Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: International Jazz Stars (Jan Garbarek)
Jan Garbarek
This week it is off to the frozen north in Europe and the cool music of saxophonist Jan Garbarek. His mixture of Norwegian folk music, Indian harmonies and edgy avant-garde sounds have made his somewhat of a world music practitioner bordering on “new age” music. Virtually all of his recordings are on the far-seeing ECM label, and his best known work is from the popular album of 1977 with pianist Keith Jarrett — My Song. He has even recorded with a Gregorian choir.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Miles Davis, Part 1: Miles’ Styles
Miles Davis
Trumpeter Miles Davis dominated jazz for much of the latter half of the twentieth century. While his trumpet sound is instantly recognizable, he refused to be boxed in any one style, consistently developing fresh musical shapes and structures. Miles’s powerful influence did not end with his death in 1991; his restless spirit continues to intrigue and inspire artists of all kinds.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“Tribute To Mose Allison”
Craig pays tribute to the recently departed jazz and blues master, Mose John Allison, Jr. (11/11/27 to 11/15/16), with a tasty sampling of goodies from Allison’s 150+ original compositions. We’ll hear him as a sideman with Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and Stan Getz, as well as a leader on records from Prestige, Blue Note, Columbia, and several other record labels. Mose created a unique blend of jazz and blues, and wrote many songs that have become popular standards in both genres. And, of course, Mose was a master jazz pianist (and an accomplished trumpeter). Don’t miss Craig’s loving tribute to this artistic genius, whose songs will live forever!
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Rhythm Pilgrimage
Ben Schenck
Ben Schenck arrived in New Orleans in 1988 with a clarinet, a bicycle, and $100 in his pocket, on a pilgrimage to live within the music of the city. And over three decades his fascination with New Orleans and Caribbean rhythms combined with his forays into music from Eastern Europe and beyond, creating a mix of styles that’s still rooted in New Orleans jazz. In this episode of New Orleans Calling, Ben sits down on his porch with our host George Ingmire, and demonstrates these fascinating and related rhythms from around the world — followed by a special exclusive live performance, of Ben’s Panorama Jazz Band recorded at the historic Basin Street Station.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Jimmy Greene’s “Beautiful Life”
Jimmy Greene with a picture (insert) of his daughter Ana Márquez-Greene
Jimmy Greene is an award winning saxophonist and educator; he is Assistant Professor of Music and Co-Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, CT. In addition to his recordings and appearances as a leader, Greene appears on 75 albums as a sideman, and has toured and/or recorded with Horace Silver, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Harry Connick, Jr., Avishai Cohen, Kenny Barron, Lewis Nash, Steve Turre, the New Jazz Composers Octet and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, among many others. His album, Beautiful Life, is a celebration of the life of his 6-year-old daughter, Ana Márquez-Greene, whose life was tragically taken, along with 19 other children and 6 educators, on December 14, 2012 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
KCCK’s Christmas Channel Preview Show! 
If you like holiday jazz, have we got a station for you! Join us this week for an hour-long preview of KCCK’s Christmas Channel! It’s a dedicated program stream of the coolest holiday jazz ever recorded, all commercial free. The perfect background for office parties, family gatherings, or just a quiet night around the Yule Log.
Find the Christmas Channel on KCCK’s app for IOS and Android. Also at KCCKJazz2.org, and 88.3-2 on your HD Radio.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“Savoy Records”
Craig presents an exciting overview of SAVOY RECORDS, one of the more important pioneering record labels dedicated to presenting “bebop” and the modern jazz of the 1940s and 50s. We’ll hear from a number of jazz greats, including Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Curtis Fuller, Hank Mobley, Milt Jackson, Art Pepper, Dizzy Gillespie, Fats Navarro, Miles Davis, and others. Essential material!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: TBD
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
http://www.kcck.org/midnight-cd/
Following two critically-acclaimed organ group outings, New York saxophonist/composer Dan Pratt heads in a different direction on “Hymn for the Happy Man,” his fourth recording overall. “After eight years, the organ group had a great run,” says Pratt. “For this record I decided to go with the piano-bass-drums-sax quartet instrumentation that is such an essential strand to jazz’s DNA.” Pratt assembled his ‘dream team’ of bassist Christian McBride, drummer Gregory Hutchinson and pianist Mike Eckroth to help him realize seven well-crafted originals and breathe new life into one well-chosen standard.
Also this week, Chris Hazelton’s Boogaloo 7, who have held down a wildly successful residency every Friday night at Kansas City’s acclaimed Green Lady Lounge, are captured live at the club on “Soul Jazz Fridays”.
lare Fischer Latin Jazz Big Band, directed by Brent Fischer, features more previously unreleased tracks recorded by the late keyboard master Clare Fischer.
o want to miss a very special holiday treat Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 PM! Big Mo