This Week’s Shows: Week of July 18 – 24
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: Cats On The Keys 3 (Boogie-Woogie)
Albert Ammons
Our summer Shortlist “Cats on the Keys” series 3 continues with a survey of the great Boogie-Woogie pianists who had their moment of fame in the Swing Era. Pinetop Smith, Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis all created great music with that rolling bass beat. It was a popular craze for a couple of years then Boogie faded, but even to this day that style is a crowd pleaser.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Jimmy Smith: Organ Grinder Swing
Jimmy Smith
A critic once described organist Jimmy Smith as an “excitement merchant” creating a lush, soul-stirring sound that brings audiences to their feet. This tribute explores Smith’s early days in Philadelphia and shows how he brought the Hammond organ to the forefront of jazz. We’ll also explore his work with trios and big bands, and his work with jazz greats such as Wes Montgomery and Oliver Nelson. Interviewees include Jimmy Smith, Shirley Scott, Mark Whitfield, and Kenny Burrell.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“The State of The Instrument – Part Ten: The Alto Saxophone”
Craig explores music from 4 top-notch current alto players. We’ll hear interesting selections from DAVID BINNEY, STEVE COLEMAN, RYAN SMITH, and DICK OATTS.
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Allen Toussaint: Say Yes To Music (Part 1 of 2)
Allen Touissant
Allen Toussaint (1938-2015) was a huge figure in New Orleans music: a producer, songwriter, arranger, musician, and sharp-dressed man. To even begin to give a sense of who he was, we need more than just one hour. So, in this program, part one of a two-hour tribute special, we hear Allen Toussaint’s own voice, from interviews preserved at the Archive of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, as he talks about his early career, in the years leading up to his time in the Army in the mid-1960s.
And in this first part we’ll also hear an exclusive live performance of Allen Toussaint, recorded in 2005 at WWOZ Piano Night, an annual benefit for the radio station where this program is produced. Allen has been a supporter of WWOZ since its inception, and we’re proud to share this recording, which has not been heard in ten years.
As Allen Toussaint said: “Once you have said ‘yes’ to music, it says ‘yes’ back to you.”
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Wayne Shorter at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Wayne Shorter (tenor sax)
Wayne Shorter revisits some of his most career-defining work in this rare opportunity to hear a true jazz master exploring his back catalog. Joined by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Shorter touches on a lifetime of brilliance and trail-blazing in this special episode of Jazz Night In America.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2015: The Beaker Brothers
The Beaker Brothers at KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2015
To get you pumped-up for another exciting season of free summer concerts next month, we’ll revisit all four of our awesome Jazz Under the Stars performances from last August!
The Beaker Brothers play alternative, progressive and ‘underground’ rock that was the mainstay of Clyde Clifford’s late night Beaker Street on KAAY – the legendary clear channel AM station from Little Rock, Ark. The band members were all listening to Clyde and the music that came out of the Mighty 1090 when they should have been in bed asleep. They play the music of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, the Allman Brothers and the Grateful Dead. They go back to where the jam bands came from, to the time when rock, blues, jazz and Latin music met and grew into their inspiration. “The Beaker Brothers Band isn’t a nostalgia act or a tribute show. We’re playing music that has been in our heads and our hearts since we first heard it.” The Beaker Brothers are: Steve Grismore; guitar and vocals, James Dreier; drums and percussion, John Shultz; keyboards and vocals, Dan Hummel; drums and percussion, Ed “Uncle Ed” English; bass and vocals, Dan Bernstein; guitar and vocals.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“Birth Date Anniversary Celebration For The Renowned Soprano Saxophonist, Steve Lacy”
Steve Lacy
Craig celebrates the birthday, life, and career of Steven Norman Lackritz…best known as STEVE LACY (born 7/23/34 in NYC). We’ll hear Lacy from his earliest “dixieland” days, to his years with Cecil Taylor, Gil Evans, Miles Davis, etc., and right up to the end in the 1990s and 2000s. And we’ll pay special attention to Lacy’s work with the music of our greatest composers, such as Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, and Herbie Nichols. Essential listening!
Tropical Heat (hosted by Kpoti Senam Accoh)
Sunday, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
“Muzikr” by Carlou D 
http://www.last.fm/music/Carlou+D
Carlou D’s first global release is actually his follow-up to his Senegalese debut. He’s a child of the hip-hop generation having been in Positive Black Soul (arguably Africa’s biggest hip-hop band) before going solo. He’s an accomplished singer (and pretty fair guitar player) with a strong falsetto, with a mastery of several styles, including m’balax on “Il Touba,” and the softer ballad of “Goree,” where he’s given a helping hand by Youssou N’Dour, an imprimatur of greatness. The man’s hip-hop past breaks through in the rhythms of “Senegal” and also “Meun Nako Def.” What’s especially pleasing is the use of Senegalese percussion and kora among the instruments — the kora takes a stunning solo on “Yaaboyo” — keeping it all very rooted, and nowhere more so than on the percussion-heavy “Dieureudieufe Modou,” which even brings in a delicious little rap. Essentially, this is a showcase for Carlou D’s many talents. But as he’s extremely talented, it works exceedingly well.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
New Music Monday for July 18, 2016
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
Beginning his 
professional career with the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra, the top call New York trumpeter Raul Agraz has performed with Tito Puente, the Mingus Big Band and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Percolating with a combination of Latin rhythms, boss nova, swinging big band arrangements, traditional Venezuelan rhythms, and tender arrangements scored for strings, “Between Brothers” marks his dynamic debut. Along with the electric talents of Dave Samuels, Paquito D’Rivera, Luis Perdomo, and Luisito Quintero, Agraz has created a dazzling set of music, dedicated to the musical brothers who came together to make the recording a reality.
After many years of crafting the music he loves in various genres, guitarist Corey Christiansen has found a home with the unique combination of jazz and traditional American music he’s explored in his last several recordings. On his new release, “Factory Girl,” Corey has singled out the feminine side of American frontier music and remodeled simple tunes into rhythmic and harmonically subtle contemporary arrangements. As guitar great Andy Summers states in his liner notes, “Cory is at the frontier of American jazz guitar. In addition to a gorgeous tone, he also employs edgy blues tones and biting slide guitar that would make Duane Allman sit up. Even on these antique pieces, Corey plays inside and outside of the harmonic structures with a natural and gifted ease.”
Also this week, the Hot Sardines combine covers and originals as they effortlessly channel New York speakeasies, Parisian cabarets and New Orleans jazz halls on their sophomore studio album, “French Fries + Champagne”.
Saxophonist Oleg Kireyev and pianist Keith Javors are joined by trumpeter Tom Harrell, bassist Ben Williams and drummer E.J. Strickland on their sophomore effort, “The Meeting”.
Orbert Da
vis and his Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Chamber Ensemble create an innovative, contemporary take of Afro-Caribbean music on “Havana Blue”.
Mr. Green’s Jazz Videos
By Dennis Green
As a part of KCCK’s Jazz Band Camp, we spend some time in jazz listening. I like to share some videos of jazz performances with the students, working my way through the various instruments. We look at serious pieces from Oscar Peterson, Charlie Parker, and Miles Davis, but we also get a little silly, hearing jazz versions of songs like “All About The Bass” and “Uptown Funk.”
And even a scene from “Anchorman.”
Talking Pictures 7-14-16
Tickled, Swiss Army Man, The Secret Life of Pets, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates with Hollis Monroe, Denny Lynch and Monica Schmidt
Jazz Under the Stars 2016
August means Jazz Under the Stars. The first concerts are held at Noelridge Park, the final one at the McGrath Amphitheatre. Performances start at 7 p.m. In case of rain, concerts will be held at Parlor City, 1125 3rd Street SE. Presented by Collins Community Credit Union, Kirkwood Community College, McGrath Family of Dealerships, West Music.
August 4 – Ten of Soul (Rained out)
August 11 – Mirage
August 18 – Summit (KCCK CD Sale 5-7 p.m.)
August 25 – Eddie Piccard Quintet