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This Week In Jazz January 16 thru January 22
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Sid Catlett, Jimmy Cobb and Jeff “Tain” Watts, singers Eartha Kitt, Irene Kral and Cheryl Bentyne, pianists Cedar Walton, Horace Parlan and Cyrus Chestnut, saxophonist Steve Grossman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Benny Goodman’s …
This Week In Jazz January 9 thru January 15
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Gene Krupa, Max Roach, Osie Johnson and Grady Tate, trombonists Quentin Jackson, Trummy Young, Bob Enevoldsen and Melba Liston, pianist/singer/bandleader Jay McShann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Gene Ammons All Star Sessions w/ Sonny …
This Week In Jazz January 2 thru January 8
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedman Frank Wess, pianist Herbie Nichols, trumpeter Dizzy Reese, percussionists Chano Pozo and Jerry Gonzalez and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Toots Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1959), The Montgomery Brothers’ “Grooveyard” (1961), Sonny Stitt’s “Turn It …
This Week In Jazz December 26 thru January 1
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriter Harry Warren, drummer Panama Francis, trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, saxmen Frank Morgan and Hank Crawford, bassist John Pattitucci and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1954), Charlie Rouse’ “Unsung Hero” (1960), Charlie …
This Week In Jazz December 12 thru December 18
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummer Sonny Greer, bandleaders Spike Jones and Stan Kenton, horn man Clark Terry, pianists Phineas Newborn, Jr. and Barry Harris, trombonist Curtis Fuller and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers (1954), …
This Week In Jazz December 5 thru December 11
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Ira Gershwin, trumpeter/singer Louie Prima, pianist Dave Brubeck, organist Jimmy Smith, bassist Jay Leonhart, pianist/singer/composer Tom Waits and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Louis Armstrong & His Friends’ “All Stars In Concert, 1951” (1951), Louis …
This Week In Jazz November 28 thru December 4
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Billy Strayhorn, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, drummer Billy Hart, singer Lou Rawls, pianists Wynton Kelly and Ronnie Matthews and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall” (1957), Lee Morgan’s …
This Week In Jazz November 21 thru November 27
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/singer/composer Willie “The Lion” Smith, composer/singer/pianist Hoagey Carmichael, trombonist Tyree Glenn, organist Wild Bill Davis, cornetist Nat Adderley, saxman Al Cohn and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers’ “At the Cafe Bohemia” (1955), …