John Handy III, Show #1
Craig presents an enticing menu of recordings from saxophonist John Richard Handy III, going back to 1959 through 1995. We’ll also hear some Charles Mingus recordings featuring Handy from 1959 and 1960. Handy will turn 93 on Feb 3, 2026.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00pm
I-380 Express Together Again!
What began as the house band for a local telethon grew into one of the most popular big bands in Eastern Iowa! Legendary trumpeter Al Naylor and The I-380 Express reunited to cap off the 2025 season of Jazz Under the Stars. It was a night filled with great memories and incredible music!
Prestige Records – the Early Years
Craig spins selections from the very earliest Prestige recordings of 1949, and ventures into the early 1950s. We’ll hear groundbreaking examples of modern jazz from greats like J.J. Johnson, Terry Gibbs, Stan Getz, Wardell Gray, Don Lanphere, Gene Ammons, Teddy Charles, Sonny Stitt, Al Haig, Sonny Rollins, and many others.
KCCK’s Midnight CD (October 27 – November 2)
Every Night at Midnight
KCCK features a new album every night, played from start-to-finish.
Love Letters (The Ballad Sessions) by JD Allen on Monday; El Muki by the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet on Tuesday; New Outlook by the Affinity Trio on Wednesday; Turn It Up: Live at the Side Door (Disc 1) by Mike LeDonne’s Groover Quartet on Thursday; Two Trains by Dave Keys on Friday; I’m Just Jonnie by Johnnie Johnson on Saturday; For Dinah by Ledisi on Sunday.
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Clifford Brown, singers Ethel Waters, Cleo Laine and Andy Bey, bassist/singer Richard Bona, composer/arranger Neal Hefti, saxmen Ted Nash, Zoot Sims, Illinois Jacquet, Booker Ervin and Joel Frahm, guitarist Philip Catherine, percussionist Poncho Sanchez and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Cannonball Adderley & Strings” (1955), Nancy Wilson’s “Welcome to My Love” (1967), Chick Corea & Gary Burton “In Concert” (1979), Hilton Ruiz’ “Cross Currents” (1984), The Clark Terry Quintet w/ special guest Red Holloway’s “Top and Bottom” (1995), Jim Snidero “Live at the Deer Head Inn” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.