This Week In Jazz February 1 thru February 7

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz, John Handy and Gregory Tardy, drummers Bobby Durham and Vinnie Colaiuta, pianists Lil Hardin Armstrong, Bill Mays and Caili O’Doherty, singers Dennis Rowland, Natalie Cole and Melody Gardot and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Shelly Manne’s “2-3-4” (1962), George Benson’s “Beyond the Blue Horizon” (1971), Machito & His Salsa Big Band’s “1983 Grammy Award Winner” (1982), John Pizzarelli’s “My Blue Heaven” (1990), Igor Kogan’s “In a Big City” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.