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This Week In Jazz May 19th thru May 25th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/singer/composer Fats Waller, saxophonists George Auld and Archie Shepp, singers Rosemary Clooney and Jackie cain, bagpipe player Rufus Harley, pianist/bandleader Sun Ra and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “Tenor Madness” (1956), Kenny Dorham’s “Jazz …
This Week In Jazz May 12th thru May 18th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Woody Herman, Blues Shouter Big Joe Turner, pianist/composer Gil Evans, pianist Red Garland, trumpeters Al Porcino and Stu Williamson, saxmen Dewey Redman and Jackie McLean and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Quintet: Jazz at …
This Week In Jazz May 6th thru May 12th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Teresa Brewer, Tania Marie and Fred Astaire, pianists Mary Lou Williams, Stanley Cowell and Keith Jarrett, drummers Mel Lewis and Dennis Chambers, bassist and vocalist Blake Shaw and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Charlie Parker’s …
This Week In Jazz April 28th thru May 5th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Blossom Dearie, Bing Crosby, Shirley Horn, and Willie Nelson, brassmen Mario Bauza, Maynard Ferguson, Jimmy Cleveland, and Richard Williams, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Clark Terry’s “Serenade to a Bus …
This Week In Jazz April 21st thru April 27th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist/composer Mundell Lowe, trumpeter Sonny Berman, trombonist Slide Hampton, saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Joe Henderson, bassist Charles Mingus, drummers Denzil Best, Connie Kay and Freddie Waits, songstress Ella Fitzgerald and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …
This Week In Jazz April 14th thru April 20th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Shorty Rogers, saxmen Gene Ammons and Leo Parker, trombonist Bennie Green, guitarist Jeff Golub, composer Henry Mancici and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young’s “Blue Lester” (1944), “Introducing Johnny Griffin” (1956), …
This Week In Jazz April 7th thru April 13th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocal greats Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Al Green and Marilyn Maye, reedmen Peanuts Hucko, Sal Nistico and Pat LaBarbera, pianists Claude Bolling and Denny Zeitlin, vibists Teddy Charles and Victor Feldman and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
This Week In Jazz March 31st thru April 6th
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vocalists King Pleasure, Frankie Laine, Astrud Gilberto, Stacey Kent and the Divine Ms. Sarah Vaughan, saxmen Ben Webster, James Moody, and Matt Catingub, and Lanny Morgan, bassists Steve LaSpina, Victor Bailey, Larry Gales and more!!! We’ll also mark the …