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This Week In Jazz March 13 thru March 19
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter/bandleader Harry James, composer/arranger Quincy Jones, singer Nat King Cole, pianist Tommy Flanagan and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Barney Kessel/Shelly Manne/Ray Brown’s “The Poll Winners” (1957), Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto’s “Getz/Gilberto” (1963), Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Stone …
This Week In Jazz March 6 thru March 12
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Alcide “Slow Drag” Pavageau, pianists Dick Hyman, James Williams and Billy Childs, saxmen Ornette Coleman and George Coleman, vocalists Keely Smith, Jeanie Bryson, Bobby McFerrin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Birth of …
This Week In Jazz February 27 thru March 5
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trombonist/bandleader Glenn Miller, sax men Richie Cole and Ricky Ford, guitarists Ralph Towner and Larry Carlton, singer Roseanna Vitro, trombonist Benny Powell, bassists Jimmy Garrison and Pierre Michelot and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dave Brubeck’s …
This Week In Jazz February 20 thru February 26
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composers Tadd Dameron and Michel Legrand, drummers Harvey Mason and Joe La Barbera, saxophonists David “Fathead” Newman and Tommy Newsom and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Ornette Coleman’s “Tomorrow Is the Question!” (1959), Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans’ …
This Week In Jazz February 13 thru February 19
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Harold Arlen, baritone man Charlie Fowles, bandleader Machito, saxophonists Buck Hill and Pete Christlieb, singers Irma Thomas and Randy Crawford and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Chet Baker Sings” (1954), Sonny Stitt and Jack McDuff’s …
This Week In Jazz February 6 thru February 12
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Eubie Blake and Sir Roland Hannah, drummers Chick Webb, Joe Dodge and Eddie Locke, bassist Walter Page and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of John Coltrane & Red Garland’s “Soultrane” (1958), “Larry Young In Paris: The …
This Week In Jazz January 30 thru February 5
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Joe Mondragon, trumpeter Snooky Young, saxmen Sonny Stitt, Stan Getz and Sadao Watanabe, John Handy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of trumpeter Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Wynton Kelly’s “Piano!” (1958), Brother Jack McDuff’s “Honeydripper” (1961), …
This Week In Jazz January 23 thru January 29
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Benny Golson, Jimmy Forrest and Bob Mintzer, composer/guitarist/pianist Antonio Carlos Jobim, vibist Bobby Hutcherson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Hampton Hawes’ “Four!” (1958), Nat Adderley’s “Work Song” (1960), Keith Jarrett’s “The Koln Concert” (1975), …