This Week In Jazz September 12 thru September 18


Tune in this week as we celebrate the birthdays of singers Jon Hendricks, Mel Torme, Charles Brown and Giacomo Gates, violinist Joe Venuti, organist Brother Jack McDuff, saxophonist Cannonball Adderley and more. We’ll also mark the recording anniversaries of Chet Baker & the Lighthouse All-Stars’ “Witch Doctor” (1953), Sonny Clark Trio (1957), Stanley Turrentine’s “Z.T.’s Blues” (1961), Dexter Gordon’s “Bouncin’ with Dex” (1975), Nneena Freelon’s “Maiden Voyage” (1997), George Cables’ “Icons and Influences” (2013) and many others Mondays thru Fridays at noon on JAZZ MASTERS‘  on Jazz 88.3 KCCK.