Jazz Corner of the World Encore
Mondays at 6:00 PM
Bennie Maupin’s Reed Artistry
Host Craig Kessler looks at the terrific jazz recordings from master flautist, saxophonist, and bass clarinetist Bennie Maupin. Bennie is probably best known for his work on Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew and several of Herbie Hancock’s classics. But we’ll also hear him with Woody Shaw, Horace Silver, Lee Morgan, Andrew Hill, and others, as well as some of his own recordings. Don’t miss it!
The Wednesday Night Special
Wednesdays at 6:00 PM
Chris Vadala at Kirkwood
The late, great saxophonist Chris Vadala was a legend in jazz. He was already an accomplished, go-to reedman when catapulted into the worldwide spotlight with his brilliant solo on Chuck Mangione’s monster hit, “Feels So Good.” His driving passion, though, was as an educator. He enjoyed his mission to train the next generations of jazz. That’s why he had so much fun in 2011 playing Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble.
Jazz Night in America
Thursdays at 11:00 PM
Sketches of “Tain”
For 40 years, Jeff “Tain” Watts has evolved the language of jazz drumming during his time as sideman to both Wynton and Branford Marsalis and as a bandleader. We’ll listen in to one of his gigs from 2002, and host Christian McBride hears stories about Watts’s time on the road with the Marsalis family, as well as his portrayal of Rhythm Jones in Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues.
Jazz Corner of the World
Saturdays at 12:00 Noon
Tribute to Chick Corea, Part 9
Craig continues his chronological salute to the late keyboard master by sharing some stellar material from the late 1990s, and moving into the 2000s. We’ll hear absolutely top-notch, masterful jazz from one of the true geniuses of modern music!
KCCK’s Midnight CD
Every Night at Midnight
Each night, KCCK gives you the chance to hear a new CD played start-to-finish.
Space-Time by the Jeff Lorber Fusion on Monday; In Our Time by Victor Gould on Tuesday; Fetish by the Dave Zinno Unisphere on Wednesday; Quartet + by Helen Sung on Thursday; The Blues Never End by Elly Wininger on Friday; Blow by Colin Linden on Saturday; Mirror Mirror by Eliane Elias on Sunday