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 listen to great jazz tunes in the popular mind. Join host Bob Naujoks as he spotlights jazz tunes that crossed the boundaries of jazz and other genres. This week, it’s Etta James’s “At Last,” Tommy Dorsey’s “Tea For Two Cha-Cha,” Si Zentner’s “Up a Lazy River,” “Street Life,” made popular by the Crusaders and Randy Crawford, and “Dire Straits’s “Sultans of Swing.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
4 More Who Recently Left Us
In this show, Craig pays tribute to four more jazz artists who have moved on to that “big stage” in the afterworld – Candido Camero Guerra (aka Candido), pianist Frank Kimbrough, baritone sax and tubist Howard Lewis Johnson, and Junior Mance. Each of these artists were, in their unique ways, pioneers in jazz and they left behind a treasure in their recorded legacies.
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Don Byron Music For Six Musicians
All month long, our Wednesday Night Specials celebrate African-Americans who raise jazz to the level of high art. This week, we listen back to the 2003 Iowa City Jazz Festival for Don Byron’s Music For Six Musicians. Byron, a celebrated, innovative composer, performer, and jazz educator, never stops reinventing jazz. His experiments with tone, tempo, and ensembles break new ground and inspire legions of fans.
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Channeling Cannonball
This week, we’re introduced to young saxophonist Patrick Bartley, whose love of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley’s music and musicianship is defining his career. Plus, host Christian McBride tells stories from the recording of Cannonball’s classic live album, “Black Messiah.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
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!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Cartoon Bebop by the 14 Jazz Orchestra on Monday; Been Down That Road Before by Clifton Anderson on Tuesday; The VJE: Very Live! by the Verve Jazz Ensemble on Wednesday; Baker’s Circle by Dave Stryker on Thursday; What Is Real by Trevor B. Power on Friday; One More Mile by Dave Thomas on Saturday; Spirit Garden by Tivon Pennicott on Sunday