Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Saxmen Bud Freeman, Gene Ammons, John Ellis and Nolan Schroeder, singers Bessie Smith, Rosa Passos and Judy Wexler, vibist Teddy Charles, bassists Richard Davis and Gene Cherico, flutist Herbie Mann, composer Henry Mancini and more. We’ll also mark the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Billie Holiday and Carmen McRae, saxophonists Charlie Rouse and Gerry Mulligan, songwriter Yip Harburg, pianist/composers Andre Previn, Victor Feldman and Claude Bolling, horn man Freddie Hubbard, percussionists Art Taylor, Steve Gadd and Mongo Santamaria and more. We’ll also …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Gil-Scott Heron and Norah Jones, saxophonists Harry Carney, Sal Nistico, Dick Oatts and Lannie Morgan, vibist Red Norvo, trumpeters Herb Alpert and Al Naylor and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers King Pleasure, Sarah Vaughan and Stacey Kent, vibists Dave Pike and Stefon Harris, saxophonists James Moody, Bobby Militello, Lew Tabackin and Tia Fuller, pianist/singer/songwriter Dave Frishberg and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “The …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Nat King Cole, Bill Henderson and Vera Lynn, cornetist Ruby Braff, pianists Marian McPartland, Tommy Flanagan, Harold Mabern and Eliane Elias, trombonist Curtis Fowles, bassist Harry Babasin, vibist Joe Locke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
Linn County’s History Center is abuzz with programing and special events including Skywalk Tours, Meet the Author, Chew on This, History Happy Hour, and the popular special event, “History Headline Hijinks” (March 27). Program manager, Jenny Thielman, is in the studio with the details and an overview. For more information visit historycenter.org. Subscribe to The …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist Wes Montgomery, reedmen Barney Bigard, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis and Ricky Ford, pianist Lou Levy, bassists Doug Watkins, Pierre Michelot and Red Callender, trumpeter Howard McGhee, singers Carol Sloan and Flora Purim and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers John Benson Brooks, Hall Overton and Michel Legrand, bassists Ralph Pena, Bob Magnusson and Steve Charlson, saxmen Flip Phillips, Tommy Newsom, Dextor Gordon, and David “Fathead” Newman, cellist Fred Katz, singers Mildred Bailey and Roseanna Vitro and more! …
