Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Cats on the Keys: Paul Bley
Canadian pianist Paul Bley more than a hundred albums over his five decade career. When a teenager Bley filled in for Oscar Peterson in a Montreal jazz club, and over his career worked with Chet Baker, Lester Young, Charles Mingus and Ornette Coleman. His creative use of meter and space inspired later pianists like Kenny Werner and Denny Zeitlin.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
The Piano Artistry of Junior Mance
Craig looks back at the storied Chicago pianist Junior Mance, from his early days with Gene Ammons, Lester Young, and Sonny Stitt, through his many recordings on Verve, Jazzland, Riverside, and many others. Mance recently turned 90, and has amassed a remarkable legacy of music.
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
Sun Ra’s Cosmic Swing
Pianist and bandleader Sun Ra has been both ridiculed as a charlatan and revered as an innovator of jazz theater and collective improvisation. This week’s show travels the spaceways to find the meaning and magic behind an artist who arranged and played in a big band, cut R&B doo-wop sides, and ushered in an era of free improvisation and experimentation with his own band Arkestra.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
2015 Kirkwood Fall Big Band Concert with Johannes Wallman
Pianist Johannes Wallman joined the Kirkwood Jazz Ensembles in 2015 for the annual Fall Big Band Concert. Wallman, one of the nation’s top jazz educators and a sought-after sideman, took center stage for a night of standards and new works from his many CD releases.
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Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Mike Reed – The World That I’m In
Mike Reed was on tour in Eastern Europe with his flagship band, People, Places & Things. While passing through the Czech Republic by train, they were menaced by a gaggle of neo-Nazi skinheads, narrowly escaping harm through the intervention of riot police. Later, mulling over these events, Reed decided to create a suite called Flesh & Bone. After its concert premiere at the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015, it was captured by Jazz Night in America at Reed’s venue, Constellation, in Chicago.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon and Mondays at 6:00 PM
Great Bands of the 1970’s: Weather Report, Part Two
Craig takes another look back at one of the more prominent bands of the “fusion era”….WEATHER REPORT. He’ll talk a little more history of the band, as well as spin more selections from their studio recordings from this exciting and historically important ensemble.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
Ruben Blades—the salsa giant and nine-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, actor and activist—collaborated with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis in 2014 for an extraordinary series of performances on the Jazz at Lincoln Center stage. On these very special style-straddling, Americas-spanning nights, the world of salsa and swing collided. The arrangements for “Una Noche con Ruben Blades” were done by the Orchestra’s bassist Carlos Henriquez, whom Downbeat magazine has called “an emerging master in the Latin jazz idiom.” “His music was one of my earliest influences,” Henriquez says. “The music I arranged…sounds like Panama, New Orleans, and New York all mixed into one.”
Tony Bennett and Diana Krall celebrate their shared love of the music of George and Ira Gershwin on their new collaborative album, “Love is Here to Stay.” The pair have been friends for over 20 years. They toured together in 2000 and recorded duets for two of Bennett’s CDs, but this marks their first full album project together. The disc was released just in time for the 120th anniversary of George Gershwin’s birthday. It was recorded with the Grammy award winning Bill Charlap Trio and the stunning result is a subtle, sophisticated and beautifully rendered love letter to the Gershwins’ music and their status as one of the premiere songwriting teams of the American popular standard.
Iowa’s Jazz Station is headed back to New Orleans for an unforgettable week of music, food, and sightseeing! We depart in May for a trip that includes a day at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, preparing gumbo with world famous chefs, a tour of the French Quarter, riverboat cruise, and more.
Short List with host Bob Naujoks 
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
