Laura Carson

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This Week In Jazz November 14 thru November 20

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Jerome Richardson, Seldon Powell and Vincent Herring, trombonists George Masso and Roswell Rudd, singers Sheila Jordan and Diana Krall and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Richard Williams’ “New Horn in Town” …

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This Week In Jazz November 7 thru November 13

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Chris Connor, Ernestine Anderson, Jo Stafford and Rene Marie, trumpeter Buck Clayton, bassist Sam Jones, saxophonists Houston Person and Jesse Davis and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Horace Silver Quintet’s “Six Pieces of Silver” (1956), …

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This Week In Jazz October 31 thru November 6

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder, saxmen Herb Geller and Phil Woods, singers Carmen Lundy, Lyle Lovett, Gregory Porter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “A Night at the Village Vanguard” (1957), J.J. Johnson & …

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This Week In Jazz October 24 thru October 30

Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Zoot Sims, Jimmy Heath and Warne Marsh, pianists Jacques Loussier and David Hazeltine, singers Cleo Laine and Andy Bey and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Gene Ammons’ “All Star Sessions w/ Sonny Stitt” (1950), Miles …

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This Week In Jazz October 17 thru October 23

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter/composer/bandleaders Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis, drummer J.C. Moses, singers Anita O’Day and Bobby Troup, reedmen Eddie Harris and Eddie Daniels and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Sonny Rollins & the Contemporary Leaders” (1958), Jimmy Forrest’s …

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This Week In Jazz October 10 thru October 16

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, pianists Thelonious Monk and Art Tatum, bassists Monk Montgomery and Ray Brown, drummer Art Blakey, vibist Gerry Gibbs, saxman Lee Konitz and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Thelonious Monk’s “Brilliant Corners” (1957), …

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This Week In Jazz October 3 thru October 9

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jimmy Blanton, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomez, drummers Jo Jones, Alvin Stoller and J.C. Heard, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., organist Larry Young and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson at the …

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This Week In Jazz September 26 thru October 2

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist Bud Powell, drummer Buddy Rich, bassist/cellist Oscar Pettiford, horn man Red Rodney and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris” (1953), “Johnny Smith and His New Quartet” (1956), Bobby Timmons Trio …

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