan on Saturday; Life Goes On by Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard & Steve Swallow on Sunday.
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Jimmy McPartland and Harry James, pianist/singer Nat King Cole, pianists Tommy Flanagan, Lennie Tristano, Marian McPartland and Jessica Williams, singers Bill Henderson and Queen Latifah, guitarist Bill Frisell and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Joe Roland” (1955), Barney Kessel/Shelly Manne/Ray Brown’s “The Poll Winners” (1957), Abbey Lincoln’s “It’s Magic!) 1958, “Getz/Gilberto” (1963), Sonny Stitt “Live at the Left Bank” (1971), Wynton Marsalis’ “In This House, On This Morning” (1993) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Marc Free of the celebrated Posi-Tone Records is proud to present “Solid Moments,” the latest in a series of projects he began a couple of years ago. The album features Idle Hands, a collaborative sextet of top-tier musicians who have done illustrious work as leaders or sidemen for the label. It includes guitarist Will Bernard, vibraphonist Behn Gillece, bassist Boris Kozlov, pianist Art Hirahara, saxophonist Sam Dillon and drummer Donald Edwards. The emphasis is on new original music by the band members. Free says the disc “speaks to this idea of a ‘repertory theater’ of artists that we work with, players who collaborate really well and understand what we’re trying to present to listeners.”
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Bix Beiderbeck, saxmen George Coleman, Ornette Coleman and Lee Konitz, pianists James Williams and Sir Charles Thompson, drummer Roy Haynes and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Cannonball Adderley’s “Somethin’ Else” (1958), Orhette Coleman’s “Tomorrow is the Question!” and Wynton Kelly’s “Kelly Blue” (1958), Miles Davis’ “Skethces of Spain” (1960), Kenny Barron’s “Scratch” (1984), Frank Morgan’s “You Must Believe in Spring” (1992), Joe Lovano’s “Quartets Live at the Village Vanguard (1994) 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
Vocalist Robin McKelle delves into the catalog of some of the most celebrated women of song, interpreting these masterworks through the lens of the jazz idiom on “Alterations.” McKelle lends her sultry vocal stylings to classics by a diverse list of female innovators including Dolly Parton, Sade, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Janis Joplin, Carol King, Billie Holiday and Joni Mitchell. She is joined by a group of consummate musicians including pianist and arranger Shedrick Mitchell, bassist Richie Goods, drummer Charles Haynes and guitarist Nir Felder.
