Special Programs for the Week of October 7

Short List with Bob Naujoks                                           
Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM    
The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Robert Walter                  
The B-3 Blitz Two series on the great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with Robert Walter—the funky keyboardist who was a founder of the well-known Grayboy Allstars group in 1994. Robert Walter is kind of a triple-threat; he plays piano and Fender Rhodes as well as the Hammond B-3. The Grayboy Allstars were formed in 1993 at a party hosted by San Diego’s Acid Jazz disc jockey D-J Grayboy who featured 1970s soul and funk. Grayboy asked Walter and several other imusicians to perform and they liked each other so well that they stayed together.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson    
Monday at 6:00 PM    
James Moody: In The Mood             
He was a virtuoso musician, known for his work on multiple saxophones and flute. He was also a man who radiated love: When you met him, he’d hold you tight and kiss you on both cheeks, as if you were old friends.  In a career that extended more than 60 years, James Moody developed a personal sound that reflects that warm personality: romantic, witty and earthy. This program highlights Moody’s work with Dizzy Gillespie, and his treatment of “I’m in the Mood for Love” – better known as “Moody’s Mood.” Moody also reflects on the life experiences that shaped his playing style and rich musical legacy.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“Horace Silver in the 1950s”       
Craig takes a close look at the recordings of pianist and composer, Horace Silver, during the decade of the 1950s. Silver was one of the main cogs in the development of what we know as “hard bop”….the melding of ‘rhythm and blues’ and ‘gospel rhythms’, with ‘modern jazz’ and ‘bebop.  We’ll hear Horace performing with Miles Davis, Lou Donaldson, Stan Getz, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, and many others, as well as his many Blue Note recordings as a leader.
              
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wendell Pierce  
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
The Music of Bill Evans   
Perpetually sensitive in style and spirit, pianist Bill Evans was driven by a ‘quiet fire’ that has influenced generations of pianists.  Guest musical director Bill Charlap with Evans’ guitarist Jim Hall and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra pay tribute with classics like Waltz for Debby, Five and Peri’s Scope.
JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Music from The Mary Lou Williams Festival at the Kennedy Center: Helen Sung Quartet
Helen Sung’s arrangement puts the Tango by the Spanish composer Albeniz over a steady bass figure à la “Poinciana” (Ahmad Jamal) and “Sister Cheryl” (Tony Williams).
This band smiles all around. The saxophonist is Seamus Blake, with Brandon Lee on trumpet, Ben Wolfe on bass, and Donald Edwards on drums.
Wednesday Night Special    
7:00 PM (Follows JazzSet)
Jazz Under the Stars 2013: Brass Transit Authority (new)   
The tradition of great Eastern Iowa horn bands continues with Brass Transit Authority, a new group that plays the music of Chicago, Blood Sweat and Tears and the other great horn-rock bands of the Seventies.
The idea for the band came from trumpeter Dennis Pedde, who had grown nostalgic for the horn bands he had played with in the past.
“One day while at home practicing my trumpet, I looked for something different to play. I looked around the office and came across my music sketchbooks from the first seven albums of a group called Chicago Transit Authority (now called Chicago),” says Pedde. “While jamming with the recordings, I began to reminisce about my college days in Chicago. During ‘the good ole days’, I played in a band that played a lot of this music.”
Pedde approached fellow Kirkwood music instructor Dennis McPartland and they had soon gathered an all-star group of area musicians eager to revisit the tunes of their youth.
BTA’s guitarist Pat Smith has played Jazz Under the Stars once before and says, “It was wonderful.  I have also gone a bunch of times and sitting out in the park listening to live music is great.”  
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland    
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Elvis Costello
On an unseasonably cool day at the 2006 Tanglewood Jazz Festival, Marian McPartland was joined by the unquestionably cool singer/songwriter Elvis Costello. He sang standards he had never performed before, and debuted new lyrics to Billy Strayhorn’s “Blood Count” and McPartland’s “Threnody.” A surprise guest appearance from Costello’s most significant collaborator, wife Diana Krall, rounded out this amazing concert.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM
“Prestige Records in 1963”       
Craig jumps back 50 years to look in on some of the recording activities of Bob Weinstock’s PRESTIGE RECORDS label in 1963.  We’ll hear some tasty goodies from the 35+ recording sessions from that year, including classics from Jack McDuff, Shirley Scott, Booker Ervin, Etta Jones, Roy Haynes, and many others!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
Battle of the Bands: New Orleans vs. San Antonio   
Banu Gibson & The New Orleans Hot Jazz in a classic jazz battle with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band. Special guest, tap dance sensation Savion Glover mixes it up with both bands. Stage legend William Warfield referees the hottest contest on the bandstand.
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 October 7, 2013

     One would be hard-pressed to name a working jazz musician who has played with a longer list of great artists than Ray Mantilla. Beginning his career in the 1950s, the percussionist has played with such widely diverse personalities as Xavier Cugat, Freddie Hubbard, Gato Barbieri, Cedar Walton, Michael Urbaniak, Kenny Burrell, Shirley Scott and countless others. Together with Max Roach, he was a founding member of the popular percussion ensemble M’Boom. For his new CD, “The Connection,” Mantilla has taken his decades of experience in music and synthesized it into a language which encompasses the best of all genres while never quite leaving his Latin roots and heritage. With a band made up of long-time colleagues, Ray rips through an imaginative program of originals and standards where the Latin beats are tinged with echoes of Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Spain and Ray’s own Nuyorican roots.

     After nine CDs over 20 years with her longstanding Tierney Sutton Band, the five-time Grammy-nominated vocalist decided to leave her comfort zone and leap off the cliff by tackling an homage to the revered pop singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Having come up as a jazz singer with an intimate knowledge of the Great American Songbook, Sutton wasn’t all that familiar with Mitchell’s work prior to hearing “Both Side Now” in 2000. That tour de force recording sparked her interest and sent her on a journey of investigating Mitchell’s earlier masterworks. With “After Blue,” her most daring and revealing project to date, Tierney puts her own unique stamp on familiar Mitchell tunes from the late ‘60s through2000.

     Also this week, pianist Fred Hersch, who performed at this summer’s Iowa City Jazz Fest, teams up with guitarist Julian Lage for the duo release “Free Flying”; Southern California saxophonist David Sills gathers his quintet for “Blue’s the New Green,”  featuring many of David’s tasteful swinging originals; and guitarist Fred Fried and Core focus in on a program of Burt Bacharach material on “Core Bacharach.”

New Music Monday for September 30, 2013

     Steve Turre recalls, “When I was ten years old, I wanted to play violin. My dad said, ‘Beginning violin sounds like a cat in the alley. Pick a horn.’” It is probably safe to say that the jazz world has been immeasurably enriched because of the senior Mr. Turre’s dislike of the violin. His son has won any number of Downbeat Critic’s and Reader’s Polls and has been a fixture in the “Saturday Night Live” band for nearly thirty years. He has, almost single-handedly, squashed the trumpet-saxophone front line monopoly and has circumnavigated the globe several times with his most recent forays overseas taking him to Russia and South Africa. For his new CD, Turre has assembled a completely unique ensemble including three other trombone-playing Art Blakey alumni, hence the title, “The Bones of Art.” With Steve Davis, Frank Lacy and Robin Eubanks, Steve and company give ample testimony to the fact that the golden age of the trombone is now.

     Keyboardist/composer/producer Jeff Lorber, heralded by Keyboard magazine as “one of the founding fathers of fusion,” returns with his Grammy-nominated power trio the Jeff Lorber Fusion, featuring bassist/co-producer Jimmy Haslip and saxophonist Eric Marienthal. Since the late 1970s, this contemporary jazz collective has blended elements of jazz, funk, R&B and world music into a distinctive sound that has connected with audiences from a variety of continents, cultures and generations. In more recent years, the group’s studio efforts, influenced by extensive touring throughout Europe and Asia, have been colored with vibrant shades of dance and house music. These same colors are at the forefront of their new release, “Hacienda,” which features guest shots from Jean-Luc Ponty, Larry Koonse, Dave Weckl, and more.

     Also this week, veteran pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal and his quartet offer up a new recording inspired by his return to Studio La Buissonne in Pernes-Les Fontaines, France, “Saturday Morning: La Buissonne Studio Sessions”; Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter Gregory Porter, a California native who as a child fell under the spell of his mother’s Nat King Cole records, makes his Blue Note Records debut for his third release, “Liquid Spirit”; and the Matthew Finck-Jonathan Ball Project enrich their sound with the trumpet and flugelhorn of Randy Brecker on “It’s Not That Far.”

Special Programs for the Week of Sept. 30

Short List with Bob Naujoks                                           
Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM    
The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Tony Monaco                 
The B-3 Blitz Two series on the great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with Tony Monaco. His name is not a “household common” yet, but he has been a pretty busy guy in the last decade, once he got help from fellow B-3 player, Joey DeFrancesco. Monaco was influenced by the revered master, Jimmy Smith. Monaco would overcome a polio-like disease to become a burnin’ Hammond master himself.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson    
Monday at 6:00 PM    
Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way         
Innovative pianist/composer David Brubeck was a true jazz phenomenon — he and his quartet were the first instrumental group to sell over a million records. This widely popular band had several top ten chart hits, sold out concerts everywhere, and landed Brubeck on the cover of Time magazine. We will explore the career of Dave Brubeck from his Quartet (which made the now legendary “Take Five” recording) through his last years, including his work in classical music.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“John William Coltrane’s ‘Atlantic’ Years”      
In noting Coltrane’s “birthday anniversary week”, (born 9/23/26), Craig will play “middle period” Trane from his years with Atlantic Records (Jan.1959 thru May,1961).  We’ll hear from classic Coltrane albums like “Bags & Trane”, “Coltrane’s Sound”, “My Favorite Things”, “Giant Steps”, “Coltrane Plays The Blues”, and several other gems. Don’t miss this one!                        
              
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wendell Pierce  
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Charlie Musselwhite   
Legendary harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite electrified the Chicago blues scene in the 60s. He’s played with Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howlin’ Wolf and most recently Ben Harper.  Now, Musselwhite brings his quartet to the Allen, for a set of blues, jazz and gospel storytelling. Tunes are likely to include Bad Boy, Roll Your Money Maker, Cristo Redentor, and more.  
JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle: Provocative in Blue
The bluesy album Money Jungle (1962) captures the only studio session of three jazz lions: Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and Max Roach. With guest pianist Gerald Clayton and a Berklee College of Music band, drummer Terri Lyne Carrington re-imagines Money Jungle with grooves that are deep, complicated and irresistible.
Wednesday Night Special    
7:00 PM (Follows JazzSet)
Jazz Under the Stars 2013: Al Naylor & The I-380 Express (new)  
Led by trumpeter, teacher and 2013 inductee into the Jazz Educators of Iowa Hall of Fame, Al Naylor, the I-380 Express was for many years, the premier big band in Eastern Iowa. The group was best known for serving as the “house band” for the Variety Club Telethon on KCRG-TV, where it played its own charts and also backed up many regional and national artists. The band included music faculty from UNI, UI and Drake, along with professional players from all over the state. This reunion performance was the first for I-380 Express since 2007.

Naylor taught in Iowa public schools for 28 years. He’s currently an Instructor of Instrumental Music at Kirkwood Community College where is directs the Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Combos. He also teaches trumpet at Coe College. Naylor also participates in several of KCCK’s jazz education programs, including Schoolhouse Jazz, Jazz Band Camp and the Corridor Jazz Project, as either a director or a player.
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland    
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Remembering Carline Ray
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Carline Ray was one of the true female pioneers in jazz. In the 1940s she performed with the all-female band, The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, and also performed with Cy Oliver, Mercer Ellington, and Mary Lou Williams. On this 1997 session, Ray joins host McPartland for a stellar set including “In a Sentimental Mood,” “All of Me,” and “But Beautiful.”                
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM
“Horace Silver in the 1950s”       
Craig takes a close look at the recordings of pianist and composer, Horace Silver, during the decade of the 1950s. Silver was one of the main cogs in the development of what we know as “hard bop”….the melding of ‘rhythm and blues’ and ‘gospel rhythms’, with ‘modern jazz’ and ‘bebop.  We’ll hear Horace performing with Miles Davis, Lou Donaldson, Stan Getz, Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, and many others, as well as his many Blue Note recordings as a leader. This one will be loads of fun!!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
Wild Man Blues: The Eccentric Genius of Jelly Roll Morton   
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band provides the musical backdrop for Vernel Bagneris’ portrayal of Jelly Roll Morton, the dapper “suit-man from suit-land” and his journey to become the self-proclaimed “Inventor of Jazz.”        
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 September 23, 2013

Opportunities for jazz musicians to perform with the music’s legendary figures are becoming more and more rare. The value of working with, and learning from, these elder statesmen has been elemental in the development of the music. Drummer Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath is not only a living bridge to the heroes of the golden age of jazz but he was also critical in the evolution of drumming during one of jazz’s most fertile periods. Both pianist Ethan Iverson and bassist Ben Street realize the importance of their collaboration with Heath. The trio’s new recording, “Tootie’s Tempo,” is a showcase of the group’s fantastic interplay in the style that Heath grew up with and has perfected.

After moving to New York City from his native Havana in 2000, pianist/composer Manuel Valera began making inroads on the scene with the likes of Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts and Lenny White while also working with fellow countrymen Dafnis Prieto, Paquito D’Rivera and Arturo Sandoval. On his Grammy nominated disc of last year, he made an incremental leap in fusing modern jazz with Latin rhythms. With “Expectativas,” the second recording with his potent New Cuban Express sextet, he takes things up a notch in a program of alluring ballads, cha cha chas and boleros along with invigorating timbas and descarga jams. Returing from the previous outing are core members John Benitez on bass, Tom Guarna on guitar and Yosvany Terry on reeds. Drummer Ludwig Afonso and percussionist Paulo Stagnaro are the new recruits on this sophomore session by the exciting new ensemble.

Also this week, Trombone Shorty serves up his third helping of groove-conscious soul jazz and modern NOLA funk on “Say That to Say This”; Janis Siegel of Manhattan Transfer fame offers up her first solo effort in seven years with “Nightsongs: A Late Night Interlude”; and saxophonist Adam Brenner’s debut disc, “The Long Way Home,” features pianist David Hazeltine and bassist John Weber.

Special Programs for the Week of Sept. 23

Short List with Bob Naujoks                                           
Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM    

The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Reuben Wilson (new series)             
The B-3 Blitz Two series on the great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with the soul-jazz of Reuben Wilson. He started out to be a boxer and pro football player and ended up with music as his career—first in Los Angeles, then in New York. His five albums in the late 1960s mark his early career, but it was the dance clubs in the 1980s and his sampled music in the 90s that gave him a bit of fame. He is now the “grandfather of Acid Jazz”.

Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson    
Monday at 6:00 PM    

Jackie McLean (1931 – 2006)        
Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean was one of the giants of jazz. His spare, sugar-free sound backed everyone from Charlie Parker to Miles Davis. In five decades of jazz, Jackie McLean lived the quintessential jazz survivor’s life. A veteran of bebop, he emerged from the shadow of Charlie Parker and drugs to make a music bristling with passion and a Hemingway-esque direction. McLean debuted on Miles Davis’ 1951 album Dig!, and also led his own groups. These raw edged, taut units included Herbie Hancock, Tony Williams, Billy Higgens, Donald Byrd, Lee Morgan, Roy Haynes, and others. In tribute to McLean, we’ll listen again to this Jazz Profiles episode where the McLean talks candidly about his life and times.

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)

“Jazz In 1953”    
Although Craig has already presented shows this year for “PRESTIGE RECORDS IN 1953” and “BLUE NOTE RECORDS IN 1953”, this week he gathers up material from other record labels in 1953 to help complete the picture of what recorded jazz was like sixty years ago.  We’ll hear from a number of jazz masters like Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars, and many others!                      
              
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wendell Pierce  
Tuesday at 6:00 PM

The Music of Bud Powell and Earl Hines  
The story of the modern jazz piano can be heard in the hands of Earl “Fatha” Hines and Earl “Bud” Powell. Hines worked with Louis Armstrong and brought a new dimension from ragtime; Powell’s inventive, emotional soloing brought the piano into the bebop era. Pianist Marcus Roberts and his nonet take us through theses innovators of piano with songs such as “Bubbling Over” and “Dance of the Infidels.”

JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater
Wednesday at 6:00 PM

Gregory Porter at The Strings of Autumn in Prague
This is release week for Gregory Porter’s Liquid Spirit on Blue Note. One year ago, he sang for the Autumnal Equinox at the Lucerna Music Bar near Wenceslas Square. A fan wrote “huge applause, two encores, great solo performances, band tight and so was Gregory… made me long for the USA…” Thanks to Radio Prague.

Wednesday Night Special    
7:00 PM (Follows JazzSet)

Jazz at Beems: John Coltrane – A Love Supreme  
We celebrate the legacy of saxophonist and composer John Coltrane (born 9/23/26) during this tribute performance from Beems Auditorium at the former downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library. Husband and wife Peter and Lynne Hart, who share a deep appreciation of Coltrane’s music, lead an all-star group of fellow jazz educators including Andrew Classen on trumpet, Steve Shanley, piano, Chris Bird, bass, and Herman Sarduy on drums with the Hart’s featured on saxophones and flute.  

Since 1998 the Hart’s have been co-leaders of Thelonious Assault, the only area jazz group dedicated to performing the music of be-bop and hard hard-bop masters like Thelonious Monk, Charle Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Charles Mingus. Most of the musicians performing in this Coltrane tribute are also members of Thelonious Assault. The group performed at Jazz Under The Stars in 2006 and more recently was featured live on KCCK as part of the “First Friday Jazz” series at the Opus Concert Café in Cedar Rapids.
 
This summer Lynne Hart directed the Iowa Jazz Orchestra and wrote several original arrangements for the band and singer Sachal Vasandani for a crowd pleasing performance on the opening night of the 2013 Iowa City Jazz Festival.

Our salute to John Coltrane includes the Hart’s unique versions of classic Coltrane compositions including “Giant Steps,” “Impressions,” “Naima,” “Mr. PC” and several others.

Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland  
Thursday at 6:00 PM

Eliane Elias
Brazilian pianist/singer Eliane Elias is one of the most original and popular artists on the jazz scene. Widely recognized as one of the preeminent interpreters of Brazilian icon Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elias has also explored the works of Bill Evans and Chet Baker. On this session she performs an Evans tune, “Here Is Something for You,” for which she has written a lyric, and McPartland gives her own Evans tribute on “B Minor Waltz.”                

Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM

“John William Coltrane’s ‘Atlantic’ Years”      
In noting Coltrane’s “birthday anniversary week”, (born 9/23/26), Craig will play “middle period” Trane from his years with Atlantic Records (Jan.1959 thru May,1961).  We’ll hear from classic Coltrane albums like “Bags & Trane”, “Coltrane’s Sound”, “My Favorite Things”, “Giant Steps”, “Coltrane Plays The Blues”, and several other gems. Don’t miss this one!

Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM

Porgy & Bess: An Original Jazz Transcription Part 2  
In Part Two of this encore presentation of Porgy & Bess, Porgy’s love for Bess is put to the test. William Warfield returns in his acclaimed role as narrator, and compositions include “It Ain’t Necessarily So,” “A Red-Headed Woman,” and “Oh Lawd, I’m On My Way.”           

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 Sept. 16

Now entering its 35th year, the Chicago Jazz Orchestra has built a resume that ranks it among the greatest artistic institutions in the city, if not the United States. For their latest recording, “Burstin’ Out!,” director Jeff Lindberg teams the CJO with the quickly emerging vocalist Cyrille Amiee for a diverse CD of great jazz classics. Eastern Iowa jazz fans had the chance to enjoy Cyrille’s work a few years ago at the Iowa City Jazz Festival. Beside the timeless arrangements of Claus Ogerman, Billy May, Paul Weston, Count Basie and Duke Ellington, new arrangements are offered by Aimee, Taylor Eigsti, Assaf Gleizner, Diego Figueiredo, and members of the Orchestra.

For his new CD, “Maybe September,” reedman Ken Peplowski is reunited with his working group out of New York City, including drummer Matt Wilson, pianist Ted Rosenthal and bassist Martin Wind, on a program of lesser-known tunes from the likes of Lennon & McCartney, Irving Berlin, Harry Nilsson and others. As Peplowski explains, “This record is kind of an unintentional reaction against our ever-perfect world. I’ve elected to record all of us close together in the studio, set up almost like a live gig, direct to two-track. We did the whole thing in somewhere around three hours, not because we were going for some world record, but because it felt right when we’d finished. This is pretty much a ‘warts and all’, raw-boned effort, but we stand by what we played on that particular day in 2012.”

Also this week, guitarist Jeff Golub and British fusion legend Brian Augerhave crafted a timeless journey blending jazz, soul and blues on “Train Keeps A Rolling”; saxophonist Cory Weeds and his Nightcrawlersare captured live in Vancouver on “Volume 3”; and the young saxophonist Gilad Edelman debuts with “My Groove, Your Move,” on which he is joined by his mentor, pianist David Hazeltine, and trumpeter Joe Magnarelli.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT. 16

Short List with Bob Naujoks                                           
Mon. – Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM    
The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Mel Rhyne (new series)            
The B-3 Blitz Two series on the great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with Mel Rhyne. Rhyne’s legacy is his work with the innovative Indianapolis guitarist, Wes Montgomery, and that early 1960s trio. Rhyne also had a twenty-year low-key career in Milwaukee after his stint with Montgomery ended. But in the early 1990s he was back on the national stage with new recordings with Herb Ellis, Joshua Redman and Peter Bernstein.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson  
Monday at 6:00 PM    
Harry “Sweets” Edison: Simplicity In Swing        
Swinging and singing — both describe the unmistakable sound of Harry “Sweets” Edison, one of the most important stylists in the history of jazz trumpet. Sweets plays with a simplicity born of sophisticated artistry. It propelled him to the Count Basie Band, which he joined in 1937, thereafter becoming one of its most frequently featured soloists. This program, produced just before his death, celebrates Edison’s spare style that blends subtle humor, impeccable timing, and the sweetly muted tone that gave him his nickname.              
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
“The New Orleans/Cuba Connection”    
University of Iowa jazz faculty member, James Dreier joins Craig in the studio for a look at some of the similarities between the diversity of jazz found in New Orleans and “Afro-Cuban Jazz”. Both James and Craig will also bring in a variety of new jazz releases form Latin America. Mr. Dreier is one of our local Latin jazz experts, and his presence in KCCK’s ‘on-air’ studios always makes for an informative and entertaining show.                    
              
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wendell Pierce  
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Ali Jackson with Yes! Trio and Warren Wolf Group
Drummer Ali Jackson and vibraphonist Warren Wolf — each born into a musical family – absorbed jazz from their childhoods. Jackson occupies the hot seat with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and his own Yes! Trio; multi-instrumentalist Wolf studied with John Locke and became an in-demand sideman and leader. They each bring small groups to the House of Swing for a contemporary percussive double bill.
JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
The Monterey Jazz Anniversary on Tour with Musical Director Christian McBride, Dee Dee Bridgewater and more stars
To celebrate 55 years, Monterey toured an all-star group, performing music associated with the Festival. From the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, hear Christian and Dee Dee with Ambrose Akinmusire, Chris Potter, Benny Green and Lewis Nash. Selections by Dizzy Gillespie and Thad Jones.
Wednesday Night Special    
7:00 PM (Follows JazzSet)
Sam Salomone Trio at KCC & ICJF
Chicago born, Tama raised Sam Salomone has established himself as a famed jazz and blues artist with more than four decades of performing experience on the mighty Hammond B-3 Organ. He was inducted into the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame, as well as the Iowa Jazz Hall of Fame. Salomone began his quest as a musician by moving to Des Moines to find band mates interested in Rock-and-Roll. After local success, Sam had the opportunity to tour with Del Shannon and The Duprees in the 1960s. He has continued to play and record since then, producing his own albums “It’s Never Too Late” in 1997 and “VooDoo Bop” in 2005. Salomone has performed with the Des Moines Big Band, Bob Dorr and the Blue Band, BillyLee Janey, and more recently as a member of the Steve Grismore Trio. Our special features the Sam Salomone Trio at Kirkwood Community College in 2011 and from the 2008 Iowa City Jazz Festival.     
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland  
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Kate McGarry
Singer/songwriter Kate McGarry has travelled many musical paths – from Celtic to swing and various genres in between. Her dynamic voice can be sweet, soulful or swinging, giving her the freedom to chart her own musical course. With pianist and accordion player Gary Versace, McGarry performs “Heather on the Hill,” and McPartland joins in on Cole Porter’s “I Love You.”                
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Saturday, Noon – 4:00 PM
“Jazz In 1953”    
Although Craig has already presented shows this year for “PRESTIGE RECORDS IN 1953” and “BLUE NOTE RECORDS IN 1953”, this week he gathers up material from other record labels in 1953 to help complete the picture of what recorded jazz was like sixty years ago.  We’ll hear from a number of jazz masters like Charlie Parker, Lee Konitz, Oscar Peterson, Charles Mingus, Howard Rumsey’s Lighthouse All-Stars, and many others!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
Porgy & Bess: An Original Jazz Transcription Part 1  
Encore Presentation: Stage legend and Grammy Award-winning narrator William Warfield tells the story as The Jim Cullum Jazz Band perform their original jazz transcription of George Gershwin’s opera Porgy & Bess. Part One of this two-part series introduces the characters of Catfish Row and the Gershwin classics “Summertime” and “Bess, You is My Woman Now.”           
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at:

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