Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxman Joe Thomas, reedman Eric Dolphy, bassist Jamil Nasser, songwriter Sammy Kahn, pianist/composer Lalo Schifrin, guitarist Ernest Ranglin, pianist Eric Reed and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis Cookbook, vol. 1” (1958), Hank Mobley’s “Straight No Filter” (1966), George Benson’s “Bad Benson” (1974), Jimmy Ponder’s “Mean Streets – No Bridges” (1987), Cecil Brooks III’s “Smokin’ Jazz” (1993), Roy Hargrove Big Band’s “Emergence” (2008) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.