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This Week In Jazz September 19 thru September 25
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Slam Stewart, Tommy Potter, Red Mitchell and Jimmy Woode, saxophonists John Coltrane and Frank Foster, singers Ray Charles, Irene Reid, Les McCann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Charlie Parker at Storyville” (1953), “The Kenny …
This Week In Jazz September 12 thru September 18
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jon Hendricks, Mel Torme, Charles Brown and Giacomo Gates, violinist Joe Venuti, organist Brother Jack McDuff, saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Chet Baker & the Lighthouse All-Stars’ “Witch Doctor” (1953), Sonny Clark Trio (1957), Stanley Turrentine’s “Z.T.’s …
This Week In Jazz September 5 thru September 11
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, drummer/bandleader Elvin Jones, bassists Wilbur and George Mraz, saxmen Sonny Rollins and James Clay and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven w/ Lester Young’s “Lester Leaps In” (1939), “The …
This Week In Jazz August 29 thru September 4
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer Velma Middleton, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, saxophonist Art Pepper, pianist Horace Silver, bassist Larry Ridley, drummer Mickey Roker and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Clifford Brown Memorial Album (1953), Jackie McLean’s “Jackie’s Bag” (1960), Blue …
This Week In Jazz August 22 thru August 28
Hey, Jazz fans, tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer/pianist Jimmy Rushing, reedman Buster Smith, composer Leonard Bernstein, saxophonist Lester Young, bassist Leonard Gaskin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Mundell Lowe Quartet” (1955), “The Gerry Mulligan Quartets in Concert” (1957), Cannonball Adderley Quintet’s “Cannonball in Japan” …
This Week In Jazz August 15 thru August 21
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Mal Waldron, Carl Perkins and Bill Evans, singer Mary Stallings, saxman Ray Blue, bassist John Clayton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Essential Jo Jones” (1955), Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Time Out” (1959), Herbie Mann’s …
This Week In Jazz August 8 thru August 14
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Jess Stacy, George Shearing and Mulgrew Miller, bassist saxmen Benny Carter and Arnett Cobb, and Chuck Israel, singers Patti Austin and Cyrille Aimee more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Oscar Peterson “Live at the Stratford Shakespearean …
This Week In Jazz August 1 thru August 7
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Tony Bennett, Abbey Lincoln, Eddie Jefferson, Jeri Southern and Kat Edmonson, trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong, bassist Charlie Haden and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), Jimmy Smith “Live at the …