Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Israel Crosby, Curtis Counce and Eberhard Weber and Steve Gilmore, trombonists J.J. Johnson and Juan Tizol, pianist Horace Parlan, vibist Gary Burton, singer Jose James and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” (1949), Rosemary Clooney/Duke Ellington & His Orchestra’s “Blue Rose” (1956), Larry Young in Paris: The ORTF Recordings (1965), George Benson & Joe Farrell’s “Benson & Farrell” (1976), Pharoah Sanders’ “Heart Is a Melody” (1982), Dizzy Gillespie’s “To Bird With Love” (1992), Willie Jones III’s “Fallen Heroes” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.