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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” …
This Week In Jazz May 30 thru June 5
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of arranger Nelson Riddle, drummers Al Harewood, Albert “Tootie” Heath and Louis Hayes, singers Ian Shaw and Dakota Stanton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie’s “Bird & Diz” (1950), Kenny Dorham’s “‘Round …
This Week In Jazz May 23 thru May 30
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist/bandleader Artie Shaw, singers Peggy Lee and Dee Dee Bridgewater, trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Ramsey Lewis and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “Tenor Madness” (1956), Red Garland’s “Groovy” (1957), Herbie Hancock’s “Takin’ Off” (1962), …
This Week In Jazz May 16 thru May 22
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Woody Herman, vibist Joe Roland, pianist/singer/composer Fats Waller, saxmen Dewey Redman, Jackie McLean and Sonny Fortune, Blues shouter Big Joe Turner and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Uptown” (1947), Kenny Dorham’s “Jazz …
This Week In Jazz May 9 thru May 15
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Irving Berlin, singer Maxine Waters, bassists Buddy Catlett and Gary Peacock, pianist Red Garland, drummer Mel Lewis and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis Quintet’s “Relaxin’/Steamin’/Workin’” (1956), Kenny Burrell’ “Blue Lights, Vol. 1 & …
This Week In Jazz May 2 thru May 8
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jymie Merritt and Ron Carter, pianist/composers Mary Lou Williams and John Lewis, trumpeters Maynard Ferguson and Richard Williams, trombonist Jimmy Cleveland and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s “The Jazz Messenger” (1956), Charles Minus’ …