This Week In Jazz April 21st thru April 27th

 

Hey, Jazz fans!!!

Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of guitarist/composer Mundell Lowe, trumpeter Sonny Berman, trombonist Slide Hampton, saxophonists Johnny Griffin and Joe Henderson, bassist Charles Mingus, drummers Denzil Best, Connie Kay and Freddie Waits, songstress Ella Fitzgerald and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Miles Davis’ “Birth of the Cool” (1949), Curtis Counce’s “You Get More Bounce with Curtis Counce!” (1957), Lou Donaldson’s “Gravy Train” (1961), Grant Green ‘Live’ at The Lighthouse (1972), Milt Jackson’s “A London Bridge” (1982), The Junko Onishi Trio’s “Crusin’” (1993) and many more throughout the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.