Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Gus Kahn, composer Francy Boland, arranger Billy May, singers Chris Connor, Kitty Margolis, Rene Marie and Patricia Barber, trumpeter Al Hirt, flutist Hubert Laws and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Dinah Washington’s “Dinah!” (1955), Charles …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Illinois Jacquet, Ted Nash, Booker Ervin and Lou Donaldson, audio-engineer Rudy Van Gelder, pianist Roger Kellaway, singers Carmen Lundy, Kurt Elling and Jane Monheit and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s “Moanin’” (1958), Horace …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Wendell Marshall and Chubby Jackson, saxmen Sonny Criss, Jimmy Heath, Warne Marsh and Igor Butman, pianist Jacque Loussier, singer Dianne Reeves, guitarist Amanda Monaco and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton, Blues shouter Big Joe Williams, drummers Cozy Cole and Bill Stewart, singer Anita O’Day, guitarist Barney Kessel, Trumpeter/bandleader/composer Wynton Marsalis and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York Scene” (1957), Phineas …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist Art Tatum, drummer Art Blakey, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, vibist/bandleader Terry Gibbs, bassist Ray Brown and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Roy Eldridge & His Orchestra’s “After You’ve Gone” (1944), Benny Golson’s New York Scene” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Jimmy Blanton, lyricist Johnny Burke, saxophonists Phil Urso and Von Freeman, bassists Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomez, pianist/festival organizer George Wein and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Bud Powell Trio’s “Time Was” (1956), Horace Silver …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer George Gershwin, pianist/composer Bud Powell, drummers Buddy Rich and Matt Wilson, singer Julie London, saxman Gary Bartz, pianist Dan Knight and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris” (1953), Coleman Hawkins’ …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Slam Stewart, Tommy Potter and Red Mitchell, guitarists Eric Gale and Emily Remler, saxophonist/bandleader John Dankworth, saxman Steve Slagle, singer Marlena Shaw and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Erroll Garner’s “Concert by the Sea” (1955), …
