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This Week In Jazz January 3 thru January 9
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of brassmen Wild Bill Davis, Dizzy Reece, Don Sickler and Vernon Brown, reedmen Frank Wess and Kenny Davern, drummers Sam Woodyard and Kenny Clarke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Return of Art Pepper” (1957), The …
This Week In Jazz December 27 thru January 2
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/singer Earl “Fatha” Hines, bassist Al McKibben, vibist Milt Jackson, singer Susannah McCorkle and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1957), Milt Jackson’s “Bags Opus” (1958), Bill Evans Trio’s “Portraits in …
This Week In Jazz December 13 thru December 19
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummer/bandleader Panama Francis, saxmen Hank Crawford, Frank Morgan and Ronnie Cuber, and Ralph Moore, singers Esther Phillips, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1954), John Coltrane Quartet’s “Ballads” …
This Week In Jazz December 13 thru December 19
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of horn man Clark Terry, pianists Phineas Newborn, Jr. and Barry Harris, composer/bandleader Stan Kenton, reedman Sam Most, singer Abbe Lane and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers” (1945), Red garland’s “Groovy” …
This Week In Jazz December 6 thru December 12
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Ira Gershwin, pianist Dave Brubeck, singers Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams, Bob Dourough and Tom Waits, guitarist Chuck Loeb, drummer Robby Ameen and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Gerry Mulligan’s “Reunion with Chet Baker” (1957), John …
This Week In Jazz November 29 thru December 5
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Billy Strayhorn, pianists John Bunch and Wynton Kelly, trumpeter Jack Sheldon, guitarist Jim Hall and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Satchmo at Symphony Hall” (1947), The Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall …
This Week In Jazz November 22 thru November 28
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/pianist/singer Hoagey Carmichael, pianist/composer Scott Joplin, songwriter Johnny Mandel, saxman Paul Desmond, cornetist Nat Adderley singer Etta Jones and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers “At the Cafe Bohemia” (1955), The …
This Week In Jazz November 15 thru November 21
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists June Christy, Sheila Jordan and Diana Krall, cornetist/composer W.C. Handy, singer/composer Johnny Mercer, guitarist Skeeter Best and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Drew’s “Walkin’ and Talkin’” (1955), Lee Morgan’s “Candy” (1957), Miles Davis’ “Sketches …