This Week In Jazz May 30 thru June 5


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of arranger Nelson Riddle, drummers Al Harewood, Albert “Tootie” Heath and Louis Hayes, singers Ian Shaw and Dakota Stanton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie’s “Bird & Diz” (1950), Kenny Dorham’s “‘Round about Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia” (1956), Dexter Gordon’s “One Flight Up” (1964), Sarah Vaughan “Live at Rosy’s” (1978), Etta James/Cleanhead Vinson’s “Blues in the Night, Vol. 1: The Early Show” (1986,) Jimmy Owens’ “The Monk Project” (2011) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our JAZZ MASTERS‘ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.