Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Basses Loaded: Ron Carter
Comfortable as both a sideman and leader, Ron Carter’s prolific career includes appearances on over 2,200 recordings – the most of any bassist. He was a member of the Miles Davis Quintet, appearing on Seven Steps to Heaven and E.S.P. He won the jazz instrumental Grammy in 1993, and another in 1998 for his work on the film, Round Midnight. He remains today the most sought-after and celebrated bassists in jazz.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Jazz Scene in 1949, Part 2
Craig recently looked back at jazz in 1949, and with so many more interesting recordings waiting to be heard, he decided to give you an additional 1949 show with oh-so-many more goodies! We’ll hear from more of the greats … Art Tatum, Anita O’Day, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Lennie Tristano, and many more! Exciting material, to be sure!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
KCCK’s Christmas Channel
Stoke the yule log and pour yourself a mug of hot chocolate! This month, the Wednesday Night Special features KCCK’s Christmas Channel. It’s a commercial-free playlist of the greatest holiday jazz ever recorded. You can also find it all season long at kcck.org/jazz2.
Jazz Night In America with Host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Jazzmeia Horn Breaks Out
Host Christian McBride hails singer Jazzmeia Horn as, “a singer of ironclad capability, creative drive, and irrepressible panache.” Horn, with a first prize at the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition and two albums to her credit, has emerged as the breakout new talent in a formidable jazz-vocal tradition. Hear her story, and her music, this week.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Verve Records in 1959
Craig journeys back 60 years to look in on many of the classiest jazz records ever made … Verve Records in 1959. We’ll hear from jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Hodges, Sonny Stitt, Mel Torme, Ben Webster, Oscar Peterson, and many others. Don’t miss this one!!
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:
Play on Words by Andy Ballantyne on Monday; Vinyl Tap by Spyro Gyra on Tuesday; Baritone Madness by Baritone Madness on Wednesday; Relaxin’ With Nick (Disc 1) by Nicholas Payton Trio on Thursday; Yours Truly, Me … by Alex Lopez on Friday; Heart of Memphis by Michele D’Amour & the Love Dealers on Saturday; Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women’s Suffrage by Karrin Allyson on Sunday.
August 29, 2020 will mark the centennial of one of jazz’s most iconic figures, Charlie Parker. The celebration gets off to a jubilant swinging start with an alto saxophone summit bringing together three of modern jazz’s most acclaimed voices: Vincent Herring, Bobby Watson and Gary Bartz. The soul-stirring “Bird at 100” traces a direct lineage from Parker’s birthplace in Kansas City to the stage of Smoke Jazz Club in New York, where these influential acolytes look back from the vantage point of jazz in 2019, with a combination of reverence, respect and adventure. The program offers a buoyant mix of classic Parker tunes, familiar standards once recorded by Bird, and new compositions written in honor of the master.
While jazz interpretations of classic tunes by the Allman Brothers Band might come off as a surprise to some, the genre always held great inspiration for the band and its members. In referring to the band’s drummer Jai Johanny Johanson, Greg Allman once recalled, “Jaimoe turned all of us on to so much neat stuff. He gave us a proper education about jazz and got us into Miles Davis and John Coltrane. ‘Kind of Blue’ was always on the turntable—Duane really got his head around that album—and he also seriously dug Coltrane’s ‘My Favorite Things.’” Now comes “Big Band of Brothers: A Jazz Celebration of the Allman Brothers Band,” released in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the band’s debut album. Joining the Big Band of Brothers on the 10-song set are singers Marc Broussard and Ruthie Foster, guitarist Jack Pearson and trombonist Wycliffe Gordon.
