This Week In Jazz June 19 thru June 25


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton and Jamil Nasser, singer Helen Humes, guitarist Chet Atkins, composer/pianists Lalo Schifrin and Eric Reed, reedman Eric Dolphy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol. 1” (1958), Les McCann’s “Swiss Movement” (1969), Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt’s “God Bless Sonny & Jug” (1973), Bobby McFerrin & Chick Corea’s “Play” (1990), “Ron Carter’s Great Big Band” (2010) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.