Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Doc West, Stix Hooper, Alvin Queen and Cecil Brooks III, singers Lorez Alexandria and Mary Stallings, pianists George Shearing, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong’s “Ella & Louis” (1956), Richard Holmes & Gene Simmons’ “Groovin’ with Jug” (1961), “Lee Konitz Nonet – Live at St. Laren” (1979), Johnny Lytle’s “Fast Hands” (1980), The Walter Norris Quartet’s “Sunburst” (1991), Bobby Sanabria Big Band’s “Multiverse” (2011) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.