Hey, Jazz fans!!!

Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jeri Southern, Abbey Lincoln, Jimmy Witherspoon, Patti Austin and Cyrille Aimee, reedmen Benny Carter, Eric Alexander, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Arnett Cobb and Sonny Simmons, bassists Chuck Israels and Charlie Haden, trombonists George Bohannon and Urbie Green and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), Oscar Peterson Live at the Stratford Shakesperean Festival (1956), Red Garland Trio’s “Groovy” (1958), Thelonious Monk Live at the Five Spot (1958), Jimmy Forrest’s “Forrest Fire” (1960), The Drummonds’ “When You Wish Upon a Star” (1999) and many others throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.