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This Week In Jazz: April 4-10
This week as we celebrate the birthdays of the unforgettable Billie Holiday, bassist Gene Ramey, percussionists Stan Levey, Jake Hanna, Mongo Santamaria, Art Taylor, and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s “The Jazz Messengers” (1956), Booker Little’s “Out Front” (1961), Donald Byrd’s “Black Byrd” (1972), Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff’s “On the …
This Week In Jazz March 20 thru March 26
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarists George Benson and Melvin Sparks, pianist/singer/songwriter Dave Frishberg, bassists Paul Motian and Larry Gales, vibists Dave Pike and Stefon Harris and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “1952 Seattle Concert”, Miles Davis and John …
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 …