Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman and Melissa Walker, pianists Richard Wyands, Ahmad Jamal and Michael Abene, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, saxman Teodross Avery and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Uptown” (1952), Lee Morgan’s “The Gigolo” (1965), Keith Jarrett’s “Standards Live” (1985), Steve Kuhn Trio “Live at Birdland” (2006) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS, and our exclusive “live” broadcasts from the 2024 Iowa City Jazz Festival beginning Friday, July 5th on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
