Hey, Jazz fans! Be sure to tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of pianist/composer Eubie Blake, arranger Sammy Nestico, trumpeter Snooky Young, reedman John Handy, pianist Bill Mays, singers Natalie Cole and Dennis Rowland, drummer Vinnie Colaiuta, guitarist Steve Cardenas and more.
We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of“Horace Silver & the Jazz Messengers” (1955), Jack McDuff’s “The Honeydripper” (1961), George Benson’s “Beyond the Blue Horizon” (1971), Steve Grossman’s “Katonah” (1986), Houston Person’s “The Opening Round” (1997), Jimmy Cobb’s “This I Dig of You” (2019) and many others Mondays through Fridays at noon on Jazz Masters on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.