Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Humphrey Lyttelton) 
The Short List survey of international jazz stars from the past and present continues with the revered English jazzman, Humphrey “Humph” Lyttelton. He was a trumpeter that straddled traditional jazz and neo-swing. Lyttelton was a Louis Armstrong disciple, and loved to play with other American musicians who came to the shores of Britain. His jazz was trad and swing. He was not only a musician, but also a cartoonist, writer, radio broadcaster, talent scout and calligrapher. While he was little known in the United States, Lyttelton was truly an international star with a career than spanned six decades.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Tito Puente: ‘El Rey’
Tito Puente
The late Afro-Cuban jazz giant Tito Puente, “El Rey,” was the king of the timbales and the mambo, and a recipient of the Presidential Arts Medal. This tribute takes us inside the man, probing the source of that energy and uncovering the secrets to Puente’s prolific and creative life.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“Thelonious Monk in The Early 1950s”
Each year, around Monk’s birth date anniversary of October 10th, Craig pays tribute to the genius of modern jazz piano, THELONIOUS SPHERE MONK. In this year’s show, we’ll hear from Monk’s recorded works in the early part of the 1950s…Monk with Bird and Dizzy, Monk’s final 2 recording sessions for Blue Note Records, Monk’s trio and quintet recordings for Prestige Records, his work with Miles Davis, and several other miscellaneous sessions. This is very important material!
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Four Guitars
Walter “Wolfman” Washington
From Lonnie Johnson to Earl King, Snooks Eaglin to Deacon John, guitar players have been a part of the New Orleans sound since at least the 1920s. And the guitar sound here isn’t just blues — you’re likely to find elements of jazz, funk, soul, and even gospel as well.
In this program we hear four different New Orleans guitarists explain how they started playing, and where the guitar took them. Featuring John Mooney, Spencer Bohren, and Ernie Vincent — and Walter “Wolfman” Washington, who gives us an exclusive live performance recorded at the historic Basin Street Station.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Oliver Jones live at the Montreal Jazz Festival
Oliver Jones
Over the past 81 years, Oliver Jones, celebrated Canadian pianist and protege of Oscar Peterson, has spread the gospel of Canadian jazz and he marked his retirement this year with a special trio performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Jazz Night in America was there to bid him farewell. We feature his final trio performance in Montreal, an interview with Cecile Peterson, the daughter of Oscar Peterson, and learn about some of Montreal’s rich jazz history.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
Iowa City Jazz Festival 2016: Larry Fuller Trio
Larry Fuller at the 2016 Iowa City Jazz Festival
Artist Profile by Laura Eckles, KCCK Programming Intern
Larry Fuller, based in New York City, is a hard swinging mainstream jazz pianist. Floyd “Candy” Johnson helped Fuller to start a professional musical career at the age of thirteen in Toledo, Ohio. Fuller obtained the position of musical director and pianist for Grammy-nominated vocalist Ernestine Anderson by his early twenties. He spent some time playing with the Jeff Hamilton Trio before joining what would be the final lineup of the Ray Brown Trio, prior to Brown’s death. Larry Fuller has played with many talented musicians including Harry “Sweets” Edison, Phil Woods, Clark Terry, and many others.
The Larry Fuller Trio’s latest album was released in 2014, “Larry Fuller.” Fuller embodies swing and drive in all of his playing. Fuller brings an eclectic mix of repertoire into this album from opulent ballads, “Reflections in D/ Prelude to a Kiss,” by Duke Ellington to “Celia,” by Bud Powell. “He brings vitality! He swings hard and I like that,” Ray Brown.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“The Recordings of Herbie Hancock — 1969 to 1971” 
Craig continues his survey of the jazz keyboard master, HERBERT JEFFREY HANCOCK, focusing in on the years 1969 into 1971. We’ll hear Herbie’s work on records by Miles Davis, Josef Zawinul, George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, and others, and of course from several of Herbie’s own recordings of the day. Not to be missed!!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “In Concert” by Gustavo Assis-Brasil 
http://gustavoassisbrasil.com/
Gustavo Assis-Brasil is a Brazilian American jazz guitarist. Based in Boston, he is considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar. In 1999 he received a full scholarship to get his Master’s degree at Berklee College of Music and The Boston Conservatory. His main teachers were Mick Goodrick, Wayne Krantz, Ed Tomassi, Dave Fiuczynski, Rick Peckham, and Larry Baione. He has also studied with Charlie Banacos, and Prasanna. In 2005, Assis-Brasil released the book Hybrid Picking for Guitar.
He is the director of the jazz and Contemporary Music Ensembles of The Cambridge School of Weston, and he teaches at Berklee College of Music during the guitar sessions. Assis-Brasil taught clinics at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles, California; University of Southern California; Berklee College of Music, Boston, Massachusetts; UFRGS, Brazil; Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; and University of Passo Fundo, Brazil.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
ngishalfthebattle,” his third release for Smoke Sessions Records, pianist and composer Orrin Evans shares his lessons in life and music on a raw, electrifying session that teams him with a pair of renowned guitarists who are also, not coincidentally, native sons of Evans’ own hometown of Philadelphia: Kevin Eubanks and Kurt Rosenwinkel. He’s also joined by the latest in a long line of inspired rhythm sections, bassist Luques Curtis and drummer Mark Whitfield, Jr., along with up-and-coming saxophonist Caleb Wheeler Curtis. The CD shows Evans coming to terms with what he’s learned over his years on and off the bandstand—and more importantly, how to make use of that knowledge. In large part, that answer he’s come to involves letting go, forgetting what’s been learned and trusting the instincts that come along with it.
Also this week, Canadian baritone saxophonist Shirantha Beddage draws on a diverse range of influences, including New Orleans jazz, R&B, film music and folk songs, on his new album, “Momentum”.
Serbian-born guitar player Rale Micic re-imagines the work of Hungarian composer Bela Bartok on “Night Music”.
Harrell is a prolific composer and arranger, a mysterious yet mesmerizing presence in concert and a regular in the recording studio. His resume is impressive, with contributions to bands led by Stan Kenton, Horace Silver, Joe Lovano and others. He also has written scores for ballets and arrangements for symphony orchestras. His 2015 release ended up in the Top Ten Best Jazz Albums of the Year in the 64th Annual Downbeat Critic’s Poll. His new CD, “Something Gold, Something Blue,” features fellow trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, who along with Harrell took the top two slots in the trumpet category in the same poll. Rounding out the ensemble on the new release is guitarist Charles Altura, bassist Ugonna Okegwo and drummer Johnathan Blake.
It can be argued with some validity that one’s overall movement through life is reflected in his creative endeavor, and Eric Alexander’s strength and versatility on the saxophone can be viewed from this perspective. At this point in his career, Eric has certainly covered a lot of territory, both literally and figuratively. He himself has lost count of how many albums feature his playing; one estimate is 100 or more. While he has garnered critical acclaim from every corner, what has mattered most has been to establish his own voice within the illustrious bop-based jazz tradition, which is exactly what he does on his newest CD, “Second Impression.” The close-knit ensemble of his band of regulars, coupled with the bass-clef contributions of the extraordinary Bob Cranshaw, make for a listening experience not soon forgotten.
mer Joey McCarthy’s Latin Grammy Award-winning Afro Bop Alliance expands to a big band for their sixth release, “Revelation”.
n Harris draws upon the wide range of music that he heard growing up in Brooklyn and feasts on the expansive palette of the Harlem cultural landscape with “Nobody’s Gonna Love You Better: Black Bar Jukebox Redux”.