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Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Johnny Hodges, Bill Perkins, Richie Kamuca, Junior Cook, Steve Lacy and Mario Rivera, pianists Sonny Clark, Billy Taylor and James Weidman, singers Helen Merrill, Annie Ross and Janis Siegel, bassists Keter Betts and Charles Ables and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Chet Baker Sings” (1956), Wes Montgomery’s “Full House” (1962), Al Grey/Jimmy Forrest Quintet’s “Truly Wonderful!” (1978), Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Together Again! Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival” (1982), Mel Torme’s “A&E: An Evening with Mel Torme” (1996), Robin McKelle’s “Mess Around” (2010) and many others, Monday thru Friday and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.