Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassist Leroy Vinnegar, clarinetist George Lewis, trumpeter Conte Candoli, singers Little Jimmy Scott and Linda Ronstadt, vibist Cal Tjader and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jackie McLean’s “4, 5 & 6” (1956), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks!” …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of bassists Milt Hinton, Jamil Nasser and Reggie Workman, drummers Joe Chambers, Joey Baron and Marvin “Smitty” Smith, percussionist Ray Mantilla, vocalists Helen Humes and Georgie Fame and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Jay Jay johnson’s “The …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of Miles Davis, bassists Eugene Wright, Max Bennett and Niels-Henning Osted-Pedersen, trumpeters Claudio Roditi, Wallace Roney and Randy Sandke, singers Peggy Lee, Gladys Knight, Ann Hampton Callaway, and Dee Dee Bridgewater 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 cornetist Red Nichols, pianists Mary Lou Williams, John Lewis, Don Friedman and Keith Jarrett, trumpeters Maynard Ferguson and Richard Williams, singer Teresa Brewer and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Billy Taylor’s “Cross Section” (1953), Miles Davis’ …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer/bandleader Duke Ellington, harmonica player Toots Thielemanns, drummers Connie Kay and Denzil Best, singers Bing Crosby, Blossom Dearie, Shirley Horn and Willie Nelson, reedmen Jimmy Giuffre, Teddy Edwards and Big Jay McNeely and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording …
Hey, Jazz fans!!! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of drummers Stan Levey, Art Taylor, Pete Laroca and Steve Gadd, percussionist Mongo Santa Maria, pianists Andre Previn, Claude Bolling and Victor Feldman, saxophonists Charlie Rouse, Stanley Turrentine, Gerry Mulligan and Pat LaBarbera,guitarists Gene Bertoncini and John Pizzarelli, vocalist Carmen …
