Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Gene Krupa, Sid Catlett, Grady Tate and Gerry Gibbs, trombonists Melba Liston and Quentin Jackson, singers Allan Toussaint and Cheryl Bentyne, guitarist Joe Pass and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Benny Goodman’s Carnegie Hall Concert (1938), Ornette Coleman’s “Tomorrow is the Question!” (1959), Sam Jones Plus 10’s “The Chant” (1960), Weather Report “Live in Tokyo” (1972), Chucho Valdes’ “Bele Bele en La Habana” (1998), Roy Hargrove Quintet’s “With Tenors of Our Times” (1994), Madeleine Peyroux’s “Secular Hymns” (2016) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.