This Week In Jazz January 9 thru January 15


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Gene Krupa, Max Roach, Osie Johnson and Grady Tate, trombonists Quentin Jackson, Trummy Young, Bob Enevoldsen and Melba Liston, pianist/singer/bandleader Jay McShann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Gene Ammons All Star Sessions w/ Sonny Stitt” (1951), Cal Massey’s “Blues to Coltrane” (1961), Weather Report “Live in Tokyo” (1972), Dewey Redman Quartet’s “The Struggle Continues” (1982) Hiromi’s SonicBloom’s “Beyond Standard” (2008) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS ‘on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.