Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriters Jerome Kern and Jimmy Van Heusen, violinist Stephane Grappelli, trumpeters Hot Lips Page and Roy Eldridge, saxmen Ronnie Scott and Tubby Hayes, singers Jeane Lee and Anita Baker, vibists Bobby Hutcherson and Bill Ware, guitarists Roy Obiedo and …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Israel Crosby, Curtis Counce and Eberhard Weber and Steve Gilmore, trombonists J.J. Johnson and Juan Tizol, pianist Horace Parlan, vibist Gary Burton, singer Jose James and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Birth of …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer/lyricist Irving Mills, drummers Gene Krupa and Grady Tate, trombonists Quentin Jackson and Melba Liston, pianist/singer/bandleader Jay McShann, singers Ruth Brown and Allen Toussaint, saxmen Spike Robinson and Hadley Caliman, guitarist Joe Pass, trumpeter Ingrid Jensen and more. We’ll …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of brassmen Wild Bill Davison, Henry “Red” Allen, Dizzy Reese and Wendell Culley, singers Betty Roche and Johnny Adams, trombonist Vernon Brown, percussionist Chano Pozo, drummer Kenny Clarke 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 bassist Al McKibbon, drummers Nick Fatool and Lewis Nash, singers Susannah McCorkle and Arthur Prysock, vibraphonist Milt Jackson, pianist/saxophonist/conductor Gordon Goodwin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jean “Toots” Thielemans’ “Man Bites Harmonica!” (1957), Bobby Hutcherson …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriter Harry Warren, singer/bandleader Cab Calloway, trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, composer/pianist Steve Allen, saxman Frank Morgan, bassists Monty Budwig and John Patitucci, pianist Ray Bryant, trumpeter Woody Shaw, guitarist John Scofield 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 pianist/composer/bandleader Stan Kenton, flutist Sam Most, reedman Harold Land, trombonist Curtis Fuller, organist Johnny “Hammond” Smith, pianists Barry Harris and Bobby Timmons, bassists Walter Booker and John Ore, trombonist/pianist/composer Bob Brookmeyer 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 singers Frank Sinatra, Joe Williams and Diane Schuur, organist Jimmy Smith, trumpeter/violinist/singer Ray Nance, trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianists McCoy Tyner and Beegie Adair and composer/pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Anita O’Day’s “This …
