Life with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.
Special Programs: Week of March 27 – April 2
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
Corridor Jazz (Dr. Craig Dove)
Dr. Craig Dove
Dr. Craig Dove is mainly known for his inspiring bass work, but he also plays piano and sings. On his albums he often does all three. Dr. Dove is a REAL doctor – a specialist in physical medicine and rehabilitation – but his other joy is playing jazz which started when he was in college in the Quad Cities. He played with and was mentored by the noted pianist, Warren Parrish, on a two-year gig at a prominent club in Rock Island, Illinois. He even traveled on a Holiday Inn tour one summer.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“Blue Note Records in 1967”
Craig travels back 50 years to sample some of the jazz goodies that were provided by Blue Note Records in 1967. We’ll hear classic Blue Note dates from major figures like Lee Morgan, Donald Byrd, Jackie McLean, Andrew Hill, Sam Rivers, Larry Young, Lou Donaldson, and many others.
Night Lights (Classic Jazz) with David Brent Johnson
Monday, 10:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Corner the World)
Thelonious Monk and Pannonica de Koenigswarter, 1964. Photo by Moneta Sleet
Night Lights, is a weekly one-hour jazz radio program hosted by David Brent Johnson, focusing on jazz from the 1945-1990 era—covering artists such as Jackie McLean, Charles Mingus, and Nina Simone and themes ranging from jazz recordings of spirituals to avant-garde interpretations of the Great American Songbook. Night Lights also features many lesser-known talents of post-1945 jazz. Every program is archived after broadcast for online listening. This week: “Pannonica de Koenigswarter: Jazz Baroness – patron of bebop”.
www.indianapublicmedia.org/nightlights/archives/2017
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 11:00 PM (follows Nightlights)
Red Norvo: ‘Mr. Swing’
Red Norvo
Red Norvo is the lesser known of the two early pioneers of the vibraphone in jazz (the other is Lionel Hampton). This show looks at the multi-faceted musical career of Norvo, from his earliest experiments with avant-garde jazz, to his big bands with wife/singer Mildred Bailey, to his critically acclaimed trio with bassist Charles Mingus and guitarist Tal Farlow.
Wednesday Night Special
6:00 PM
Betsy Hickok live at the Opus Concert Café
Betsy Hickok at the Opus Concert Café
Betsy Hickok has performed as a solo jazz vocalist and as a member of the Iowa City-based group “Too Much Yang.” In 2006, she released her first solo jazz album, “Body and Soul,” featuring musicians Dan Knight, pianist, and Craig Dove, bassist. Jim Musser, music reviewer for the Iowa City Press-Citizen, said of her album, “Betsy Hickok boasts a cool, clearwater delivery, impeccable timing, and the knowing gift for phrasing that can only come from a long, loving immersion in classic jazz.” Hickok has appeared in the Iowa City Jazz Festival, the Jazz from Riverside Theatre series, and in numerous local and regional venues.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Thursday at 11:00 PM
Muldrow Meets Mingus
Georgia Anne Muldrow Photo by Tony Lujien
Georgia Anne Muldrow is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and vocalist entrenched in the alternative R&B scene, but she was born out of jazz family. Her father Ronald was Eddie Harris’ guitarist Ronald Muldrow (making Harris her Godfather) and her mother is singer Rickie Byers Beckwith (Roland Hanna and Pharaoh Sanders.) Georgia also knew Alice Coltrane, who gave her the name Jytoni, which she uses as her “jazz alias.” Muldrow joins pianist Jason Moran and his cohorts at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. for a program featuring her own original music and their interpretations of music by Charles Mingus.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
“The Birth Date Anniversary of Pianist ‘Duke’ Jordan” 
Craig celebrates the career of Irving Sidney “Duke” Jordan (4/1/22 to 8/8/2006) by spinning a tasteful variety of Duke’s amazing jazz recordings. We’ll hear from the dozens of records released under Jordan’s name, as well as examples from the dozens of releases that feature Jordan as a sideman…records from Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Art Blakey, Kenny Burrell and many others. Duke Jordan was a fantastic pianist who certainly deserves another look!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “En Vivo 1972” by Quinteplus 
Quinteplus, their self-titled debut came out in 1972 and has gone on to be one of the holy grails of soul-jazz hardcores. While the core sound owes a debt to Adderley’s amazing ’60s quintet, there’s also burbling, African flavored percussion and a very Jamaican production sensibility that suggests Quinteplus is a jazz cousin to what Bob Marley and Miles Davis were cutting during the same period. This bops and grooves with relaxed confidence. Santiago Giavobble anchors everything with one of the first Fender electric pianos to make it to Argentina. His fingers dance with the shock of the new, and that sizzling enzyme touches his compatriots throughout the six gently swerving originals on the studio debut. Vampisoul ups the ante by adding four lengthy previously unavailable live cuts from 1972, where the band adds an electric guitarist, downs a few shot glasses of Bitches Brew and hits like golden glove, including a 14-minute reworking of Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode To Billy Joe” that teases the pop song’s melody into some strange new territory.
https://www.discogs.com/Quinteplus-En-Vivo-1972/release/6163590
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
New Music Monday for March 27, 2017
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
Since moving to New York from his native Cleveland twelve years ago, Jerome Jennings has become one of the most in-demand jazz drummers on the scene. With his debut album “The Beast,” Jennings—who is currently a member of the Christian McBride Trio—steps to the forefront as a poised, swinging and strong-minded leader in his own right. He headlines a sextet that features five-time Grammy winning bassist McBride, trumpeter Sean Jones, pianist Christian Sands, trombonist Dion Tucker, and saxophonist Howard Wiley. The disc is comprised of a set of compositions by Freddie Hubbard, Ben Webster and Jon Burr; adaptations of an ice-cream truck jingle; and three originals by the drummer. The title track is based on an incident in which a Princeton, New Jersey, police officer pulled Jennings over while he was driving home from a gig at 2am for allegedly having a tiny Cleveland Browns helmet hanging from his rearview mirror. He was held for fifty harrowing minutes before being released without having even been issued at ticket.
“Swimming in Place” is the new album from Dallas-based drummer and composer Stockton Helbing. The disc features nine originals, all by Helbing, performed by his working quintet of the past few years. “This album is all about my life,” Helbing says. “The simple, small, funny, odd, and ordinary things that are part of my daily experiences…Each song that I wrote has both a musical concept that I was experimenting with, as well as a story or topic that has a direct correlation to my life.”
Also this week, pianist Billy Childs reaches back to the start of his almost astoundingly varied musical experience, leading a small jazz ensemble on “Rebirth,” featuring saxophonist Steve Wilson, drummer Eric Harland and bassist Hans Glawischnig.
“This and That” captures fifteen lovely interludes from singer Rebecca Kilgore and pianist Bernd Lhotzky.
Pianist Noah Haidu expands his trio into a large ensemble with the addition of trumpeter Jeremy Pelt and saxophonists Sharel Cassity and John Irabagon on “Infinite Distances.”
Chris Botti with Gordon Paulsen
Grammy Award-winning jazz trumpeter Chris Botti performs with the Columbus Symphony Sat., April 1, at 7:30 p.m. at The Heritage Center, U. of Dubuque. He spoke by phone with KCCK’s Gordon Paulsen.
Culture Crawl 239 “SPOILERS!”
It’s an afternoon of great food and great music at the Ox Yoke Inn at the Gospel Brunch, opening April 2.
Deborah Kennedy and Ian Zahren talk about putting this original show together, which mixes old gospel tunes and hymns with new music. And they just might accidentally let slip their favorite musical mashup from the show.
Sundays (except Easter), shows at 10:30 and 1:30 April 2 – May 7. Reserve your spot by calling 319. 622.3441 weekdays.
Clean Up Your Act 4-24-17
Hy-Vee sells “ugly” fruits and vegetables to reduce food waste.
Culture Crawl 238 “Not Just Tutus, Tiaras, & Nutcrackers”
Orchestra Iowa continues its season showcasing the music of American composers with two ballets by Aaron Copland, whose synthesis of African-American rhythms, cowboy folk, and classical forms has influenced music for over a century.
The Orchestra joins with Ballet Quad Cities to perform “Rodeo” and “Billy The Kid” March 25 & 26 at the Paramount, and April 1 in Davenport.
Details at www.orchestraiowa.org.
Talking Pictures 3-23-17
Beauty and the Beast with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt.