Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Billy Strayhorn, saxophonists Paul Desmond, Gigi Gryce and Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, brassmen Nat Adderley, Chuck Mangione and Terrell Stafford, singers Etta Jones and Holy Cole, pianists Jacky Terrasson and Jon Snell and and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall (1957), The Cannonball Adderley Quintet – Paris, 1960 (1960), The Modern Jazz Quartet – The Last Concert (1974), John McLauglin Trio – Live at the Royal Festival Hall (1989), The Gerald Wilson Orchestra’s “Theme For Monterey” (1997), Marcus Miller’s “A Night in Monte Carlo” (2009) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.