Short List with Bob Naujoks
Mon. - Thurs. at 8:35 AM and Saturday at 7 AM
The Short List: B-3 Blitz Two: Johnny
"Hammond" Smith
The B-3 Blitz Two series on the
great Hammond B-3 organ players continues with Johnny "Hammond" Smith
whose middle name separates him from the guitarist of the same era. Early on he
was influenced by the great jazz pianists and, surprisingly, the classical
pianist, Arthur Rubenstein. His first major gig was accompanist to singer Nancy
Wilson. It was during that time that he heard organist Wild Bill Davis and that
experience changed Smith’s direction. Though Smith would go into retirement in
the late 1970s, his music had significant impact on jazz listeners.
Jazz Profiles with Nancy Wilson
Monday at 6:00 PM
Art Tatum, 'The Musician's Musician'
Though Tatum was almost
completely blind from birth, it never held him back. He often doubled and even
tripled the tempo of a piece without losing any articulation or sacrificing his
light touch. This technique enabled him to express an enormous flow of ideas in
just a few measures, in a way that no one before or since has been able to
duplicate.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig Kessler
Monday, 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM (follows Jazz Profiles)
"Impulse! Records in 1963"
Craig Travels back 50 years
to look in on some of the recording activities that took place for IMPULSE!
RECORDS during 1963. We'll hear a number
of jazz classics from the 25+ sessions that were recorded for Impulse! that
year....by John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Shirley Scott, Chico Hamilton, McCoy
Tyner, Charles Mingus, and several others.
Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wendell Pierce
Tuesday at 6:00 PM
Dianne Reeves
Singer Dianne Reeves turns
every note into an alluring story. In
Jazz at Lincoln Center's Allen Room, she's joined by guitarist Peter Sprague,
pianist Peter Martin, bassist Reuben Rogers and drummer Terreon Gully. We'll
hear the enchanting strains of Blue Prelude, I'm In Love Again, Good Night
Sweetheart and more.
JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater
Wednesday at 6:00 PM
Lost and Found New York by Chris Lightcap
The vistas and feelings,
smells and sounds of five of Chris Lightcap’s favorite locations comprise our
JazzSet edition of his exuberant suite for NYC from the Kuumbwa Jazz Center,
Santa Cruz, CA. They are the Nine South highway, Arthur Avenue, The Village
Vanguard a/k/a the Epicenter, Fort Tryon Park, and Stillwell Avenue a/k/a Coney
Island. The band is Bigmouth.
Wednesday Night Special
7:00 PM (Follows JazzSet)
Jazz Under the Stars 2013: Dennis McMurrin and the
Demolition Band (new)
Dennis McMurrin, known in the
music community as “Daddy-O”, is a member of the Iowa Blues Hall of Fame. His
most recent CD release is 2009’s “They Call Me Daddy-O.”
McMurrin has been entertaining
audiences for more than 45 years. He first picked up a guitar when he was 9
years old, influenced by his maternal grandfather, who played guitar as a
hobby.
“My first paid gig was in
1963 for the Boddicker School of Music Christmas Party at the Danceland in
Cedar Rapids.” says McMurrin. He was 10 years old. “My first band was called
The Plannets.”
McMurrin’s biggest influences
include James Brown, B.B. King, Johnny Winter, and Tower Of Power.
Piano Jazz with Marian McPartland
Thursday at 6:00 PM
Remembering Dr. Billy Taylor
Dr. Billy Taylor was a
celebrated pianist, radio host, educator and longtime Artistic Director or Jazz
at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where this special Piano
Jazz was recorded in 2007. Taylor performs a tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.,
titled “His Name Was Martin” and McPartland improvises a musical portrait of
Taylor.
Jazz Corner of the World with Craig
Kessler
Saturday, Noon - 4:00 PM
"Warne Marsh Birth Date Anniversary
Celebration"
Craig pays tribute to tenorman Warne Marion Marsh (born 10/26/27 in L.A.)....who, along with Lee Konitz, was the pre-eminent student of the musical philosophies of Lennie Tristano. We'll hear Warne in a variety of settings, including performances with other Tristano students (Konitz, Ted Brown, Ronnie Ball, and others), also performances with Art Pepper, Hank Jones, Red Mitchell, Kenny Drew, and, of course, groups under his own leadership. Make sure that you catch this tribute to a truly unsung jazz master!
Craig pays tribute to tenorman Warne Marion Marsh (born 10/26/27 in L.A.)....who, along with Lee Konitz, was the pre-eminent student of the musical philosophies of Lennie Tristano. We'll hear Warne in a variety of settings, including performances with other Tristano students (Konitz, Ted Brown, Ronnie Ball, and others), also performances with Art Pepper, Hank Jones, Red Mitchell, Kenny Drew, and, of course, groups under his own leadership. Make sure that you catch this tribute to a truly unsung jazz master!
Riverwalk Jazz
Sunday at 5:00 PM
From Duke Ellington to Artie Shaw: Songwriting
Bandleaders of the ’30s
The music of Artie Shaw, Duke
Ellington, and others gets the royal treatment from The Jim Cullum Jazz Band
and Riverwalk’s “Queen of Swing,” Rebecca Kilgore.
KCCK's Midnight CD
The Monday - Sunday Midnight CD for this week can be
found at:
http://www.kcck.org/onair/midnight_cd.php
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