This Week In Jazz March 17th thru March 23rd

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Nat King Cole, vibists Dave Pike, Joe Locke and Stefon Harris, pianists/singer/songwriters Dave Frishberg, Eliane Elias and Amina Figarova, trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, singers Bill Henderson and Marcia Ball, guitarist and vocalist George Benson and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’ “The Hawk Flies High” (1957), Bob Brookmeyer & Bill Evans’ “The Ivory Hunters” (1959), Jackie McLean’s “The Rhythm of the Earth” (1992), Joe Lovano’s “Quartets Live at the Village Vanguard” (1994) and many more throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.