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This Week In Jazz January 26 thru February 1
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of violinist Stephane Grapelli, songwriters Jimmy Van Heusen & Jerome Kern, trumpeter/singer Hot Lips Page, trumpeter Roy Eldridge, pianist/vibist Buddy Montgomery and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Anita O’Day Sings the Most” (1957), Hampton Hawes’ “Four!” (1958), …
This Week In Jazz January 19 thru January 25
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trombonists Juan Tizol and J.J. Johnson, drummers Jimmy Cobb and Jeff “Tain” Watts, singer Etta James and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” (1949), “Clifford Brown with strings” (1955), Lee Morgan Quintet’s “Take Twelve” (1962) and many …
This Week In Jazz January 12 thru January 18
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader Jay McShann, drummers Gene Krupa, Sid Atlett, Grady Tate and Gerry Gibbs, singers Eartha Kitt and Cheryl Bentyne and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dinah Washington’s :Dinah!” (1955), Hank Mobley & His Jazz All stars …
This Week In Jazz January 5 thru January 11
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Wild Bill Davidson, drummers Max Roach and Kenny Clarke, percussionist Chano Pozo, singer Betty Roche, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1955), The Curtis Counce Group’s “Sonority” …
This Week In Jazz December 29 thru January 4
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vibist Milt Jackson, bassists Al McKibbon and Jimmy Haslip, singers Susannah McCorkle and Arthur Prysock, reedmen Frank Wess and Roger Neuman and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dizzy Gillespie & Chano Pozo’s “Manteca” (1947), Jean “Toots” …
This Week In Jazz December 22 thru December 28
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway, pianist/singer/composer Earl “Fatha” Hines, bassist Monty Budwig, drummer Ed Thigpen, saxman Frank Morgan and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1954), Miles Davis & the Jazz …
This Week In Jazz December 15 thru December 21
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/bandleader Stan Kenton, songwriter Andy Razaf, flutist Sam Most, organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith, saxmen Joe Farrell, Sonny Red and Eric Marienthal, trumpeter Bobby Porcelli and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Stitt’s “Kaleidascope” (1950), Sonny Rollins …
This Week In Jazz December 15 thru December 20
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Bob Dorough and Diane Schuur, pianists Phineas Newborn, Jr. and John Hicks, organist Jimmy Smith, trumpeters Bob Scobey, Jack Purvis and Donald Byrd and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Stitt’s …