Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Frank Loesser, singers Lena Horne, Johnny Hartman and Melissa Walker, pianists Richard Wyands and Ahmad Jamal, organist Dr. Lonnie Smith, clarinetist Pete Fountain and bassist Stanley Clarke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Mel Torme/Gerry …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton and Reginald Workman, singer/bandleader Phil Harris, reedmen Cap’n John Handy, Sahib Shihab, Donald Harrison, pianist/composers Dave Gruisin and Arturo O’Farrill, singer Helen Humes, percussionist Ray Mantilla and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Benny …
Riverside Theatre presents this summer’s Free Shakespeare Series: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” running through June 28 in Iowa City’s Lower City Park. Director, Adam Knight & Kathleen Johnson, Director of Education and Outreach as well as a cast member playing the role of Snug, are in the studio with details and insights. Shows are Thursdays-Sundays …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Erroll Garner and Jaki Byard, guitarists Al Viola and Ernest Ranglin, songwriter Sammy Cahn, vocalists Sue Raney, Tony Adamo, saxman Jerry Jerome, drummer Billy Drummond and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Charlie Parker & Chet …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Cole Porter, guitarists Les Paul, Joe “Handyman” Negri and Joao Gilberto, pianists Hazel Scott, Kenny Barron and Chick Corea, drummer Bernard “Pretty” Purdie and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Frank Sinatra/Count Basie & His Orchestra’s …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of arranger/bandleader Nelson Riddle, drummers Specs Powell, Charlie watts and Peter Erskine, singers Morgana King, Dakota Staton, Yolande Bevan and Ian Shaw, saxophonist/composer/arranger Oliver Nelson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “’Round About Midnight” (1956) …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of reedmen Jimmy Hamilton, Albert Nicholas and Jim Snidero, bandleader Andy Kirk, singers Mamie Smith, Peggy Lee and Dee Dee Bridgewater, trumpeter/composer Miles Davis, pianist/composers Freddie Redd and Ramsey Lewis, bassist Eugene Wright and more. We’ll also mark the recording …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of clarinetist Rod Cless, Blues shouter Big Joe Turner, trombonist Kai Winding, arranger Bill Homan, bagpiper Rufus Harley, Saxmen Georgie Auld, Sonny Fortune and Tom Scott, bassists Cecil McBee, Kyle Eastwood and Vivan Shanley and more. We’ll also mark the …
