Short List with host Bob Naujoks
Monday – Friday at 8:35 AM and Saturdays at 7 AM
The Short List: “The Hits”
The Short List continues its look at jazz tunes that became popular hits. This week, host Bob Naujoks visits songs that scored high on the pop charts and have become party of Great American Songbook. Tune in to hear songs and stories from Al Hirt’s “Java,” Al Hibbler’s “Unchained Melody,” Ray Charles’s “Busted,” Ramsey Lewis’s “The ‘In’ Crowd,” and Bobby Darin’s “Beyond the Sea.”
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Gary Peacock with the Standards Trio
To celebrate more of the astonishing career of Gary Peacock, Craig will give us a delightful sampling of Jarrett’s trio with Gary Peacock on bass and Jack DeJohnette on drums (spanning 26 years, from 1983 to 2009). Don’t miss it!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Jazz in the Stacks: The Music of Pat Metheny
Join drummer Dennis McPartland and a hand-picked band of Eastern Iowa’s best musicians at the Cedar Rapids Public Library’s Whipple Auditorium for the 2016 Jazz In The Stacks. McPartland, along with Joe Perea, Ian Draves, Denny Redmond, Peter Hart, and Dan Towey present the Music of Pat Metheny. Narrated by KCCK’s Ron Adkins, it’s a full night of stories and songs from the Pat Metheny songbook.
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Newport’s Legendary Early Years
Host Christian McBride takes us back in time to the early years of the Newport Jazz Festival. We’ll hear the history of how Rhode Island became a destination for great jazz. We also get to listen back to some legendary sets, hand-picked by McBride himself, from the Dave Brubeck Quartet, Clifford Brown with Max Roach, and Horace Silver.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Tribute to Stanley Cowell
Craig celebrates the wonderful career of one of his favorite figures in jazz – Stanley Cowell – who has recently passed at the age of 79. In this first of two shows, we’ll hear great records featuring Cowell as a side man … performances with Bobby Hutcherson, Sonny Fortune, Max Roach, Art Pepper, Gary Bartz, and many more.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Roots – Tales of the Urban Yoda by Joe Bowden on Monday; Bridges by Jesse Ryan on Tuesday; Talking Drums by Bobby Wiens on Wednesday; 49th Parallel by the Neil Swainson Quintet on Thursday; Mississippi Suitcase by Peter Parcek on Friday; Can’t Change It by The Mystix on Saturday; The Planets: Reimagined by the Jeremy Levy Jazz Orchestra on Sunday