This Week In Jazz December 17 thru December 23

Hey, Jazz fans! Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Erskine Tate, drummer Panama Francis, New Orleans legend Professor Longhair, trombonist/pianist/composer Bob Brookmeyer, pianist/composer Bobby Timmons, saxophonist/composer/educator Chris Merz and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Melba Liston & Her ‘Bones” (1958), Charlie Rouse’s “Unsung Hero” (1960), Woody Shaw’s “Moontrane” (1974), Pat Metheny/Dave Holland/Roy Haynes’ “Question and Answer” (1989), Loren Schonberg & His Jazz Orchestra’s “Out of This World” (1997), Patricia Barber’s “The Cole Porter Mix” (2007) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.