Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Marian McPartland, Sir Charles Thompson, Lennie Tristano and Harold Mabern, singer Nat ‘King’ Cole, trombonists Grover Mitchell and Curtis Fowlkes, guitarist Bill Frisell, vibist Joe Locke and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Joe Roland (1955), Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto’s “Getz/Gilberto” (1963), Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Stone Flower” (1970), Branford Marsalis’ “Royal Garden Blues” (1986), The Oscar Peterson Trio’s “Encore at the Blue Note” (1990), Steve Khan’s “Patchwork” (2019) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.