This Week in Jazz December 31 thru January 6

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Wild Bill Davison, trumpeter Dizzy Reece, pianist Herbie Nichols, drummers Chuck Flores and Dede Ciccarelli, singers Arthur Prysock and Johnny Adams, saxophonist Roger Neumann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie and His Orchestra’s “April In Paris” (1956), The Montgomery Brothers’ “Groove Yard” (1961), Lonnie Smith’s “Drives” (1970), Benny Green Trio’s “In this Direction” (1989), Chick Correa & Origin “Live at the Blue Note” (1998), Jose Rizo’s Mongorama “Mariposas Cantan” (2018) and many others, Mondays through Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.