Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Richard Rodgers, guitarist Johnny Smith, pianist/composer Dave Grusin, drummers Joe Chambers and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, pianists Elmo Hope and Alan Pasqua, singers Georgie Fame, Tierney Sutton and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1953), Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Time Out” (1959), The Bill Evans Trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian “At The Village Vanguard” (1961), Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt “At the Left Bank (Live)” (1973), Charles Earland’s “Front Burner” (1988), Teri Thornton’s “I’ll Be Easy to Find” (1997), Ron Carter’s “Great Big Band” (2010) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS‘ on 88.3 KCCK.
