Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jymie Merritt and Ron Carter, pianist/composers Mary Lou Williams and John Lewis, trumpeters Maynard Ferguson and Richard Williams, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s “The Jazz Messenger” (1956), Charles Minus’ “Mingus Ah Um” (1959), Dexter Gordon’s “Doin Alright” (1961), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis’ “Straight Ahead” (1976), Junko Onishi Trio “Live at the Village Vanguard” (1994), “The Musical Mojo of Dr. John” (2014) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our JAZZ MASTERS ‘program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.