Hey Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Cat Anderson, bassist Cachao and Arvell Shaw, composer/critic Leonard Feather, organist Papa John DeFrancesco, singer Mel Torme, trombonist Steve Turre, saxmen Cannonball Adderley and Scott Hamilton and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Count Basie and …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Art Pepper, and Jerry Dodgion, singers Velma Middleton, Dinah Washington, Van Morrison and Rachel Price, pianists Kenny Drew and Gene Harris, trumpeter Kenny Dorham and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Clifford …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/bandleader/composer Count Basie, trumpeter Art and bassist Addison Farmer, Bluesman John Lee Hooker, guitarists Pat Martino and Mimi Fox, saxophonist Wayne Shorter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie’s “Jumpin’ At the Woodside” (1938), Jimmy …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Mal Waldron, Carl Perkins, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans, saxophonists Ike Quebec and Ray Blue, bassist George Duvivier, singer Mary Stalling and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington & Johnny Hodges’ “Side By Side” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of and Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Tony Bennett and Eddie Jefferson, Herb Ellis, and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries ofJohnny Hodges’ “Used to Be Duke” (1954), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks Again!!” (1962), Jim Hall-Ron Carter Duo’s …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Little Jimmy Scott and Helen Merrill, pianists Sonny Clark and Vince Guaraldi, saxmen Bill Perkins and Plas Johnson and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jackie McLean’s “4, 5 and 6” (1956), Red Garland Trio’s “Bright …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Little Jimmy Scott and Helen Merrill, pianists Sonny Clark and Vince Guaraldi, saxmen Bill Perkins and Plas Johnson and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jackie McLean’s “4, 5 and 6” (1956), Red Garland Trio’s “Bright …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/bandleader Noble Sissle, pianist Milt Buckner, saxman Paul Gonsalves, singer Irene Reid, bassist Leroy Vinnegar and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” (1958), Charles Mingus’s “Mingus in Antibes” (1960), Sheila Jordan’s “Confirmation” (1975), …
