Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Red Nichol, pianists Mary Lou Williams, Keith Jarrett and Billy Childs, singer Teresa Brewer, drummer Dennis Chambers, guitarist Jimmy Ponder and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Miles Ahead” (1956), Dexter Gordon’s “Doin’ Alright” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/bandleader Duke Ellington, lyricist Lorenz Hart, pianist John Lewis, organist Richard “Groove” Holmes, singer Shirley Horn, flutist Dave Valentin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis All Stars’ “Walkin’” (1954), Gene Ammons’ “Blue Gene” (1958), …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of percussionists Candido Camero and Joe Cuba, bassists Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers and Spanky DeBrest, saxmen Johnny Griffin and Joe Henderson, singer Ella Fitzgerald and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” (1949), …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Bessie Smith and Madeleine Peyroux, bassists Gene Cherico and Richard Davis, trombonist Bennie Green, composer Henry Mancini, flutist Herbie Mann, saxman Leo Parker, drummer Danny Gottlieb and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Stan Getz’ “Stan …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Alberta Hunter, Doris Day and Jill Scott, saxmen Harry Carney, Boomie Richman, Stanley Turrentine and Gary Smulyan, pianists Duke Jordan, drummers Stan Levey and Jake Hanna, bassists Scott LaFaro and Chuck Deardorf and more. We’ll also mark the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Ben Webster, James Moody, Michael Brecker, and Lew Tabackin, bandleaders Paul Whiteman and Matt Catingub, bassists Ike Isaacs, Larry Gales and Paul Jackson, drummer Paul Motian and Steve Fidyk, singers Sarah Vaughan, Astrud Gilberto, Stacey Kent and Ledisi …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Curly Russell, Harry Babasin and Jerry Jemmott, singers Nat King Cole, Bill Henderson and Queen Latifah, pianists Marian McPartland, Sir Charles Thompson, Harold Mabern, guitarists George Benson and Bill Frisell and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters/composer/arrangers Mercer Ellington, Blue Mitchell, Quincy Jones and Terence Blanchard, singers Mark Murphy, Al Jarreau, Bobby McFerrin and Vanessa Rubin, organist Shirley Scott, drummer Roy Haynes and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Buck Clayton’s “Jam Sessions …
