Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Ben Webster, James Moody and Lew Tabackin, bassists Ike Issacs, Larry Gales and Steve LaSpina, singers Sarah Vaughan and Stacy Kent, drummers Paul Motian and Steve Fidyk and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s 1952 Seattle Concert (1952), Miles Davis & John Coltrane’s “The Final Tour: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 6” (1960), Dexter Gordon and Ben Webster’s “Tenor Titans” (1972), Steve Kuhn Trio’s “Life’s Magic” (1986), Karrin Allyson’s “From Paris to Rio” (1999), Kait Dunton’s “trioKAIT Casual” (2016) and many others Mondays through Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.