This Week in Jazz July 2 thru July 8

Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Johnny Hartman and Bill Withers, trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen, trombonists Vern Friley and Frank Rehak, saxophonist Hank Mobley and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Duke Ellington at Newport” (1956), Buddy Rich Big Band’s “Mercy, Mercy” (1968), Bobby Hutcherson’s “Live at Montreux” (1973), Charlie Haden’s “The Montreal Tapes” (1989), Steve Kuhn Trio “Live at Birdland” (2006) and many others 10am to 2pm, Monday thru Friday, with Jazz Masters at noon on Jazz 88.3.