This Week In Jazz April 12 thru April 18

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Bud Freeman, Gene Ammons and Leo Parker, vibist Teddy Charles, trumpeter Shorty Rogers, trombonist Freddie Green, flutist Herbie Mann, vocalist The. Rev. Al Green and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), Miles Davis’ “Seven Steps to Heaven” (1963), Wes Montgomery’s “Encores, Volume 2: Blue’n’ Boogie” (1963), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers’ “Indestructible” (1964), Kim Nalley’s “She Put a Spell on Me: Kim Nalley Sings Nina Simone” (2004) and many others throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.