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This Week’s Shows – Week of October 19
Short List with Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: Jazz Clubs Live – The Jazz Bakery
On stage at The Jazz Bakery in L.A.
Jazz Clubs Live Short List series about famous jazz clubs both past and present, continues with another well-known and current West Coast jazz club, The Jazz Bakery, which was created by the jazz singer Ruth Price. She was in on the ground floor of drummer Shelly Manne’s “Manne Hole” in Los Angeles. And after she retired from the road, opened her own club in 1992. The model for the Jazz Bakery opened up in a photographer friend’s studio on weekends. It was a non-profit venture and continues that way to this day. A jazz and art-loving patron, Wally Marks, Jr., found a suitable location and supported the venture until his death in 2009. Currently The Jazz Bakery has no permanent home, but a space designed by architect Frank Gehry is being constructed. The Bakery will move from jazz club to performance space.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Thelonious Monk: ‘Thelonious Himself’
Thelonious Monk
The sound of Thelonius Monk is one of the most recognizable in modern jazz. By the “plunk” or “thunk” of a single chord, his piano and compositions are unmistakable. An original on and off the bandstand, he was the launch pad of bebop, and also created a body of work in its own orbit. This show celebrates Monk’s lasting contributions, with help from his collaborators and admirers including drummer Max Roach, producer Orrin Keepnews, and writer Stanley Crouch.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“Birth Date Anniversary Celebration for Guitarist, Barney Kessel”
Craig celebrates the birthday of the award winning jazz guitar master, Barney Kessel (10/17/23 to 5/6/2004) by spinning a wonderful selection of tasty jazz guitar items from throughout his lengthy career (mid 1940s into the early 1990s). We’ll hear Barney in a variety of settings with jazz giants such as Shelly Manne, Billie Holiday, Art Pepper, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, and a host of others.
New Orleans Calling with George Ingmire
New Orleans-Style Red Beans & Rice
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
“Born In A Cast Iron Pot”
New Orleans is known for its food as much as its music. And the way we approach them is the same — you get a feel for it, you live in the traditions, and you build on them. This week we’re talking to some famous New Orleans cooks, and also a couple musicians who know their way around the kitchen. Classic dishes like etouffee, gumbo, red beans and rice, and pecan pie are living traditions here, just like the music. And like trumpet player Leroy Jones says, when music or food is made with love, you can taste it.
Jazz Night in America with Christian McBride
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Billie at 100: Cassandra Wilson’s “Coming Forth by Day”
Cassandra Wilson
Jazz Night in America marks the centennial of the birth of Billie Holiday with Grammy winner Cassandra Wilson’s acclaimed celebration of the legendary Billie Holiday, recorded at the Kennedy Center earlier this year. Cassandra pays tribute with her heartfelt bluesy, country and folk-tinged delivery, singing selections from her newest recording “Coming Forth by Day” highlighting the artistry of Billie Holiday.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows Jazz Night in America)
KCCK’s Jazz Under the Stars 2015: The Beaker Brothers (new)
The Beaker Brothers at Jazz Under the Stars 2015
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.
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Kyle Eastwood
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Kyle Eastwood
When bassist Kyle Eastwood was McPartland’s guest in 1999, he had released his first solo album, From There to Here, one year earlier. Having led a quartet and worked as a session musician in the 1990s, Eastwood has gone on to a prolific career as a performer, recording artist, and composer for film and television. On this Piano Jazz, Eastwood and McPartland play a set including “In a Sentimental Mood” and “Stella by Starlight.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM and Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
“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!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
Melancholy Blues: Clarinetist Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds
Clarinetist Johnny Dodds, known for his soulful, bluesy playing style heard on numerous seminal recordings, including Armstrong’s Hot Fives, King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band and Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers, influenced generations of clarinet players. The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and guest clarinetist Evan Christopher pay tribute to this New Orleans giant.
Tropical Heat with Kpoti Accoh
Sunday, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Featured Album: “Bewitched” by Lois Lane & the John Horler Quintet 
Website: http://www.loislane.co.uk/recordings.html
Overview: The album is full of highlights; it is a delight to hear the verse on ‘Spring is Here.’ All of the arrangements by John Horler are excellent and the soloists all perform well up to their own very high standards. Lois has the diction and huskiness of Julie London, but the voice is uniquely Lois Lane. This is not the easiest clutch of songs to sing and she is to be congratulated on her excellent performance of all of them. An example of this would be You are Too Beautiful which she sails through without difficulty and both Andy Mackintosh and John Horler contribute excellent solos. Phil Lee’s guitar work is tasteful throughout, listen to his accompaniment to Lois on Glad to Be Unhappy.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:
New Music Monday for October 19, 2015
Listen to this week’s playlist on YouTube and Spotify.
“Speaking in Tongues” is Brazilian vocalist and composer Luciana Souza’s stunning new disc, one she describes as “a musical inquiry into language and conversation.” She draws on the talents of four of the most creative musicians working in jazz today with whom Luciana had never previously worked. Hailing from Benin, West Africa, guitar master Lionel Loueke has a remarkable voice, combining jazz and African music, along with a childlike openness to experimentation. Swiss-born harmonica virtuoso Gregoire Maret serves as an exceptional vocal foil because of his extraordinary talent and singularity of his instrument’s sound, one that for Souza is a metaphor for the recurring presence of the accordion in Brazilian music. Massimo Biolcati brings his incredibly empathetic sensibility and cosmopolitan taste and experience to the bass, as well as a bridge that emanates from his many years as a member of Loueke’s trio. And Drummer Kendrick Scott embodies the voice and attitude of a generation who grew up listening to everything, with no boundaries around the music we call jazz.
As on all past Jeff Lorber Fusion releases, dating back to its 1977 self-titled debut, the new disc, “Step It Up,” effortlessly mines and merges elements from multiple genres, including jazz, funk, rock and rhythm and blues. The original band took an extended hiatus in the early ‘80s, reemerging and recharging in 2010 with an updated approach that incorporates contemporary rhythms, technology and instrumentation. It’s the fourth consecutive collaboration between the Grammy-nominated keyboardist and composer Jeff Lorber and Grammy-winning bassist and composer Jimmy Haslip since the two virtuosos reactivated the Jeff Lorber Fusion five years ago.
Also this week, Tony Bennett and pianist Bill Charlap unite for an intimate songbook collaboration, “The Silver Lining: the Songs of Jerome Kern”; saxophonist Don Braden and his Organix Quart
et are joined by guests Claudio Roditi and Sherman Irby on “Luminosity”; and drummer Rayford Griffin’s salute to his uncle, Clifford Brown, “Reflections of Brownie,” features an all-star ensemble including Roy Hargrove, Nicholas Payton, Brian Bromberg and George Duke.
Clean Up Your Act 10-30-15
The University of Iowa has reduced pollutants from its power plant by burning oat hulls.
Cecile McLorin Savant Interview
Grammy Award nominee and multiple Downbeat Poll winner Cecile McLorin Salvant performs in concert Saturday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. at Sheslow Auditorium, Drake University in Des Moines. She spoke by phone with KCCK’s Gordon Paulsen.
Recorded Oct. 13, 2015