Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Cats on the Keys: Geoff Keezer 

This week’s Short List introduces listeners to Geoff Keezer’s rise to the top rank of today’s jazzmen. If the relatively young – fortyish – pianist Geoff Keezer from Eau Claire, Wisconsin is not a living legend, he should be. He is a true virtuoso and has played with the jazz giants like Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Art Farmer, and Wayne Shorter. He has issued a couple of dozen albums and traveled the world.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

The Compositions of Duke Pearson

Craig spins a sampling of the many Duke Pearson compositions. Featured are tunes that were recorded by other artists, as well as pieces recorded by Duke himself.  We’ll hear some very recognizable songs, such as “Jeanine,” Blues for Alvina,” “Christo Redentor,” dozens of fine tunes that will surprise you, and so many others. Tune in for the incredible compositions of Duke Pearson.

Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson

Erroll Garner – The Joy of a Genius

Erroll Garner was one of the most original, intuitive, and purely exciting pianists to emerge during the modern jazz era. Although he is perhaps best known as the composer of “Misty,” Garner’s significance as a jazz innovator easily rivals his status as a successful songwriter. His approaches to melody, harmony, and especially rhythm are as fresh and inventive today as when he first introduced them in the mid ’40s. Interviewees include Steve Allen, Linton Garner, Martha Glaser, John Levy, Marian McPartland, and Dr. Billy Taylor.

Wednesday Night Special

6:00 PM   

The Jazz Standard at Jazz Under The Stars 2018 

The Jazz Standard kicked off the 31^st year of KCCK’s free summer concerts. Gail and Paul Williams were joined onstage by Peter and Lynne Hart, Tim Crumley, and Dan Oline for a night of standards and selections from the Great American Songbook. The crowd of Noelridge Park had a wonderful time swinging to a night of great jazz on a hot August night.

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursday at 11:00 PM

Up & Down the Mississippi with Bill Frisell

From 2013 – 2015, guitarist Bill Frisell curated Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Roots of Americana series.  For the final performance of the series, he takes us back to the Mississippi River Delta, the great incubator of American music, with a performance entitled Up and Down the Mississippi, Traveling Highway 61. Frisell explores music from New Orleans jazz to Delta blues and Bob Dylan to Bix Beiderbecke.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Thelonious Monk – The Early Years

For this year’s annual celebration of Thelonious Monk, we’ll survey his earliest recordings … from 1941 to 1955.  We’ll hear Monk in the company of Charlie Christian, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Guy, Coleman Hawkins, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, as well as his famous Blue Note sessions, his Prestige recordings, and other tasty offerings.  This is very important music regarding the development of modern jazz, and it provides insight into the development of Monk’s art!

KCCK’s Midnight CD

The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: 

http://www.kcck.org/midnight-cd/