Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of composer/pianist/singer Willie ‘The Lion’ Smith, composer/pianist Billy Strayhorn, reedmen Al Cohn, Paul Desmond, Gigi Gryce and Wessell “Warmdaddy” Anderson, cornetist Nat Adderley, singer Etta James and more!!! We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Andre Previn’s Trio Jazz’ “King Size!” (1958), John Coltrane’s “Coltrane Jazz” (1959), Stan Getz Quartet’s “Getz at the Gate” (1961), Wes Montgomery’s “Dangerous” (1963), Duke Ellington’s 70th Birthday Concert (1969) and many others through and out the week and Mondays thru Fridays at noon on our ‘JAZZ MASTERS’ program on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.