Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Redman, Hilton Jefferson, James Spaulding and David Sanborn, guitarists Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell and Stanley Jordan, pianists Hank Jones and and Gap Mangione, singers Ellyn Rucker, Kevin Mahogany and Claudia Acuna, trumpeter Carl Saunders and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lou Donaldson’s “Blues Walk” (1958), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks Again!!!” (1962), Herb Ellis/Joe Pass’ “Seven, Come Eleven” (1973), Marcus Roberts’ “The Truth Is Spoken Here” (1988), Helen Merrill’s “Out Of This World” (1991), “Kenny Burrell’s 75th Birthday Bash Live!” (2006) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.