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This Week’s Shows – Week of November 2 – 8

Short List with Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM

The Short List: Jazz Clubs Live – Chicago Clubs: Blue Note / Mr. Kelly’s / Jazz Showcase / The Green Mill

Mr. Kelly’s in Chicago 1972

This week there is a short survey of Chicago jazz clubs, both old and new. There was a Blue Note jazz place in Chicago decades before New York’s. It was run by a Chicago legend, Frank Holzfind, for 12 years till the emergence of Rock & Roll in the sixties forced its closing. The same happened to the wonderful Mr. Kelly’s and the sophisticated London House. Now the longest running jazz presentation venue, Joe Segal’s Jazz Showcase, and The Green Mill hold fast.

Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson

Monday at 6:00 PM

Red Norvo: ‘Mr. Swing’

Red Norvo playing vibes

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.

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler

Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)

“Birth Date Anniversary Celebration For Tenor Sax Giant, Booker Ervin”

Craig celebrates the birthday of Texas tenorman, Booker Telleferro Ervin II, with an overview of Booker’s stunning career, which spanned the mid 1950s up through to his early passing in 1970. We’ll hear the unmistakable “mournful wail” of Mr. Ervin’s tenor, in the company of jazz greats Charles Mingus, Andrew Hill, Don Patterson, Eric Kloss, Randy Weston, and many others.

New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire

Tuesday at 6:00 PM

“Remebering Harold Battiste – Part 2″

Harold Battiste

Authored by: David Stafford, WWOZ, New Orleans.

Harold Battiste, who passed earlier this year at the age of 83, was a true New Orleanian: he grew up in the Magnolia Projects, was educated at Dillard, and founded the first record label, All For One (A.K.A. AFO Records) owned by African American musicians. After decades in Los Angeles, he spent many years on Jazz Studies faculty at the University of New Orleans. His 2010 autobiography Unfinished Blues: Memories of a New Orleans Music Man is required reading for any student of music history.

A composer, teacher, and mentor, Battiste was perhaps best known as a producer and arranger.

Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride

Wednesday at 6:00 PM

Kamasi Washington

Kamasi Washington in LA

Saxophonist and composer Kamasi Washington, 34, has been working on releasing his now three-CD, nearly three-hour, choir-and-strings-assisted album The Epic for the better part of five years now. Even longer, if you consider how long his 10-piece working band has known each other: Most of its members, known collectively as The Next Step or The West Coast Get Down, have known each other since at least high school decades ago in South Central Los Angeles, and in some instances well before that. Even as their diverse careers have made it difficult to focus exclusively on this band — Washington is, for instance, the saxophone player heard on the new Flying Lotus and Kendrick Lamar albums — they’ve all continually committed to experimenting with a brand of jazz that resonates with their own generation’s lived experience.

Wednesday Night Special

7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)

Iowa City Jazz Festival 2015: Brian Charette Trio

Brian Charette Trio at the 2015 Iowa City Jazz Festival

New York City organist/pianist Brian Charette has established himself as a leading voice in modern jazz. Charette is a Grammy-nominated, Hammond-endorsed artist who was just named the winner of the 2014 Downbeat Critics’ Poll in the “Rising Star: Organ” category. On his newest recording, “Alphabet City”, (Posi-Tone, 2015), Charette presents elegantly lyrical original music and fun, funky originals, neo-boogaloo, and straight ahead jazz with a great trio featuring Will Bernard on guitar and Rudy Royston on drums. Besides being a critically acclaimed composer and bandleader, Brian has worked with jazz luminaries Lou Donaldson and Houston Person and other notable artists such as Joni Mitchell, Chaka Khan, Paul Simon, Cyndi Lauper, and many more. Charette is also an active author and educator, writing for Keyboard magazine, DownBeat, and the Czech magazine Muzikus.

Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland

Thursday at 6:00 PM

Jaki Byard

Jaki Byard

Multi-instrumentalist, arranger, and composer Jaki Byard (1922 – 1999) played jazz piano as well as alto and tenor saxophone. A partner of Maynard Ferguson and member of bands led by Charles Mingus, Byard went on to become an educator, teaching at the New England Conservatory and other institutions. On this Piano Jazz from 1995, Byard solos on his own “European Episode” and joins McPartland for “Rose Room” and “In a Mellow Tone.”

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler

Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM

“The Incomparable Artistry of Andrew Hill – Part Four”

Andrew Hill

Craig brings us the 4th and final installment of this series of shows spotlighting the music of ANDREW HILL ….one of the most innovative jazz pianists and composers of the last 65 years! In this show, we’ll examine more material from Mr. Hill, including groups under his leadership, as well as some of the many appearances of Hill as a sideman. ASTONISHING MUSIC THAT IS NOT TO BE MISSED!

Riverwalk Jazz

Sunday at 5:00 PM

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band: Memories & Music

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band

A celebration of The Jim Cullum Jazz Band filled with heart-warming memories and hot jazz, reflecting on more than five decades of stories and songs with special guest Dick Hyman.

Tropical Heat with Kpoti Accoh

Sunday, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Featured Album: “Forces At Work” by Erman Dirikcan

http://ermandirikcan.tumblr.com/

Overview: Originally from Turkey and currently residing in the Netherlands, Erman is a guitar player and a composer whose artistic work revolve around jazz-fusion and contemporary music. Erman’s passion for adventure and his collaborations with musicians from various backgrounds throughout his career has produced a new vocabulary exclusive to his performances. His own cultural heritage as well as a hard-earned diversity in training and experience encompassing traditional jazz, classical Turkish music and Hindustani music lead him to develop a singular style that provides access to a worldly breadth of expression.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:

http://www.kcck.org/onair/midnight_cd.php

New Music Monday for November 2, 2015

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.

Paul McCartney had a great idea for an album. He just needed the world-renowned guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli to make it. Pizzarelli played on McCartney’s disc of a few years back, “Kisses on the Bottom,” and backed Sir Paul on a handful of prestigious live performances around that time. “I got an idea in my head,” McCartney wrote to Pizzarelli in late May 2014. “It might be interesting for you to do a few of my songs that are lesser known than some of the others…It imagine the songs would include post-Beatles melodies of mine.” Pizzarelli and pianist Larry Goldings immediately went into research mode, digging through McCartney’s albums of the last 45-plus years to find songs that could be re-harmonized and adapted for Pizzarelli’s trademark style. The result is John’s new CD, “Midnight McCartney.”

New York-based keyboardist and composer Ben Paterson is probably best known for his work as a pianist, notably as long-time sideman to Chicago saxophone legend Von Freeman, and as a leader of his own trio. That may change, however, with his newest release, “For Once in My Life.” Paterson shows why he has quickly become one of the top Hammond B3 players on the jazz scene today, combining influences from his former hometown of Chicago and from his more recent surroundings in New York City. He is joined on the disc by two phenomenal sidemen, Peter Bernstein on guitar and George Fludas on the drums, each representing a connection to these two great cities. Together they bring a unique style and sound to the classic organ trio format.

Also this week, bassist Stanley Clarke, guitarist Bireli Lagrene and violinist Jean-Luc Ponty join forces on “D-Stringz”; drummer Teri Lyne Carrington follows up her 2011 Grammy winner for Best Jazz Vocal Album with the sequel, “The Mosaic Project: Love and Soul,” including guest vocalists like Nancy Wilson, Lizz Wright, Paula Cole and Natalie Cole; and composer/arranger/pianist Miho Hazama unveils her sophomore effort, “Time River,” continuing her work with her distinctive 13-piece m_unit, a hybrid of jazz big band and classical chamber ensemble.

Richard Elliott Interview

Saxophonist/composer Richard Elliot performs at the Smooth Jazz Fall Festival Saturday, October 24, at 8 p.m. at the Redstone Room in Davenport, Iowa. He spoke by phone with KCCK’s Gordon Paulsen.

Culture Crawl 112 “Six Characters in Search of an Author”

This Week’s Shows – Week of October 26 – November 1

Short List with Bob Naujoks

Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM

The Short List: Jazz Clubs Live – The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California

The Lighthouse Café - Hermosa Beach (mid 1960s)

The Lighthouse Café – Hermosa Beach in the early 1960s

Jazz Clubs Live Short List series about famous jazz clubs both past and present, continues with the story of The Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach, California, where a new style of playing was created—West Coast Jazz. It was the fortuitous meeting of bassist Howard Rumsey and club owner John Levine. Rumsey had the idea and musical contacts, and Levine the space. They started with Sunday afternoon jam sessions that soon became nightly performances with such excellent L.A. players like Teddy Edwards, Elmo Hope, Bob Cooper, Shorty Rogers and Shelly Manne. The place was “home” to what became Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars. Host Bob Naujoks offers a short tour of its 22-year history.

Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson

Monday at 6:00 PM

Buddy Collette: ‘Man of Many Parts’

Buddy Collette

Multi-instrumentalist Buddy Collette helped make jazz history. He was one of the first African-American musicians to play in a television studio band, and he was the driving force behind integrating the musician’s union in Los Angeles. As a sideman, he played with Frank Sinatra, Benny Goodman, and the Chico Hamilton Quintet, among others. Collette’s life is equal parts passion for music and social justice.

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler

Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)

“John Coltrane — The Prestige Years (Part Two)”

Craig continues his “session by session” look at Trane’s involvement with PRESTIGE RECORDS, picking up where we left off in the September 26th show….mid-1957, thru to his last Prestige recording session, which took place 12/26/58. This is ageless jazz material that continues to inspire new generations of jazz artists and fans alike!

New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire

Tuesday at 6:00 PM

“Remembering Harold Battiste” Authored by: David Stafford, WWOZ, New Orleans

Harold Battiste

A composer, teacher, and mentor, Battiste was perhaps best known as a producer and arranger.

Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride

Wednesday at 6:00 PM

Arturo O’Farrill: The Conversation Continues

Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra

Arturo O’Farrill pays tribute to Afro-Cuban music and the collaborations that have helped this music grow and thrive, despite years of political tumult. “The Conversation Continues” the theme of the concert and Arturo’s most recent album, does just that – continues a conversation started decades ago between Cuban percussionist, Chano Pozo, and the trumpeter, Dizzy Gillespie, by bringing together contemporary collaborations between American and Cuban musicians. And we’ll hear how Arturo O’Farrill has been working, through music, policy and family, to continue and expand these conversations at the heart of Afro-Cuban music.

Wednesday Night Special

7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)

KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2015: Shade of Blue (new)

Shade of Blue at Jazz Under the Stars 2015

“Shade of Blue fans have been gyrating to the band’s hypnotic and infectious grooves in the Midwest for nearly a quarter of a century. Founded by guitarist and vocalist Dave Rosazza as a blues trio in 1989, Shade of Blue has evolved into one of the Iowa City area’s most beloved musical institutions as a featured act and as an opener for internationally acclaimed artists such as the Neville Brothers, Koko Taylor, and George Clinton. Featuring the impressive vocals of sultry songstresses Simone Green and Joan Ruffin, the band has expanded its repertoire over the last two decades to include funk, R&B, gospel, and jazz while maintaining its blues roots. The versatile saxophone stylings of Saul Lubaroff and a rhythm section comprised of keyboardists Sean Seaton and Denny Ketelsen, bassist Ken Fullard, percussionist Paul Cunliff and drummer Matt Bernemann complete the sonorous tour de force known as Shade of Blue. Expect a plethora of musical tributes to the likes of Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers, and Steely Dan as well as original tunes to get audiences out of their seats and onto the dance floor at every Shade of Blue show.”* This performance was captured live at the McGrath Amphitheatre in downtown Cedar Rapids.

* www.summerofthearts.org

Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland

Thursday at 6:00 PM

George Wallington

George Wallington

Bop pianist George Wallington (1924 – 1993) was born in Sicily and moved to the United States with his family in the 1920s. He became a part of the New York music scene in the 1940s and played with greats such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Gerry Mulligan, and Lionel Hampton. In 1960 he retired from music, but he reemerged in 1984. As a guest on this 1985 Piano Jazz, Wallington performs his composition “Godchild.”

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 Tenor Sax Giant, Booker Ervin”

Booker Ervin

Riverwalk Jazz

Sunday at 5:00 PM

After Hours with Piano Legend Dick Hyman

Dick Hyman

The iconic jazzman Dick Hyman is a legendary pianist, organist, arranger, music director and composer. Hyman joins The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and demonstrates his amazing talent on tunes from composer Hoagy Carmichael and pianists Earl Hines, Mary Lou Williams and more.

Tropical Heat with Kpoti Accoh

Sunday, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Featured Album: “Afro Memoria + Pretinhosidade” by Mombaça

http://www.mocaprodutora.com.br/artistas/mombaca/cd-afro-memoria-pretinhosidade

Born into a musical family, Mombasa began singing at the age of five, at the Baptist Church on 7 April Garden, Patience (West zone of Rio de Janeiro), where he was born and raised. The first album of his career, titled Mombasa,was recorded in 1999, released in the year 2000 and already counted with the participation of their friend Mart ‘ nália. The second came out in 2002, with the title African memory. He emerged as the third attended Mombasa World Conference against racism (Racial prejudice, xenophobia and Related Intolerance) in Durban, South Africa. In 2007, because of the great success of the song Pretinhosidade, the voice of the partner Mart ‘ nália, Mombasa decided to reissue his second CD and launch Afro memory + Pretinhosidade.

KCCK’s Midnight CD

The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:

http://www.kcck.org/onair/midnight_cd.php

Bob Stewart Takes Over KCCK Morning Show

Bob S Bob Stewart, KCCK Program Director and five-time winner of the JazzWeek Programmer of the Year award, has moved to mornings on Iowa’s Jazz Station. He is switching shifts with Mark Yother, who will now hold down the midday slot.

“We really have an embarrassment of riches at KCCK,” General Manager Dennis Green says. “I may be a little prejudiced, but I think we have the finest lineup of personalities anywhere in the nation. I’m excited to put Bob, who simply is the best DJ I have ever heard, in our morning slot. But Mark Yother fans shouldn’t worry. His “Gotta Minute” and “Talking Pictures” programs will still be a part of the morning show. And he is already bringing a new look to the noontime “Jazz Masters” feature.

Bob joined KCCK in 2000, after stints in commercial radio at KKRQ and KRNA. Under his leadership, KCCK has been named JazzWeek Station of the Year four times. He’s a Cedar Rapids native, graduate of Washington High School and the University of Iowa. He also puts his strong voice to use in singing, as a member of Chorale Midwest.

Culture Crawl 110 “Here Comes The Judge”

New Music Monday for October 26, 2015

Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.

“Wild Dance” is a trans-generational undertaking initiated by the grand master of Italian jazz, Enrico Rava. Energized by joyous experiences on the road, the ever youthful trumpeter took his new working quartet of the last two years into the studio, joined by trombonist Gianluca Petrella, an internationally noted player through his contributions to three of Rava’s acclaimed post-millennium discs as well as a string of CDs under his own name. “I love the sound of a trumpet and trombone together,” Rava says. “The trombone is, more or less, almost the same instrument as the trumpet anyway, just in a different register, and what you can do with them in unison is very special.” As on a couple of his 1970s small group recordings, Rava has once again assembled a band with a guitarist instead of a pianist providing the harmonic center, filling with what Rava calls “delicate clouds of sounds.”

Carlos Henriquez started studying music at a young age, playing guitar through high school and taking up the bass while enrolled at the Juilliard School’s Music Advancement Program. He was involved with the LaGuardia High School Concert Jazz Ensemble which won first place in Jazz at Lincoln Center’s inaugural Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition in 1996. In 1998, shortly after graduating high school, Henriquez joined the Wynton Marsalis Septet and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Since then, he’s toured the world and been featured on more than 25 albums. “The Bronx Pyramid” is his debut recording as a leader, and the second release from Jazz at Lincoln Center’s new Blue Engine record label. He expertly blends modern jazz with Latin rhythms on original compositions and new arrangements of Latin and jazz standards.

Also this week, drawn from jubilee concerts held in Germany to mark Eberhard Weber’s 75th birthday, “Hommage” incorporates big band arrangements of Weber compositions as well as striking new music from old friends Pat Metheny and Jan Garbarek; “Hamilton and Hamilton Live in Bern” is the first recording of saxophonist Scott Hamilton with drummer Jeff Hamilton and his trio; and one of Chicago’s best young saxophonists, Rajiv Halim, debuts on CD with “Foundation.”