Hey Jazz fans, tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder, saxmen Illinois Jacquet, Herb Geller, and Booker Ervin, singers Carmen Lundy and Lyle Lovett, percussionist Carlos “Potato” Valdez and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Art Blakey’s “Moanin’” (1958), Horace Silver’s “Song For My Father” …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Wendell Marshall and Richard Bona, singers Cleo Laine, Andy Bey and Milton Nascimento, pianist Jacques Loussier, trumpeter Eddie Jefferson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “‘Round About Midnight” (1955), Horace Silver’s “Song For …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Cozy Cole, J.C. Moses and Ronnie Burrage, guitarist Barney Kessel, trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis, singer Sathima Bea Benjamin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York Scene” (1957), Jimmy Forrest’s “Most …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Thelonious Monk, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, pianist Art Tatum, drummers Art Blakey and Billy Higgins, singers Oscar Brown, Jr. and Roy Kral, bassist Buddy Montgomery and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Benny Golson’s New York …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Jimmy Blanton, Steve Swallow and Eddie Gomez, drummer Jo Jones, pianist Walter Bishop, Jr., guitarist Duke Robillard, trombonist Clifton Anderson and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries Louis Armstrong “Live At The 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival”, Horace …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/pianists George Gershwin and Bud Powell, singers Julie London and Patrice Rushen, drummer Buddy Rich, hornman Red Rodney and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Sextet In Paris” (1953), Jackie McLean’s “Tippin’ The Scales” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Cat Anderson, violinist Joe Venuti, organist Papa John DeFrancesco, saxmen Cannonball Adderley and Steve Slagle, singers Mel Torme, Maria Muldaur, Giacomo Gates and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie & His Orchestra “At the …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Buddy Bolden, pianist Richie Powell, saxophonists Sonny Rollins and James Clay, bassists Wilbur Ware and George Mraz, singer Caecelie Norby and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Billy Taylor Trio w/Candido(1954), Duke Ellington’s “Indigos” (1957), …
