Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonist John Coltrane, composer George Gershwin, pianist Bud Powell, singer/pianists Ray Charles and Les McCann, trumpeter Fats Navarro, bassist Jimmy Woode, hornman Red Rodney and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Count Basie and His Orchestra at the Royal Roost 1948” (1948), Shelly Manne & His Men at the Blackhawk, Vol. 5 (1959), Coleman Hawkins’ “Supreme” (1966), Sarah Vaughan “Live In Japan” (1973), Donald Byrd’s “Harlem Blues” (1987), Ray Brown Trio “Live at Starbuck’s” (1999), Oscar Hernandez & Alma Libre’s “The Art of Latin Jazz” (2016) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.