Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of saxophonists Billy Mitchell, George Young and Azar Lawrence, trumpeters Al Hirt, Arturo Sandoval and Johnny Windhurst, bassists Howard Rumsey and Henry Grimes, vocalists Rene Marie, Kitty Margolis, Gregory Porter Joni Mirchell and more! We’ll also salute the recording anniversaries of the Dinah Washington’s “Dinah!” (1955), Sonny Rollins’ “Live at the Village Vanguard, Vols. 1 & 2 (1957), Alice Coltrane’s “Journey to Satchidananda” (1970), and many more. Listen for us to feature these artists and other recordings throughout the week, and on Jazz Masters with Hollis Monroe weekdays at noon on Jazz 88.3 KCCK!