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This Week In Jazz July 25 thru July 31
Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Johnny Hodges and Hilton Jefferson, drummers Charlie Persip and Vernel Fournier, singers Nneenah Freelon and Ellyn Rucker and Karrin Allyson, bassist Jack Six and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie & Joe Williams’ “Alright, …
This Week In Jazz July 18 thru July 24
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Carmell Jones, guitarist Phil Upchurch, singer Helen Merrill, pianist Sonny Clark saxman Bill Perkins and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Harlem Airshaft” (1940), Miles Davis’ “Porgy and Bess” (1958), Red Garland Trio’s “Bright …
This Week In Jazz July 11 thru July 17
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxman Paul Gonsalves, trumpeter Conte Candoli, organist Big John Patton, drummer Philly Jo Jones, pianist Harold Lopez-Nussa, and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” (1957), Stan Getz’ “Focus” (1962), The Poll Winners’ “Straight …
This Week In Jazz July 4 thru July 10
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummer Louis Bellson, trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen, vocalist Billy Eckstine, saxman Arthur Blythe, trumpeters Cootie Williams and Lee Morgan, bassist Major Holley and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Duke Ellington at Newport, 1956”, “Count Basie at Newport, …
This Week In Jazz June 27 thru July 3
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays composers Richard Rodgers and Frank Loesser, singer Lena Horne, pianists Elmo Hope and Ahmad Jamal, trumpeter Pete Candoli, bassist Stanley Clarke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), Hampton Hawes Trio, Vol. 1 …
This Week In Jazz June 20 thru June 26
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton, Jamil Nasser and Reggie Workman, composer/pianists Lalo Schifrin, George Russell, and Arturo O’Farrill, singer Helen Humes, drummer Marvin “Snitty” Smith and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “Saxophone Colossus” (1956), Erroll Garner’s …
This Week In Jazz June 13 thru June 19
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Erroll Garner and Jaki Byard, bassists Chuck Rainey and Chuck Berghofer, singers Tony Adamo and Dominique Eade, multi-instrumentalist Marcus Miller and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker & Chet Baker’s “Inglewood Jam: Bird & …
This Week In Jazz June 6 thru June 12
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Cole Porter, guitarists Les Paul and Tal Farlow, drummer Shelly Manne, pianist Kenny Barron and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Clifford Brown Memorial Album (1953), Bennie Green Blows His Horn (1955), John Coltrane’s “Africa/Brass” …