Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson and Harold Land, organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith, bassists Walter Booker and John Ore, guitarists Barry Galbraith, Cornell Dupree and John Abercrombie and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Buck Clayton’s “Jam Sessions from the Vault” (1956), Hank Mobley’s “A Caddy for Daddy” (1965), Buck Clayton’s “Jam Sessions from the Vault” (1979), Chick Corea Akoustic Band’s “Alive” (1989), Melissa Walker’s “Moment of Truth” (1998), Eric Reed’s “The Dancing Monk” (2009) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.