This Week In Jazz August 18 thru August 24


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, trombonists Eddie Durham, Jack Teagarden, Frank Rosalino and Jiggs Wigham, trumpeter Art and bassist Addison Farmer, drummer Ginger Baker, pianist/singer Jamie Cullum and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Red Garland Trio w/ John Coltrane’s “Traneing In” (1957), Herbie Mann’s “Memphis Underground” (1969), Joe Henderson’s “Relaxin’ at Camarillo” (1979), Ernestine Anderson “Live at the 1990 Concord Jazz Festival” (3rd Set) (1990), Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring’s “Friendly Fire” (2011) and many others, Monday thru Friday, and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.