Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Formidable Flutes: Herbie Mann
Herbie Mann began his career playing tenor saxophone and clarinet. Eventually, however, he made his mark as one of very first jazz musicians to specialize on flute. Mann emphasized the groove approach in his music. His album, Memphis Underground, is still considered the epitome of a groove record. He was also among the first early practitioners of world music and smooth jazz. Mann brought African rhythms and musicians to America following a tour of the continent. He did the same following an extended stay in Brazil. He was instrumental in the American obsession with Brazilian jazz.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Birth Date Anniversary Celebration for Tenorman Hank Mobley
Craig celebrates Mobley’s contributions to modern jazz with a look back at his recordings, both as a leader and as a sideman. We’ll hear his own recordings on the Prestige and Savoy labels, but most importantly, his more than two dozen records on Blue Note. We’ll also hear Mobley in the company of Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Miles Davis, Grant Green, and many others. Hank was an important cog in the always changing jazz scene of the 1950s and 1960s.
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM
Johnny Hartman, ‘the Romantic Balladeer’
He followed in the wake of Billy Eckstine and Nat “King” Cole, two singers who personified the “black baritone movement” of the late ’40s and ’50s. Overshadowed by these two, Hartman never achieved the popularity he deserved. Through the release of the soundtrack to Clint Eastwood’s Bridges Of Madison County and the re-release of a recording with John Coltrane, the public has rediscovered this wonderful balladeer.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Goose Town at the 2017 Jazz Under the Stars
The countdown begins for KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2018! Four great bands from all over the jazz spectrum will light up Thursday Nights in August at Noelridge Park. To get ready for 2018, KCCK presents the four hot groups who made 2017 a year to remember. First up is Goose Town, a jazz, rock, and soul ensemble who had the crowd on the lawn grooving. Join us for a rebroadcast of Goose Town, live at Jazz Under the Stars 2017.
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Henry Butler, In Memorium
Jazz Night in America presents a special rebroadcast in honor of pianist Henry Butler, who died on Monday, July 2, 2018. Pianist Henry Butler and trumpeter Steven Bernstein are featured at the Jazz Standard in New York City, playing many of their signature tunes with highlights from their 2014 album, Viper’s Drag.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Riverside Records in 1958
Craig travels back 60 years to look in on the recording activities of Riverside Records in 1958. We’ll hear important recordings from great jazz artists like Wynton Kelly, Sonny Rollins, Thelonious Monk, Abbey Lincoln, Johnny Griffin, Cannonball Adderley, Bill Evans, and many others. This is the real deal!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
The Black Art Jazz Collective’s mission statement celebrates African-American cultural and political icons. At the core is a modernism that conjure up the classic bands of Art Blakey and acoustic Miles Davis. But with contemporary soul-fueled solos and locked-in rhythms, the band is more likely to launch into a counterpoint riff or the spacious funk of hip-hop than the svelte lines of a classic walking bass. With their new CD, “Armor of Pride,” the Collective delivers strong original tunes and purposeful, form-hugging improvisation that keeps things looking forward rather than back. And with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt in ebullient form, and saxophonist Wayne Escoffery’s muscularity contrasting with the tenderness of James Burton III’s trombone, the focus never wavers or becomes diffuse.
Also this week, tenor saxophonist JD Allen delivers a beautiful and intensely interesting ballads album, “Love Stone”.
Keyboardist Geoffrey Keezer returns to the piano trio format with “On My Way to You”. 
Harmonica ace Hendrick Meurkens pairs up with pianist Bill Cunliffe on “Cabin in the Sky.”
Short List with host Bob Naujoks 
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride