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This Week In Jazz April 9 thru April 15
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Bud Freeman, Gene Ammons and John Ellis, clarinetist Johnny Dodds, pianists Claude Bolling and Walter Bishop, Jr., singers Vanessa Rubin and Shameika Copland, vibist Teddy Charles and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Red Garland …
This Week In Jazz April 2 thru April 8
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Gene Ramey, Bluesman Muddy Waters, singers Billie Holiday and Doris Day, saxophonist Stanley Turrentine, drummer Stan Levy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis All-Stars’ “Walkin’” (1954), Bud Powell’s “The Complete Essen Jazz Festival …
This Week In Jazz March 25 thru April 1
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedman Pee Wee Russell, vibist Red Norvo, bassist Ike Issacs, and guitarists Remo Palmier and Grant Green and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’ “The Hawk Flies High” (1957), Chick Corea’s “Now He Sings, Now …
This Week In Jazz March 19 thru March 25
Hey Jazz fans. Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Vera Lynn, Dave Frishberg and King Pleasure, pianists Marian McPartland, Harold Mabern and Sir Charles Thompson, guitarists George Benson and Melvin Sparks multi-instrumentalist Paul McCandless and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Sonny Rollins Plus 4” (1956); Miles Davis’ …
This Week In Jazz March 12 thru March 18
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Blue Mitchell, trumpeter/composer/arranger Quincy Jones, organist Shirley Scott, pianist Tommy Flanagan, singer/pianist Nat King Cole and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Coleman Hawkins’ “The Hawk Flies High” (1957), Chick Corea’s “Now He Sings, Now He …
This Week In Jazz March 5 thru March 11
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Keeley Smith and Flora Purim, bassist Red Callender, pianists Dick Hyman and Billy Childs, saxophonist Ornette Coleman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Sonny Rollins’ “Way Out West” (1957), Miles Davis’ “Someday My Prince Will …
Special Programs for March 6 – March 12
Jazz Corner of the World Mondays from 6:00pm to 10:00pm Wayne Shorter as a Sideman Host Craig Kessler continues his celebration of 85 Years Of Blue Note Records with a look at some classic “Blue Notes” featuring saxophonist Wayne Shorter as a sideman. We’ll hear Shorter’s sessions with Freddie Hubbard, Art Blakey, Donald …
This Week In Jazz February 26 thru March 4
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleaders Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey, singers Dinah Shore and Roseanna Vitro, saxmen Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Richie Cole, bassists Jimmy Garrison and Pierre Michelot, guitarists Ralph Towner and Larry Coryell and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …