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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 …
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 …