Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Al McKibbon and Jimmy Haslip, trumpeter Jonah Jones, pianist Herbie Nichols, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, singer Susannah McCorkle, saxmen Roger Neumann and Chris Potter, drummer Lewis Nash and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1957), Count Basie with Tony Bennett’s “Count Basie Swings/Tony Bennett Sings” (1959), The Montgomery Brothers’ “Groove Yard” (1961), Lonnie Smith’s “Drives” (1970), Carmen McRae’s “For Lady Day, Vol. 1” (1983), Chick Correa & Origin “Live at the Blue Note” (1998), James Dreier & Ritmocano’s “Familia” (2013) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.