Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Galloping Guitars: Kurt Rosenwinkel
Kurt Rosenwinkel joined Gary Burton’s quartet while studying at Boston’s Berklee School of Music. He toured and recorded with Burton, while building steady success in clubs and overseas. He has worked for decades with the cream of contemporary musicians.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Mondays from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Jean-Luc Ponty – The Early Years
Craig presents early music from this prolific titan of jazz violin. We’ll hear trios, quartets, and more, in the company of George Duke, Wolfgang Dauner, NHOPederson, Leo Wright, Carmell Jones, Ernie Watts, Buell Neidlinger, Bud Shank, and many more.
Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
2018 Homecoming Concert with Dick Oatts
Saxman Dick Oatts returned to Iowa for KCCK’s second annual Homecoming Concert. The crowd at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts heard two solid sets of new material and favorites from his long and storied career. Oatts even jammed with some hand-picked student musicians on a chart they’d composed together. It was a night of fun memories and great jazz!
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Abdullah Ibrahim’s South Africa
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, also known by the nickname “Dollar Brand,” is the composer of symphonic works, choral works, film scores and, in his early 80s, is still very active with his band touring the world. This concert comes from Town Hall in New York City on 2017’s South Africa Freedom Day. In addition to his own compositions, Ibrahim revisits music from his years in the Jazz Epistles (1960), a short lived, legendary South African bebop band.
Jazz Corner of the World with host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at Noon
Great Bands of the 1970’s – Keith Jarrett, Part 2
Craig presents another helping of 1970s brilliance from pianist, saxophonist, and composer, Keith Jarrett. We’ll hear fine offerings from Keith’s recordings on ECM and Impulse, featuring selections from Jarrett’s “American Quartet” and the “European Quartet.” Jarrett’s music from this period helped defined jazz in the 1970s.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
The Monday – Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be found at: