This Week In Jazz April 19 thru April 25

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion, percussionist Candido Camero, bassists Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers and Avishai Cohen, trombonist Slide Hampton, guitarist Mundell Lowe, keyboardist Dave Grusin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” (1949), Ella Fitzgerald’s “Ella in Rome: The Birthday Concert” (1958), Freddie Hubbard’s “Fastball: Live at the Left Bank” (1967), Jim Hall’s “Concierto” (1975), Milt Jackson’s “A London Bridge” (1982), Gene Harris & the Philip Morris All-Stars “Live” (1995), Charles McPherson’s “The Journey” (2014) and many others, Mondays through Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.