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This Week In Jazz October 23 thru October 29th
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Wendell Marshall and Richard Bona, singers Cleo Laine, Andy Bey and Milton Nascimento, pianist Jacques Loussier, trumpeter Eddie Jefferson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1955), Horace Silver’s “Song For …
This Week In Jazz October 16 thru October 22
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Cozy Cole, J.C. Moses and Ronnie Burrage, guitarist Barney Kessel, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis, singer Sathima Bea Benjamin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York Scene” (1957), Jimmy Forrest’s “Most …
This Week In Jazz October 9 thru October 15
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Thelonious Monk, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, pianist Art Tatum, drummers Art Blakey and Billy Higgins, singers Oscar Brown, Jr. and Roy Kral, bassist Buddy Montgomery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York …
This Week In Jazz October 2 thru October 8
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jimmy Blanton, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomez, drummer Jo Jones, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., guitarist Duke Robillard, trombonist Clifton Anderson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries Louis Armstrong “Live At The 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival”, Horace …
This Week In Jazz September 25 thru October 1
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/pianists George Gershwin and Bud Powell, singers Julie London and Patrice Rushen, drummer Buddy Rich, hornman Red Rodney and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Sextet In Paris” (1953), Jackie McLean’s “Tippin’ The Scales” …
This Week In Jazz September 18 thru September 24
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers, Irene Reid, Les McCann and Ray Charles, saxophonists John Coltrane, Frank Foster and Damani Phillips, guitarist Eric Gale, bassist Red Mitchell and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Erroll Garner’s classic “Concert By The Sea” (1955), …
This Week In Jazz September 11 thru September 17
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Cat Anderson, violinist Joe Venuti, organist Papa John DeFrancesco, saxmen Cannonball Adderley and Steve Slagle, singers Mel Torme, Maria Muldaur, Giacomo Gates and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie & His Orchestra “At the …
This Week In Jazz September 4 thru September 10
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, pianist Richie Powell, saxophonists Sonny Rollins and James Clay, bassists Wilbur Ware and George Mraz, singer Caecelie Norby and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Billy Taylor Trio w/Candido(1954), Duke Ellington’s “Indigos” (1957), …