Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer/composer Johnny Mercer, saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Vincent Herring and Don Braden, guitarists Skeeter Best and Sal Salvador, singers June Christy and Sheila Jordan and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young/Flip Phillips/Roy Eldridge/Hank Jones/Ray Brown/Max Roach – Frankfurt, 1952 (1952), Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Band feat. Zoot Sims “En Concert avec Europe1” (1960), Woody Herman’s 40th Anniversary Carnegie Hall Concert (1976), Benny Carter/Phil Woods’ “My Man Benny, My Man Phil” (1989), Herb Pomeroy & Donna Byrne’s “Walking On Air” (1996), Vincent Herring’s “Preaching to the Choir” (2020) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.