Hey, Jazz fans. Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Scott Joplin, keyboardists Wild Bill Davis, Richard Tee and Lyle Mays, saxophonist/composers Paul Desmond and Al Cohn, cornetist Nat Adderley, singers Etta Jones and Holly Cole and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Lester Young w/ …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer/composer Johnny Mercer, saxophonists Coleman Hawkins, Vincent Herring and Don Braden, guitarists Skeeter Best and Sal Salvador, singers June Christy and Sheila Jordan and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lester Young/Flip Phillips/Roy Eldridge/Hank Jones/Ray Brown/Max Roach …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Muggsy Spanier, saxophonist Houston Person, singers Ernestine Anderson and Samara Joy, trumpeter Buck Clayton, pianists Bennie Moten and Ellis Marsallis, drummer Gus Johnson, guitarist Kevin Eubanks and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Stan Getz “At …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of lyricist Gus Kahn, singers Chris Connor, Kitty Margolis, Rene Marie and Gregory Porter, trumpeters Al Hirt and Arturo Sandoval, bassists Howard Rumsey and Reginald Veal, pianist Ralph Sutton, clarinetist Alvin Batiste, percussionist Carlos “Potato” Valdes and more. We’ll also …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeter Clifford Brown, singers Ethel Waters, Cleo Laine and Andy Bey, bassist/singer Richard Bona, composer/arranger Neal Hefti, saxmen Ted Nash, Zoot Sims, Illinois Jacquet, Booker Ervin and Joel Frahm, guitarist Philip Catherine, percussionist Poncho Sanchez and more. We’ll also …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton, trumpeters Johnny Best, Ray Linn, Don Rader and trumpeter/composer/bandleader Dizzy Gillespie, saxmen Sonny Criss, Eddie Harris, Ernie Watts and Jerry Bergonzi, flutist Ali Ryerson, singer Dianne Reeves 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 pianists Spencer Williams, Art Tatum, and Bill Charlap, vibist Terry Gibbs, bassists Ray Brown and Palle Danielsson, saxophonists Lee Konitz and Pharoah Sanders, singers Big Joe Williams, Nellie Lutcher, Freddie Cole and Paul Simon and more. We’ll also mark …
Hey, Jazz fans, be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Jo Jones, Alvin Stoller and Art Blakey, pianist/composers Thelonious Monk, Junior Mance and Abdullah (Dollar Brand) Ibrahim, trumpeter Harry “Sweets” Edison, bassist Monk Montgomery, Singer Oscar Brown, Jr. and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “Stan …
