Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)
Mondays at 6:00pm
Jack DeJohnette’s 83rd Birthday
Craig helps celebrate Jack’s birthday – born in 1942 – by presenting an array of music from the celebrated DeJohnette whose recordings date back to 1965. We’ll hear his drum and percussion work with Jackie McLean, Miroslav Vitous, Keith Jarrett, John Abercrombie, Dave Holland, Charles Lloyd, Miles Davis, and many others.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
Vandello at First Friday Jazz
It’s always a party when Vandello takes the stage. Merging jazz, funk, soul, blues, and a good sense of irreverent fun, Vandello played the Opus Concert Café’s First Friday Jazz for a March show that had the audience dancing.
Jazz Night In America
Thursdays at 11:00pm
Modern Era Newport
More from Newport as host Christian McBride brings you a power hour of all-stars, featuring some of the best sets from the modern era of the Newport Jazz Festival: Herbie Hancock, Roy Hargrove, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and more.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm
Mal Waldron’s Birthday Anniversary
Craig presents an exciting range of material from pianist Mal Waldron’s stunning career. We’ll hear Mal as a leader of his own groups, as well as a side man with a long list of well-known artists like John Coltrane, Gene Ammons, Teddy Charles, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, Eric Dolphy, and more.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
KCCK features a new album every night, played from start-to-finish.
My Ideal by Sam Dillon on Monday; Circles in a Yellow Room by the Mike Freeman ZonaVibe on Tuesday; As We are Now by Jimmy Greene on Wednesday; The Big Room by Joe Farnsworth on Thursday; Blues, Vol. 1 by Jay Lang on Friday; Keep Living ‘Til I Die by Monster Mike Welch on Saturday; Abide in Love by Gregory Tardy on Sunday.
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Jess Stacy, George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and Mulgrew Miller, vibists Johnny Rae, Eddie Costa and Steve Nelson, saxophonists Joe Garland and Lynne Hart, organist Tony Monaco and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jo Jones Septet’s “The Jo Jones Special” (1955), Lee Morgan’s “Tom Cat” (1964), Grant Green “Alive!” (1970), “Art Farmer, Lee Konitz w/the Joe Carter Quartet” (1983), Jae Sinnett’s “Listen” (1996), Behn Gillece’s “Still Doing Our Thing” (2020) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)
Jazz Night In America 
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong, Jazz Impresario Norman Granz, trombonist Vic Dickenson, guitarists Herb Ellis and George Van Eps, saxmen Benny Carter, Buddy Collette, and Rickey Woodard, singers Jeri Southern and Abbey Lincoln, drummers Chuck Riggs and Jeff Hamilton, violinist Regina Carter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jimmy Smith “Live at the Club Baby Grand, Vol. 2” (1956), Sarah Vaughan’s “The Benny Carter Sessions” (1962), Art Pepper’s “San Francisco Samba: Live at Keystone Korner” (1977), Kenny Burrell Quartet’s “Guiding Spirit” (1989), Joe Wilder’s “Alone With Just My Dreams” (1991), Jovino Santos Neto’s “Roda Carioca” (2005) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.