Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Byas, Sonny Criss and Jimmy Heath, trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, bassists Wendell Marshall and Hans Glawischnig, flutist Ali Ryerson, singer Dianne Reeves and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey & James Moody (James Moody’s …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Bluesman Big Joe Williams, drummers Cozy Cole, J.C. Moses and Bill Stewart, trumpeters Al Killion, Roy Hargrove and Wynton Marsalis, bassists Palle Danielsson and Reid Anderson, singers Anita O’Day and Esparanza Spalding and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of violinist Joe Venuti, vocalist Jon Hendricks, organist Jack McDuff, guitarists Earl Klugh and Emily Remler, trombonist/arranger John Fedchock and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Leroy Vinnegar Sextet’s “Leroy Walks!!” (1957), Duke Ellington’s “Money Jungle” (1961), “Dizzy …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Mel Torme, Maria Muldaur, Lorraine Feather and Harry Connick, Jr., drummer Elvin Jones, saxmen Chu Berry, David Sanchez and Scott Hamilton, bassists George Mraz and Victor Wooten and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Doc Cheatham, Marcus Belgrave and Alex Sipiagin, guitarists Joe Negri, Joao Gilberto, Jonathan Kreisberg, bassists Charnett Moffett and Chuck Berghofer, pianists Chick Corea, Geri Allen and Harold Danko and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries ofBennie Green’s …
