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This Week In Jazz July 12 thru July 18
Hey, jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer of composer Earl Hagen, guitarists Phil Upchurch and Al Di Meola, singer Helen Merrill, trombonist Plas Johnson, pianists Sonny Clark and Al Haig, sax men Bill Perkins. Richie Kamuca and Junior Cook, organist Don Patterson and more!!! We’ll …
This Week In Jazz July 12 thru July 18
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Leroy Vinnegar, clarinetist George Lewis, trumpeter Conte Candoli, singers Little Jimmy Scott and Linda Ronstadt, vibist Cal Tjader and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jackie McLean’s “4, 5 & 6” (1956), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” …
This Week In Jazz July 5 thru July 11
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Ray Biondi, drummers Louie Bellson and Colin Bailey, trombonist Frank Rehak, saxophonists Hank Mobley, Arthur Blythe and Kirk Whalum, keyboardists Milt Buckner, Joe Zawinul and Jorge Dalsto, trumpeter Lee Morgan, bassist Major Holley and more!!! We’ll also mark …
This Week In Jazz 28 thru July 4
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers Richard Rodgers pianists Richard Wyands and Ahmad Jamal, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, and Frank Loesser, singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman and Melissa Walker, bassist Stanley Clarke and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue …
This Week In Jazz 21 thru June 27
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton, Jamil Nasser and Reggie Workman, drummers Joe Chambers, Joey Baron and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, percussionist Ray Mantilla, vocalists Helen Humes and Georgie Fame and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jay Jay johnson’s “The …
This Week In Jazz 14 thru June 20
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Jerry Jerome, Joe Thomas, Lucky Thompson and Javon Jackson, pianists Erroll Garner, Jaki Byard and Kenny Drew, Jr., bassists Chuck Rainey and Chuck Berghofer, singers Dave Lambert and Dominic eade, songwriter Sammu Kahn and more!!! We’ll also mark …
This Week In Jazz June 7 thru June 13
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Cole Porter, guitarists Les Paul, Tal Farlow and Joe Negri, pianists Chick Corea, Geri Allen and Monika Herzig, drummers Shelly Manne and Bernard Purdie, saxophonist Tina Brooks and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford …
This Week In Jazz May 31 thru June 6
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Jimmy Lunceford, arranger/bandleader Nelson Riddle, drummers Specs Powell, Al Harewood, Albert “Tootie” Heath, Louis Hayes, Charlie Watts and Peter Erskine, saxophonists Red Holloway, Hal McKusick, and Oliver Nelson, singers Morgana King and Ian Shaw and more!!! We’ll also …