This Week In Jazz December 26 thru January 1

Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of songwriter Harry Warren, drummer Panama Francis, trumpeter/singer Chet Baker, saxmen Frank Morgan and Hank Crawford, bassist John Pattitucci and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of The Modern Jazz Quartet’s “Django” (1954), Charlie Rouse’ “Unsung Hero” (1960), Charlie Haden’s “The Golden Number” (1976), David Newman’s “Fire!” (1988), Russell Gunn’s “Young Gunn” (1994) Patricia Barber’s “The Cole Porter Mix” (2007) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS ‘on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.