Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Jimmy Blanton, drummers Jo Jones and Alvin Stoller, pianists Bebo Valdez and Norman Simmons, saxophonists Hal “Cornbread” Singer, Yusef Lateef and Pepper Adams, organist Larry Young and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversary of Nnenna Freelon’s “Maiden …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays drummer Buddy Rich, saxmen Phil Urso, Wendell Harrison and Antonio Hart, singers Koko Taylor, Patrice Rushen, Sting and Melissa Styliano, bassists Dave Holland, Lincoln Goines and Curtis Lundy, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty, trumpeter John Daversa and more. We’ll also mark the …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of cornetist Wild Bill Davison, trumpeter Dizzy Reece, pianist Herbie Nichols, drummers Chuck Flores and Dede Ciccarelli, singers Arthur Prysock and Johnny Adams, saxophonist Roger Neumann and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Count Basie and His Orchestra’s …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer George Gershwin, pianist/composer Bud Powell, drummers Buddy Rich and Matt Wilson, singer Julie London, saxman Gary Bartz, pianist Dan Knight and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris” (1953), Coleman Hawkins’ …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Buddy Bolden, Joe Newman, Wilbur Ware, Richie Powell, Sonny Rollins, Lonnie Plaxico and more! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Billy Taylor Trio with Candido” (1954), Oliver Nelson’s “Sound Pieces” (1966), Mary Lou Williams’ “Mary Lou’s Mass” …
Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composers Richard Rodgers and Frank Loesser, singers Lena Horne and Tierney Sutton, pianists Elmo Hope and Andrew Hill, trombonist Julian Priester, bassist Stanley Clarke and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Uptown” (1952), Nina …
Hey, Jazz fans, tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/singer Fats Waller, bandleader Woody Herman, singer Betty carter, saxmen Paul Quinichette, Dewey Redman and Jackie McLean and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Duke Ellington’s “Ellington Uptown” (1947), Grant Green’s “Matador” (1964), New York Jazz Quartet’s “Blues for Sarka” …
Hey, Jazz fans, tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer Irving Berlin, singer Maxine Sullivan, trombonist J.C. Higginbotham, saxophonist Marshall Royal, pianist Red Garland and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Miles Davis Quintet’s “Relaxin’/Steamin’/Workin’” (1956), Charles Minus’ “Mingus Ah Um” (1959), Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers’ …
