Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays songwriter Jerome Kern, trumpeters Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge, saxmen Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott and Bob Mintzer, drummer Jimmie Smith, vibist Bobby Hutcherson, pianist Buddy Montgomery, guitarist Fareed Haque and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Hampton Hawes’ “Four!” (1958), Nat Adderley’s “Work Song” (1960), Freddie Hubbard’s “Red Clay” (1970), Carmen McRae’s “Carmen Sings Monk” (1988), “Joe Pass Quartet Live at Yoshi’s, Vol. 1 & 2” (1992), The Lonnie Plaxico Group “Live at Jazz Standard” (2003) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.