This Week in Jazz January 8 thru January 14


Hiya, Jazz Fans!!! Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of drummers Kenny Clarke, Max Roach and Osie Johnson, singers Betty Roche, Ruth Brown and Jay McShann, trombonist/arranger/bandleader Melba Liston, saxophonists Jane Ira Bloom and more. We’ll also salute the recording anniversaries of Harold Land’s “Harold in the Land of Jazz” (1958), McCoy Tyner’s “Inception” (1962), Weather Report “Live In Tokyo” (1972), Jon Faddis’ “Youngblood” (1976), Miles Davis’ “You’re Under Arrest” (1985) and many more. Listen for us to feature these artists and other recordings throughout the week, and on Jazz Masters with Hollis Monroe weekdays at noon on Jazz 88.3 KCCK!