This Week In Jazz August 14 thru August 20

Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Oscar Peterson, Mal Waldron, Carl Perkins and Bill Evans, drummers Stix Hooper and Ginger Baker, bassist George Duvivier, singer Mary Stallings and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jo Jones’ “The Essential Jo Jones” (1955), Herbie Mann’s “Memphis Underground” (1969), Grant Green’s “Alive!” (1970), Illinois Jacquet & His Big Band’s “Jacquet’s Got It!” (1987), Ernestine Anderson “Live At The 1990 Concord Jazz Festival” (1990), Bobby Sanabria Big Band’s “Multiverse” (2011) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.