This Week In Jazz August 22 thru August 28


Hey, Jazz fans, tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singer/pianist Jimmy Rushing, reedman Buster Smith, composer Leonard Bernstein, saxophonist Lester Young, bassist Leonard Gaskin and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of “The Mundell Lowe Quartet” (1955), “The Gerry Mulligan Quartets in Concert” (1957), Cannonball Adderley Quintet’s “Cannonball in Japan” (1966), “Buddy Tate Meets Dollar Brand” (1971), Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen Trio’s “Friends Forever” (1995) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS ‘program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.