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This Week In Jazz October 25 thru October 31
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/arranger Neal Hefti, saxmen Jimmy Woods, Zoot Sims and Jimmy Heath, trumpeter Clifford Brown, singers Cleo Laine and Andy Bey and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Roy Eldridge & Dizzy Gillespie’s “Roy & Diz” (1954), Miles …
This Week In Jazz October 18 thru October 24
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists Anita O’Day, Bobby Troup, Dianne Reeves and Esperanza Spalding, trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, flutist Ali Ryerson, bassist Hans Glawischnig and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson at the Opera House” (1957), “Sonny …
This Week In Jazz October 11 thru October 18
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Bluesman Big Joe Williams, pianist Art Tatum, drummer Art Blakey, vibist Terry Gibbs, bassist Ray Brown, saxophonist Lee Konitz and more!!! We’ll also mark therecording anniversaries of Thelonious Monk’s “Brilliant Corners” (1956), “Benny Golson’s New York Scene” (1957), John …
This Week In Jazz October 4 thru October 10
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Jimmy Blanton, drummers Jo Jomes and Alvin Stoller, organist Larry Young, pianists Bebo and Chucho Valdez and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Pepper’s “Straight Life” (1952), Donald Byrd’s “Fuego” (1959), Horace Silver’s “Paris Blues” …
This Week In Jazz September 27 thru October 3
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Bud Powell and Kenny Kirkland, drummers Buddy Rich and Victor Jones, bassists Oscar Pettiford, Dave Holland and Curtis Lundy and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris” (1953), Johnny Smith and …
This Week In Jazz September 20 thru September 26
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer George Gershwin, bassists Slam Stewart and Jimmy Woode, singer/pianists Ray Charles and Les McCann, trumpeter Fats Navarro, saxmen Frank Foster and Damani Phillips and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Charlie Parker at Storyville” (1953), “Thelonious …
This Week In September 13 thru September 19
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Mel Torme, Charles Brown, Jon Hednricks and Giacomo Gates, Bluesman B.B. King, saxophonists Cannonball Adderley, Hamiet Bluiett, violinist Joe Venuti and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Chet Baker & the Lighthouse All-Stars “Witch Doctor” (1953), …
This Week In September 6 thru September 12
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, trumpeter Cat Anderson, drummer/bandleader Elvin Jones, bassists Wilbur Ware and George Mraz, saxophonists Sonny Rollins and James Clay and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Billy Taylor Group with Candido” (1954), Miles Davis’ …