Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Cootie Williams, Conte Candoli, Lee Morgan and Carol Morgan, pianist/organist Milt Buckner, bassist/singer Major Holley, saxophonist George Young, singers Francine Reed, Mavis Staples and Peter Cincotti, banjo player Bela Fleck and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Duke Ellington at Newport” (1956), “Sonny Rollins On Impulse!” (1965), Red Rodney’s “Bird Lives!” (1973), Kenny Barron Trio’s “Green Chimneys” (1983), Miles Davis & Quincy Jones “Live at Montreux” (1991), Jessica Williams’ “Live at Yoshi’s, Vol. 1” (2003) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
