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This Week In Jazz December 1 thru December 6
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Dave Brubeck, Wynton Kelly, Ronnie Matthews and Amina Figarova, bassists Jay Leonhart, Miroslave Vitous and Harvie Schwartz, singers Lou Rawls and Cassandra Wilson, guitarist Jim Hall and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Anita O’Day’s “This Is Anita O’Day” (1955), Gerry Mulligan …
This Week In Jazz November 24 thru November 30
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/pianist/singer Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith, composer/pianist Billy Strayhorn, reedmen Al Cohn, Paul Desmond, Gigi Gryce and Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, cornetist Nat Adderley, singer Etta James and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Andre Previn’s Trio Jazz’ “King Size!” (1958), John Coltrane’s “Coltrane Jazz” …
This Week In Jazz November 17 thru November 23
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/pianist/singer Hoagy Carmichael, saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, singer/composer Johnny Mercer, vocalists Sheila Jordan and June Christy, trombonists Wayne Andre, and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers “At the Cafe Bohemia” (1955), Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Richard Williams’ “New Horn in …
This Week In Jazz November 10 thru November 16
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of arranger Billy May, trumpeters Buck Clayton and Willie Cook, singers Mose Allison, Ernestine Anderson, pianists Hampton Hawes and Ellis Marsalis and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dinah Washington’s “Dinah!” (1955), Horace Silver Quintet’s “Six Pieces of Silver” (1956), Hank Mobley’s “Roll Call” …
This Week in Jazz November 3 thru November 9
Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of saxophonists Billy Mitchell, George Young and Azar Lawrence, trumpeters Al Hirt, Arturo Sandoval and Johnny Windhurst, bassists Howard Rumsey and Henry Grimes, vocalists Rene Marie, Kitty Margolis, Gregory Porter Joni Mirchell and more! We’ll also salute the recording anniversaries of the Dinah Washington’s “Dinah!” (1955), …
This Week in Jazz October 27 thru November 2
Hiya, Jazz Fans!!! Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of guitarists Amanda Monaco and Philip Catherine, vocalists Carmen Lundy, Cleo Laine and Julie Kelly, bassist/vocalist Richard Bona, tenor men Illinois Jacquet, Zoot Sims and Jimmy Woods, pianist David Hazeltine, composer Chico O’Farrill, trombonist Conrad Herwig, audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder and more! …
This Week In Jazz October 20 thru October 26
Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton and singers Dianne Reeves and Milton Nascimento and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Thelonious Monk/Sonny Rollins” (1954), Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1955), Sarah Vaughan’s “In the Land of H-Fi” (1955), and Miles Davis Quintet’s “Relaxin’/Steamin’/Workin’/Cookin’” …
This Week In Jazz October 13 thru October 19
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Art Tatum and Bill Charlap, bassists Ray Brown, Palle Danielsson and Reid Anderson, drummers Cozy Cole and Des Moines native Bill Stewart, guitarists Steve Grismore, Barney Kessel and Howard Alden, saxman Lee Konitz and Pharoah Sanders and more!!! …