Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jeri Southern, Jimmy Witherspoon and Abbey Lincoln, percussionists Airto Moreira and Jack DeJohnette, violinist Regina Carter, reedmen Benny Carter, Buddy Colette and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jazz impresario Norman Granz and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), Harold Land’s “Westward Bound!” (1965), “Joe Williams Live” (1973), Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff’s “On the Blues Side” (1989), Joe Wilder’s “Alone With Just My Dreams” (1991), Jose Rizo’s Mongorama “Mariposas Cantan” (2019) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.