This Week In Jazz July 27 thru August 2

Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Corky Corcoran and David Sanborn, singers Nneena Freelon, Ellyn Rucker and Kevin Mahogany, pianists Hank Jones, and Gap Magione, guitarists Kenny Burrell and Stanley Jordan, bassist Gerald Veasley and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Glenn Miller and His Orchestra’s “In the Mood” (1939), Miles Davis’s “Porgy and Bess” (1958), Milt Jackson Quintet feat. Ray Brown’s “That’s the Way It Is” (1969), Herb Ellis/Joe Pass’s “Seven, Come Eleven” (1973), Tommy Flanagan Trio’s “Lady Be Good… For Ella” (1983), Davis Matthews & The Manhattan Jazz Orchestra’s “Hey Duke!” (1999), Vincent Herring’s “Preaching to the Choir” (2020) and many others Monday thru Friday and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.