This Week In Jazz September 29 thru October 5


Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Buddy Rich and Mike Clark, bassists Oscar Pettiford, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomes, saxmen Von Freeman and Phil Urso, pianist/festival organizer George Wien and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Louis Armstrong “Live at the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival” (1958), Hank Mobley’s “No Room for Squares” (1963), Freddie Hubbard’s “Skydive” (1972), Chet Baker Quintet’s “Blues for a Reason” (1984), “A Tribute to Oscar Peterson: Live at the Town Hall” (1996), Santi Debriano’s “Flash of the Spirit” (2019) and many others Mondays thru Fridays and at noon on JAZZ MASTERS on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.