Hey, jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Johnny Hartman and Bill Withers, trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen, trombonists Vern Friley and Frank Rehak, saxophonist Hank Mobley and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Duke Ellington at Newport” (1956), Buddy Rich Big Band’s “Mercy, Mercy” (1968), …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Joe Thomas, Jerry Jerome and Sahib Shihab, singers Helen Humes and Dave Lambert, bassists Milt Hinton and Jamil Nasser, pianist/composers Lalao Schifrin and Arturo O’Farrill and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Doc Cheatham, saxophonist Lucky Thompson, pianists Erroll Garner, Jaki Byard, and Chick Corea, bassist Chuck Berghofer, singer Dominique Eade and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Gene Ammons’ “All Star Sessions w/Sonny Stitt” (1955), Jimmy Smith’s …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Specs Powell, Cassius Goens and Willie Jones III, saxophonist Tina Brooks, guitarist Taln Farlow, pianists Pete Jolly and Monty Alexander and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1956), Frank Sinatra with …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Eugene Wright and Christian McBride, pianist/composer Freddie Redd, drummers Albert “Tootie” Heath, Louis Hayes and Charlie Watts, clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Dorham’s “Round About Midnight at the Café Bohemia” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist/bandleader Artie Shaw, pianist/bandleader Sun Ra, singers Rosemary Clooney and Peggy Lee, trumpeter Miles Davis, bassist Max Bennett, organist Charles Earland, reedman Ken Peplowski and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Sonny Rollins’ “Tenor Madness” (1956), Stan …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bandleader Woody Herman, vibist Joe Roland, Blues shouter Big Joe Turner, singer Betty Carter, saxmen Dewey Redman and Jackie McLean, drummers Redd Holt and Billy Cobham and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Kenny Burrell’s “Blue Lights” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers Irving Berlin and Burt Bacharach, trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, drummer Mel Lewis, bassist Gary Peacock, pianist/composer Carla Bley, bassist Blake Shaw, pianist/composer Jarrett Purdy and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Miles Ahead” (1956), Dexter …
