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This Week In Jazz August 30 thru September 5
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Velma Middleton, Van Morrison and Teri Thornton, saxmen Art Pepper, Paul Winter and Boney James, pianists Horace Silver, Gene Harris and Walter Davis, Jr. and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Horace Silver Quintet & Trio’s …
Disaster Assistance for Iowa Businesses & Residents affected by the Derecho August 10 Deadline: October 19, 2020
Businesses Property Damage: up to $2,000,000 to repair or replace real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory and other assets that were damaged or destroyed (available to businesses of any size and private, non-profit organizations). Economic Injury: only for small businesses and most private non-profit organizations suffering adverse financial impacts of the disaster (with or without …
This Week In Jazz August 23 thru August 29
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer of saxophonists Lester Young. Med Flory and Branford Marsalis, singers Dinah Washington, Jimmy Rushing and Cecile McLorin Salvant, pianist Kenny Drew, guitarist Mimi Fox and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Memorial Album” …
This Week In Jazz August 9 thru August 15
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Jess Stacy, George Shearing and Claude Thornhill, singers Lorez Alexandria, Jeannie Cheatham, Joe Jackson and Patti Austin, trumpeter Benny Bailey, saxophonist Arnett Cobb and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. 2” …
This Week In Jazz August 2 thru August 8
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter/singer Louis Armstrong, singers Tony Bennett, Jeri Southern and Abby Lincoln, drummers Billy Kilson, Teri Lynne Carrington and Airto Moreira, guitarist Herb Ellis and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), …
This Week In Jazz July 26 thru August 1
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Erskine Hawkins, drummers Charlie Persip, Vernell Fournier and Dafnis Prieto, singers Ellyn Rucker, Nneena Freelon, Karrin Allyson and Kevin Mahogany, guitarists Charlie Christian, Joe Beck, Kenny Burrell and Stanley Jordan and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
This Week In Jazz July 12 thru July 18
Hey, jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer of composer Earl Hagen, guitarists Phil Upchurch and Al Di Meola, singer Helen Merrill, trombonist Plas Johnson, pianists Sonny Clark and Al Haig, sax men Bill Perkins. Richie Kamuca and Junior Cook, organist Don Patterson and more!!! We’ll …
This Week In Jazz July 12 thru July 18
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Leroy Vinnegar, clarinetist George Lewis, trumpeter Conte Candoli, singers Little Jimmy Scott and Linda Ronstadt, vibist Cal Tjader and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jackie McLean’s “4, 5 & 6” (1956), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” …