Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, bassists Trigger Alpert, Lonnie Plaxico and Larry Ridley, pianists Horace Silver and Water Davis, Jr., saxmen Ernie Henry and Clifford Jordan, drummers Mickey Roker, Otis “Candy” Finch and Sherrie Mericle, singer Claire Martin and more. We’ll …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Lester Young, Charlie Parker, and Bradford Marsalis, singers Jimmy Rushing and Dinah Washington, pianist Kenny Drew and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Barney Kessel/Shelly Manne and Ray Brown’s “The Poll Winners” (1960), Joe Pass’ “Virtuoso” (1973), …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, trombonists Eddie Durham, Jack Teagarden, Frank Rosalino and Jiggs Wigham, trumpeter Art and bassist Addison Farmer, drummer Ginger Baker, pianist/singer Jamie Cullum and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Red Garland Trio w/ John …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Doc West, Stix Hooper, Alvin Queen and Cecil Brooks III, singers Lorez Alexandria and Mary Stallings, pianists George Shearing, Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong’s “Ella …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jeri Southern, Jimmy Witherspoon and Abbey Lincoln, percussionists Airto Moreira and Jack DeJohnette, violinist Regina Carter, reedmen Benny Carter, Buddy Colette and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jazz impresario Norman Granz and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Redman, Hilton Jefferson, James Spaulding and David Sanborn, guitarists Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell and Stanley Jordan, pianists Hank Jones and and Gap Mangione, singers Ellyn Rucker, Kevin Mahogany and Claudia Acuna, trumpeter Carl Saunders and more. We’ll …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Johnny Hodges and Bill Perkins, trumpeters Ernest Hawkins and Emmet Berry, bassists Keter Betts, Charles Ables and Jack Six, pianist Dr. Billy Taylor, hornman Jon Faddis, singer Janis Siegel and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Dorothy Fields, drummers Philly Joe Jones and Joe Morello, vibist Cal Tjader, trumpeters Teddy Buckner, Carmell Jones and Theo Croker, singers Little Jimmy Scott and Carmen Bradford, pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
