This Week In Jazz April 28 thru May 4

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/bandleader Duke Ellington, lyricist Lorenz Hart, pianist John Lewis, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, singer Shirley Horn, flutist Dave Valentin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis All Stars’ “Walkin’” (1954), Gene Ammons’ “Blue Gene” (1958), Pat Martino’s “El Hombre” (1967), Jimmy Rushing’s “The You and Me That Used to Be” (1971), Arnett Cobb/Jimmy Heath/Joe Henderson’s “Tenor Tribute” (1988), Ray Brown Trio’s “Some of My Best Friends Are… Singers” (1998), Charnett Moffett’s “Music from Our Soul” (2015) and many others, Monday thru Friday at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.