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 albums that crossed over into mainstream popularity and became lasting classics. Listen for Miles Davis’s Sketches Of Spain, Wynton Marsalis’s Marsalis Standard Time, Volume 1, Benny Goodman’s 1938 Carnegie Hall Concert, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, and Stanley Jordan’s Magic Touch.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Charles Tolliver’s 79th Birthday Party
Craig celebrates the birthday and on-going career of trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator Charles Tolliver. Along with pianist Stanley Cowell, he co-founded the legendary artist-owned jazz record label, Strata-East. We’ll hear some of Tolliver’s recordings as a leader, as well many appearances as a sideman with Jackie McLean, Gary Bartz, Andrew Hill, Booker Ervin, Horace Silver, and others … noting an important musician, who is often overlooked and underrated!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom
Our month-long celebration of National Women’s History Month continues with a concert from Allison Miller’s Boom Tic Boom. Miller, one of jazz’s most dynamic drummers, brings her formidable energy to any ensemble she joins. She visited Iowa City for 2016’s Jazz Festival and brought along Boom Tic Boom for a standout performance.
Jazz Night in America with host Christian McBride
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Rebellious Helen Sung
As a young musician, pianist Helen Sung rebelled against her parents, and her culture, to pursue her jazz dreams. She talks with host Christian McBride about how the risks she took have paid off brilliantly. Sung also demonstrates the fruits of her rebellion in a standout live performance.
Jazz Corner of the World with Host Craig Kessler
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Tribute to Chick Corea (6/12/1941 – 2/9/2021)
In this first of five tribute shows for Armando “Chick” Corea, Craig spins some of his favorite selections from some of Chick’s very first recordings with Mongo Santamaria, Blue Mitchell, Miles Davis, and others, and some of Chick’s first recordings under his own leadership. Tune in for some monumental bricks and mortar from some of the key years of our jazz literature … music of the great Chick Corea.
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Sure Thing by David Kikoski with Boris Kozlov on Monday; Message by Tom Tallitsch on Tuesday; Samba de Maracatu by Joe Chambers on Wednesday; Indigenous by Diego Rivera on Thursday; Room To Breathe by Delbert McClinton on Friday; Maestro by Taj Mahal on Saturday; This Bitter Earth by Veronica Swift on Sunday