Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer George Gershwin, singers Herb Jeffires, Ray Charles, Les McCann and Rebecca Kilgore, saxophonists John Coltrane and Frank Foster, drummers Shadow Wilson, Dottie Dodgion, bassist Jimmy Woode and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” (1957), Coleman Hawkins’ “Supreme” (1966), Paul Desmond’s “Pure Desmond” (1974), Donald Byrd’s “Harlem Blues” (1987), David Murray and Friends’ “MX: Dedicated to the Memory of Malcolm X” (1992), Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre’s “The Art of Latin Jazz” (2016) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.