Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of saxmen Don Redman, Hilton Jefferson, James Spaulding and David Sanborn, guitarists Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell and Stanley Jordan, pianists Hank Jones and and Gap Mangione, singers Ellyn Rucker, Kevin Mahogany and Claudia Acuna, trumpeter Carl Saunders and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Lou Donaldson’s “Blues Walk” (1958), Leroy Vinnegar’s “Leroy Walks Again!!!” (1962), Herb Ellis/Joe Pass’ “Seven, Come Eleven” (1973), Marcus Roberts’ “The Truth Is Spoken Here” (1988), Helen Merrill’s “Out Of This World” (1991), “Kenny Burrell’s 75th Birthday Bash Live!” (2006) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.
NEA Jazz Master Louis Hayes certainly personifies the term “living history.” He arrived in New York City in 1956 and joined the Horace Silver Quintet and, three years later, was working with Cannonball Adderly. He made several famous recordings with John Coltrane and, over the next 60 years, amassed a great body of work, playing and recording with Oscar Peterson, Dexter Gordon, Grant Green, Cedar Walton, Woody Shaw and many more. He is surrounded by his recording band of choice on his latest recording, “Artform Revisited,” which fondly recalls some of his old friends. His quintet features Steve Nelson on vibes, David Hazeltine on piano, Dezron Douglas on bass, and Abraham Burton on sax.
Jazz Corner of the World (Encore)
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