Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Velma Middleton and Teri Thornton, saxmen Art Pepper and Clifford Jordan, pianists Horace Silver, Richie Powell and Gene Harris, bassists Larry Ridley, Essiet Essiet and Lonnie Plaxico, drummer Sherrie Mericle, trumpeter/bandleader Gerlad Wilson and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Curtis Counce’ “You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce” (1957), Jackie McLean’s “Jackie’s Bag” (1960), Yusef Lateef’s “The Gentle Giant” (1971), Mal Waldron & Jackie McLean’s “Left Alone ’86” (1986), Eddie Harris & Wendell Marshall’s “The Battle of the Tenors” (1994), Curtis Fuller’s “Up Jumped Spring” (2003) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK!