This Week In Jazz September 19 thru September 25


Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Slam Stewart, Tommy Potter, Red Mitchell and Jimmy Woode, saxophonists John Coltrane and Frank Foster, singers Ray Charles, Irene Reid, Les McCann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Charlie Parker at Storyville” (1953), “The Kenny Drew Trio” (1956), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Big Band’s “Trane Whistle” (1960), Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery’s “The Dynamic Duo” (1966), Spike Robinson/”Sweets” Edison Quintet’s “Jusa Bit O’ Blues, Vol. 2” (1988) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS‘on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.