Category: This week In Jazz

This Week In Jazz August 28 thru September 3

Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Charlie Parker, Art Pepper and Jerry Dodgion, pianists Horace Silver and Gene Harris, trumpeter Kenny Dorham, vocalists Vela Middleton, Dinah Washington, Teri Thornton, Van Morrison and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Max Roach & Clifford …

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This Week In Jazz August 14 thru August 20

Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianists Oscar Peterson, Mal Waldron, Carl Perkins and Bill Evans, drummers Stix Hooper and Ginger Baker, bassist George Duvivier, singer Mary Stallings and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jo Jones’ “The Essential Jo Jones” (1955), Herbie …

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This Week In Jazz August 7 thru August 13

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Benny Carter, Russell Procope and Arnett Cobb, singers Patti Austin and Cyrille Aimee, guitarist Pat Metheny, percussionist Jack DeJohnette and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Oscar Peterson “Live at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival” (1956), Jimmy …

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This Week In Jazz July 31 thru August 6

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Charlie Shavers, trombonist Lawrence Brown, guitarist Herb Ellis, singers Tony Bennett and Kat Edmondsen, saxophonists Rickey Woodard and Eric Alexander and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Johnny Hodges’ “Used To Be Duke” …

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This Week In Jazz July 24 thru July 30

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Johnny Hodges and Corky Corcoran, drummer Charlie Persip, singers Ellyn Rucker, Nneena Freelon and Karrin Allyson,  bassist Jack Six and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie and His Orchestra’s “April In Paris” (1955), Wes …

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This Week In Jazz July 17 thru July 23

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxophonists Ernie Wilkins, Bill Perkins and Junior Cook, bassists Joe Comfort, Keter Betts and Peter Ind, singers Helen Merrill and Margaret Whiting, guitarists Al Di Meola and Joshua Breakstone and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jackie …

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This Week In Jazz July 10 thru July 16

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Major Holley and Leroy Vinnegar, saxmen Paul Gonsalves and Sam “The Man” Taylor, trumpeters Conte Candoli and Carol Morgan and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” (1957), Blue Mitchell’s “Down With It” …

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This Week In Jazz July 3 thru July 9

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Louie Bellson and Butch Miles, saxmen Hank Mobley and Arthur Blythe, keyboardist Joe Zawinul, trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Count Basie At Newport” (1957), “Sonny Rollins on Impulse!” (1965), Buddy Rich …

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