Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Jo Jones, Art Blakey and Billy Higgins, pianists Thelonious Monk, Bebo Valdez and Junior Mance, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, organist Larry Young, singer/poet Oscar Brown, Jr. and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Red Norvo All-Star Sextet’s “Improvisations” (1944), Stan Getz & J.J. Johnson at the Opera House (1957), The Gerry Mulligan Quartets in Concert (1962), Zoot Sims & Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis’ “The Tenor Giants feat. Oscar Peterson” (1975), Panama Francis & the Savoy Sultans’ “Everything Swings” (1983), Nneena Freelon’s “Maiden Voyage” (1997), Hiromi’s “Spark” (2015) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.