This Week In Jazz September 5 thru September 11


Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, drummer/bandleader Elvin Jones, bassists Wilbur and George Mraz, saxmen Sonny Rollins and James Clay and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven w/ Lester Young’s “Lester Leaps In” (1939), “The Billy Taylor Trio w/ Candido” (1954), Helen Humes’ “Songs I Like to Sing!” (1960), “Elvin Jones Live at the Lighthouse” (1972), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers’ “Feeling Good” (1986) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS‘ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.