This Week In Jazz July 13 thru July 19

Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Dorothy Fields, guitarist Mary Osborne, singers Little Jimmy Scott, Ruben Blades and Angelique Kidjo, drummers Philly Joe Jones, Alan Dawson and Joe Morello, pianist Larry Fuller, vibist Cal Tjader and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy” (1954), Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie’s “On the Sunny Side of the Street” (1963), Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis 4’s “Montreux ’77” (1977), “Parker’s Mood: Sadao Watanabe Live at Bravas Club ’85” (1985), “Kenny Burrell and the Jazz Heritage All-Stars – Live at the Blue Note” (1996), Robin McKelle’s “Mess Around” (2009) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.