Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Ivie Anderson, Billy Eckstine, Francine Reed and Mavis Staples, saxmen Hank Mobley, George Young and Kirk Whalum, trumpeters Lee Morgan and Carol Morgan and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington at New Port (1956), Count Basie at New Port (1957), Buddy Rich Big Band’s “Mercy, Mercy” (1968), Shirley Horn’s “A Lazy Afternoon” (1978), Miles Davis & Quincy Jones Live at Montreux (1991), Steve Kuhn Trio – Live at Birdland (2006) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.