This Week In Jazz January 25 thru January 31

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriters Jerome Kern and Jimmy Van Heusen, violinist Stephane Grappelli, trumpeters Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge, saxmen Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes, singers Jeane Lee and Anita Baker, vibists Bobby Hutcherson and Bill Ware, guitarists Roy Obiedo and Fareed Haque, drummers Jimmie Smith and Ed Shaughnessy, pianist Buddy Montgomery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Afro-Cuban” (1955), The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery (1960), Freddie Hubbard’s “Red Clay” (1970), Carmen McRae’s “Carmen Sings Monk” (1988), Benny Golson’s “Tenor Legacy” (1996), The Lonnie Plaxico Group “Live at Jazz Standard” (2003) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.