Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Vocal Short List: Bobby Scott
Singer-pianist-composer Bobby Scott was playing in Louis Prima’s group when he was fifteen, and as a teen made the scene with Gene Krupa, Lester Young and Tony Scott. He had a bonafide hit in 1956 with “Chain Gang,” a Grammy award for A Taste of Honey,” and produced “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother” for the Righteous Brothers. Listen to The Short List weekday mornings at 8:35 and Saturday mornings at 7:00, on Jazz 88.3 KCCK or on demand at kcck.org.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Music of Woody Shaw, Part Two … His Blue Note Years
Craig focuses on another area of the career of this remarkable trumpet master and composer … his legendary work with famed artists of the classy, modern jazz record label, Blue Note Records. We’ll hear Woody performing in the company of jazz greats Andrew Hill, Horace Silver, Jackie McLean, McCoy Tyner, Hank Mobley, Booker Ervin, and others. Exciting jazz from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s!
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM
The Village Vanguard: The Hallowed Basement
The influential 75-year-old club has hosted the most important figures in jazz from giants like Monk, Miles, and Coltrane to stars of today like Joshua Redman and Wynton Marsalis. It has been the setting for some of the best live recordings in jazz, and the great stories.
Wednesday Night Special 
6:00 PM
Local on the 8’s at Jazz Under The Stars
Their name taken from a Weather Channel segment, Local on the 8’s serves up a menu of diverse jazz – from traditional jazz, to New Orleans funk, to deep soul. You never know quite what you’re in for at one of their shows. Local on the 8’s, another strong vote-getter in our recent listener poll of Jazz Under the Stars favorites, brought everything to the stage at Noelridge Park for their 2015 show. It was an incredible night for great music and a whole lot of fun! Hear it again on the Wednesday Night Special!
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Joe Temperley at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Joe Temperley, long-time baritone saxophonist for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, died May 11, 2016, at the age of 86. Temperley, was born in Scotland but moved to London and then America and went on to play with Duke Ellington and nearly all the great big bands in jazz. On this episode of Jazz Night In America, we hear Temperley’s life story, along with his own compositions and new arrangements of his favorite Ellington tunes.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Bobby Hutcherson Birth Date Anniversary Celebration
Craig notes the birthday of famed vibes and marimba player, Bobby Hutcherson. We’ll hear a well-chosen program of highlights from Bobby’s 40+ recordings as a leader, and from his 100+ recording sessions as a sideman. Tune in for some truly remarkable music!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
The Eric Thompson Quartet will perform at First Friday Jazz at the Opus Concert Cafe Friday, February 2, at 5 p.m. The first set will be broadcast live on KCCK. The First Friday Jazz Series features an eclectic mix of jazz, Latin, contemporary music and more in an intimate, upscale environment. For a $12 cover, enjoy live music and drink specials at the Opus Concert Café bar, on the first Friday of every month. 
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Also this week, the young Cuban pianist, composer and Grammy-nominee Alfredo Rodriguez offers up his fourth studio album, “The Little Dream”. 
Jazz quartet meets string quartet on “Departure” by the BC Double Quartet led by guitarist Bill Coon. 
