Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Gus Kahn, singers Chris Connor, Kitty Margolis, Rene Marie and Gregory Porter, trumpeters Al Hirt and Arturo Sandoval, bassists Howard Rumsey and Reginald Veal, pianist Ralph Sutton, clarinetist Alvin Batiste, percussionist Carlos “Potato” Valdes and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Buddy Collette’s “An Original West Coaster: Quartet & Quintet Sessions” (1956) John Coltrane “Live” at the Village Vanguard (1961), Lou Donaldson’s “The Scorpion: Live at the Cadillac Club” (1970), Abbey Lincoln’s “Abbey Sings Billie: A Tribute to Billie Holiday” (1987), The Frank Wess Quartet’s “Surprise, Surprise: Live at the Floating Jazz Festival” (1996), Tony Monaco/Hendrik Meurkens/Reid Hoyson/Mark Lucas’ “Strollin”’ (2018) and many others, Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.