Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
Short List: “The Hits”
The Short List continues its feature of great jazz in the popular mind. This week, host Bob Naujoks celebrates full jazz albums that became widespread hits. We’ll hear stories and songs from Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue, Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters and Future Shock, Weather Report’s Heavy Weather, Dave Brubeck’s Time Out.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Jazz & the Spoken Word, Part One
Craig will spin a variety of spoken forms in a jazz context. We’ll hear poet Barry Wallenstein with pianist Stanley Cowell, a story told by Duke Ellington, poetry by Jack Kerouac with saxophonist Zoot Sims, Barbara Simmons speaking in front of Jackie McLean’s Sextet, poet Ted Joans with the Archie Shepp Quintet, a Gunther Schuller narration in front of his orchestra, some work by Charles Mingus, and a variety of other goodies and rarities. Don’t miss it!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Ave.
As anyone from the Big Easy will tell you, every day is a good day to party like it’s Mardi Gras! With that in mind, the Wednesday Night Special serves up a plateful of New Orleans flavor with Trombone Shorty! This amazing horn man brought the Crescent City to Iowa City for the 2009 Jazz Festival. Get your second line going and get ready to dance!
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
A Fine Romance
Host Christian McBride helps us celebrate Valentine’s Week with classic songs of love from a 2018 Jazz at Lincoln Center concert. Keeping us in the mood for love are the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, along with featured vocalists Brianna Thomas, Vuyo Sotashe, and an all-star big band.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Tribute to Stanley Cowell, Part Two
Craig continues his salute to the recently departed Stanley Cowell. We’ll primarily hear Stanley leading his own groups, as well as some choice material featuring Cowell as a sideman. He is one of the truly underrated and overlooked jazz pianists and will be greatly missed!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Thank You, Mr. Mabern by Leon Lee Dorsey on Monday; Tip of the Hat by Joe Taina on Tuesday; Jazz Standards, Volume 2: Then Again the Henry Robinett Quartet on Wednesday; The Democracy Suite by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra Septet on Thursday; One Woman Band by Ghalia Volt on Friday; Damage Control by Curtis Salgado on Saturday; 25 Years (Disc 1) by Edward Simon on Sunday