Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Bluesman Big Joe Williams, drummers Cozy Cole, J.C. Moses and Bill Stewart, trumpeters Al Killion, Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis, bassists Palle Danielsson and Reid Anderson, singers Anita O’Day and Esparanza Spalding and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York Scene” (1957), Phineas Newborn, Jr.’s “A World of Piano!” (1961), Ron Carter’s “Pastels” (1976), Harry “Sweets” Edison’s “There Will Never Be Another You” (1986), Ray Brown Trio “Live at Scullers” (1996), Ian Charleton Big Band’s “A Fresh Perspective” (2020) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.