The Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Cats On The Keys 4
Featured this week is the somewhat forgotten, but brilliant technician Dorothy Donegan. Critics ignored her because of her flamboyant performance style. Some said her antics got in the way of the music. But in 1971 a leading critic declared she was “potentially the greatest jazz pianist playing today.” She was rediscovered in 1983, after playing at Earl Hines’s funeral. This led to a late life resurgence in her career.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM.
Thelonious Monk Centennial Celebration, Part One
Craig celebrates the 100th birth date anniversary of pianist and composer Thelonious Monk with two special shows featuring a variety of live recordings. We’ll hear stunning performances from a number of locations in Europe, as well as dates at the Monterey Jazz Festival, Town Hall in NYC, the Newport Jazz Festival, and many other well-known venues. Tune in for some great live stuff!
Jazz Profiles with host Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM
Gil Evans: Distinction In Arranging
His most famous work was with Miles Davis in the mid-’50s with the celebrated albums Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain. But there’s much more to Gil Evans’ (1912-1988) story. In a career spanning more than 50 years – from the early ’30s until his death – the legendary “arranger’s arranger” created his music using a diverse palette of musical colors, both within jazz and beyond. Evans’ music reflects an insatiable appetite for new sounds. Yet every arrangement bears his unique signature and one of the most distinctive orchestral writing styles in jazz.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Jazz Under The Stars 2017: Damani Phillips Trio
Week Two of Jazz Under the Stars 2017 saw saxophonist Damani Phillips bring his organ trio to Noelridge Park and the 30th anniversary of the Corridor’s longest-running jazz concert series. An Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at the U of I, Damani Phillips has also toured extensively and shared the stage with such greats as Christian McBride, Maceo Parker, Lewis Nash and hundreds of others. Damani and his bandmates charged up the night with their incredible set. Tune in to hear it all!
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Moran Plays Monk
Jason Moran defies the constraints of history itself in this celebration of “the first pianist who made me want to be a pianist.” Using archival footage, interviews, and live music, Moran re-imagines the classic Monk At Town Hall concert from 1959 to paint a portrait of one of the most unique and influential musicians in jazz history. Backed by the Big Bandwagon, Moran performs his tribute to Thelonious Monk live at the Kennedy Center.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM
Thelonious Monk Centennial Celebration, Part Two
Craig continues the birthday party with still more fabulous live recordings from Monk’s astonishing career. We’ll once again hear some popular favorites, as well as some obscure gems that should cause some jaws to drop! Looking forward to having you along!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
Drummer Mark Giuliana has been in the vanguard of drummers creating a new vernacular on the instrument, blending virtuosity on acoustic drums with artfully deployed electronic beats and processing. He was chosen as Best Jazz Drummer in Modern Drummer magazine’s Readers Poll this year, while DownBeat dubbed him a Rising Star in its Critics Poll. Along with leading his own groups, Giuliana has appeared on a string of acclaimed recordings with others, including Brad Mehldau, John Scofield, Lionel Loueke, and Donny McCaslin, and was a prime mover of David Bowie’s multiple Grammy Award-winning swan song. The drummer’s new CD, “Jersey,” is the second release from the Mark Giuliana Quartet.
Also this week is a second batch of previously unreleased recordings from the Woody Shaw-Louis Hayes Quintet, “The Tour Volume two,” recorded on a European tour between 1976 and 1977.
doza and the WDR Big Band of Cologne, “Homecoming,” recorded live in concert in 2014. 
The fourth release from the Verve Jazz Ensemble, “Swing-a-Nova,” featuring guest trumpeter Tatum Greenblatt.
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