This Week In Jazz March 30 thru February April 6


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Alberta Hunter, Doris Day and Jill Scott, saxmen Harry Carney, Boomie Richman, Stanley Turrentine and Gary Smulyan, pianists Duke Jordan, drummers Stan Levey and Jake Hanna, bassists Scott LaFaro and Chuck Deardorf and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Pepper’s “The Art of Art Pepper” (1957), Kenny Dorham’s “Una Mas” (1963), Maynard Ferguson’s “Chameleon” (1974), Hank Crawford & Jimmy McGriff’s “On the Blues Side” (1989), Poncho Sanchez’ “Latin Soul” (1999), Ernest Dawkins’ “Afro Straight” (2012) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.