This Week In Jazz May 10 thru May 16

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist/bandleader King Oliver, composer Irving Berlin, pianist/composers Gil Evans and Red Garland, singers Barbara Dane and Betty Carter, bassist Buddy Catlett, trumpeters Al Porcino and Stu Williamson, harmonicist Gregoire Maret and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Miles Davis Quintet’s “Relaxin’/Steamin’/Workin’” (1956), Curtis Fowlkes’ “New Trombone” (1957), Kenny Burrell’s “Blue Lights, Vols. 1 & 2” (1958), Art Pepper+11 “Modern Classics” (1959); Lee Morgan/Thad Jones’ “Minor Strain” (1960), Grady Tate Sings/TNT (1991) The Great Jazz Trio’s “Autumn Leaves” (2002) and many others throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.