Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Cats on the Keys 4: Bill Cunliffe

This week’s “Cats On the Keys” Short List features Bill Cunliffe, who gained early experience as an arranger and pianist for the Buddy Rich Big Band. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he promptly won the 1989 Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano Competition, and then joined the Clayton Hamilton Jazz Orchestra. Through the years, Cunliffe has worked with trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonist Bob Sheppard, and especially drummer Joe LaBarbara. He was awarded a Grammy in 2010 for his arrangement of the “West Side Story Suite” for an Oscar Peterson Tribute album for Resonance. Hear Bill Cunliffe’s excellent jazz mornings at 8:35 and Saturday morning at 7:00 on Iowa’s Jazz Station 88.3 KCCK, and with our free mobile app.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Birthdate Anniversary of Harold Land

Craig celebrates the birthdate anniversary of “west coast” jazz giant, Harold Land.  He’ll spin outstanding selections from Land’s 15 dates as a leader, and from his dozens of appearances as a sideman with the likes of Bobby Hutcherson, Gerald Wilson, Hampton Hawes, Curtis Counce, and, of course, his time with Clifford and Max!  This is the stuff — from one of the best saxophonists ever!!

Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson    

Monday at 11:00 PM 

Norman Granz: Jazz Genius Behind The Scenes

Norman Granz has no equal as an impresario in jazz and popular music. He founded Verve and Pablo records. He created Jazz at the Philharmonic, a touring concert series that was helpful in promoting the careers of Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Roy Eldridge, Lester Young, and Art Tatum. As a jazz producer, he has probably done more than anyone to bring modern jazz to a wider audience. This show celebrates Granz’s outstanding achievements while exploring the shrewdness and audacity of his producing style. Interviewees include Granz, pianists Oscar Peterson and Benny Green, drummers Buddy Rich and Louis Bellson, and others.

Wednesday Night Special             

6:00 PM   

A Dan Knight Swingin’ Christmas at Riverside Theatre

Join us as we relive one of KCCK’s fondest Holiday memories. For two nights in 2004, legendary Iowa pianist Dan Knight, along with guitarist Bob Dunn, student musicians Nick Kaufmann on bass and Paul Kreswick on drums, and singer Betsy Hickok, played to sold-out audiences of merrymakers in Iowa City’s Riverside Theatre. It was a delightful present, indeed, as Dan and friends played both treasured songs and new favorites. Bells were ringin’, and the crowd was singin’, as the Dan Knight Quartet got the whole house swingin’ … just in time for Santa Claus! It’s a treasure we’re happy to share!

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursday at 11:00 PM

Happy Holidays From The JALCO 

Swing into the holiday season with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s take on Christmas classics. Wynton Marsalis leads the band in some holiday treasures, some new classics, and some old chestnuts to keep you warm and swinging all through the holidays. Catherine Russell joins the orchestra to sing some of her favorites, too.  

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler     

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

2018 Holiday Season Special

Craig brings you a tasteful mix of jazz seasonal favorites and contemplative jazz introspection, to help eliminate the tensions of the season.  Join Craig for a celebration of the holiday season!!

KCCK’s Midnight CD

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

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

Short List with host Bob Naujoks    

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

Cats On The Keys 4: Barbara Carroll

Host Bob Naujoks introduces pianist Barbara Carroll to Iowa. Though long in tenure in New York City, she is not well known in the Midwest. Her early years were spent overcoming the gender bias of the male-dominated jazz field. She did break through and played opposite both Dizzy Gillespie’s high powered bop orchestra and the iconic Art Tatum. In the mid-1950s she work on Broadway and had recorded with Atlantic and Verve. She issued a new recording and was doing a regular Saturday afternoon gig at Birdland two months before her death in February.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler

Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Contemporary Records in 1957

Craig journeys back 60 years to look in on one of the classiest “west coast jazz” record labels – Contemporary Records.  We’ll hear some terrific examples from the 35 + sessions recorded by Lester Koenig for his label during 1957, a year which featured many of the “west coast” greats – Art Pepper, Shelly Manne, Leroy Vinnegar, Buddy Collette, Howard Rumsey, and many others.  Don’t miss this perfect blast of California sunshine!!

Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson    

Monday at 11:00 PM 

Tommy Flanagan: Poet of Piano

Tommy Flanagan’s soft-spoken manner reflected his quietly understated playing. Known for his style and technique, he was one of bebop’s most important pianists. Born into the fertile Detroit jazz scene, he played with Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell, and Thad and Elvin Jones. In 1956, Flanagan moved to New York and became a highly sought studio musician. His devotion as an accompanist resulted in his being somewhat underrated as a soloist, though he was honored with Denmark’s prestigious Jazzpar prize.

Wednesday Night Special             

6:00 PM   

Euforquestra at Jazz Under The Stars

Euforquestra, the ever-evolving, genre-crossing ensemble originally from Iowa City, injects their live shows with jazz, funk, soul, Afrobeat, reggae and dub to a create music, as one review says, “explodes, dances, and melts in your ear.” They like to call it  “Afro-Caribbean-Barnyard-Funk.” However you define it, their music is igniting audiences across the country. Euforquestra tours constantly and now call Colorado home base, but we captured them live in 2007 at Jazz Under The Stars. Take a musical trip to the grooviest places on earth on this week’s Wednesday Night Special!

Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride

Thursday at 11:00 PM

NEA Jazz Masters 

For more than 30 years, the NEA has been horning some of the most significant living well established, seasoned jazz veterans. The folks who’ve earned their stripes, paid their dues. The first crop was in 1982 with Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie, and Sun Ra … the following year, Sonny Rollins, Count Basie, and Kenny Clarke. This year, it’s writer Ira Gitler, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, bassist Dave Holland, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Pianist Dick Hyman Jazz Night in America salute this year’s recipients with interviews with the artists and unearthed rare live recordings.

Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler     

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

Birthdate Anniversary of Harold Land

Craig celebrates the birthdate anniversary of “west coast” jazz giant, Harold Land.  He’ll spin outstanding selections from Land’s 15 dates as a leader, and from his dozens of appearances as a sideman with the likes of Bobby Hutcherson, Gerald Wilson, Hampton Hawes, Curtis Counce, and, of course, his time with Clifford and Max!  This is the stuff — from one of the best saxophonists ever!!

KCCK’s Midnight CD

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

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