Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist/bandleader King Oliver, composers Irving Berlin, Carla Bley and Burt Bacharach, conductor/arrangers Gordon Jenkins and Gil Evans, singer Maxine Sullivan, pianist Red Garland, bassist Gary Peacock, producer Creed Taylor, reed player Virginia Mayhew and more. We’ll also mark the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of trumpeters Maynard Ferguson, Richard Williams, Paul Smoker, Jack Walrath and Randy Sandke, pianists Mary Lou Willaims and Keith Jarrett, singer Teresa Brewer, bassist Ron Carter and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Elmo Hope’s “The All Star …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays drummers Denzil Best and Connie Kay, singers Blossom Dearie and Shirley Horn, harmonica player Toots Thielemans, bassists Percy Heath and Martin Wind, flautists Dave Valentin and James Newton, percussionist Ray Barretto 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 vibraphonist Lionel Hampton, Blue Note Records founder Alfred Lion, percussionist Candido Camero, bassists Charles Mingus, Paul Chambers and Avishai Cohen, trombonist Slide Hampton, guitarist Mundell Lowe, keyboardist Dave Grusin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Saxmen Bud Freeman, Gene Ammons, John Ellis and Nolan Schroeder, singers Bessie Smith, Rosa Passos and Judy Wexler, vibist Teddy Charles, bassists Richard Davis and Gene Cherico, flutist Herbie Mann, composer Henry Mancini and more. We’ll also mark the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Billie Holiday and Carmen McRae, saxophonists Charlie Rouse and Gerry Mulligan, songwriter Yip Harburg, pianist/composers Andre Previn, Victor Feldman and Claude Bolling, horn man Freddie Hubbard, percussionists Art Taylor, Steve Gadd and Mongo Santamaria and more. We’ll also …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Frankie Laine, Doris Day, Gil-Scott Heron and Norah Jones, saxophonists Harry Carney, Sal Nistico, Dick Oatts and Lannie Morgan, vibist Red Norvo, trumpeters Herb Alpert and Al Naylor and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers King Pleasure, Sarah Vaughan and Stacey Kent, vibists Dave Pike and Stefon Harris, saxophonists James Moody, Bobby Militello, Lew Tabackin and Tia Fuller, pianist/singer/songwriter Dave Frishberg and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “The …
