Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Lorenz Hart, singers Bing Crosby and Shirley Horn, pianist/composer John Lewis, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, and bassist Jymie Merritt, and May 1st is “Leroy Vinnegar Day”. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charles Mingus’ “Mingus Ah Um” (1959), Pat Martino’s “El Hombre” (1967), Eddie “Lockjaw: Davis’ “Straight Ahead” (1976), “Shirley Horn, Live at the 4 Queens, 1981” (1991), The Flying Horse Big Band’s “Florida Rays” (2019) and many others, Monday thru Friday at noon on Jazz Masters.