This Week In Jazz November 27 thru December 3


Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Billy Strahorn, reedman/composer Gigi Gryce, trumpeter/singer Jack Sheldon, pianist Wynton Kelly, singer Lou Rawls, flugelhornist Chuck Mangione and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Lester Young w/ the Oscar Peterson Trio” (1952), Lee Morgan’s “The Rajah” (1966), Paul Desmond’s “Skylark” (1973), Jaco Pastorius’ “The Birthday Concert” (1981), Lalo Schifrin & the WDR Big band’s “Gillespiana” (1996), Marcus Miller’s “A Night In Monte Carlo” (2009) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.