Hiya, Jazz Fans!!! Jazz birthdays we’ll be celebrating this week include those of drummers Buddy Rich, Victor Jones and Mike Clark, bassists Oscar Pettiford, Eddie Gomez, Curtis Lundy and Steve Swallow, saxmen Von Freeman and Ronnie Laws, violinist Jean-Luc Ponty and more! We’ll also salute the recording anniversaries of The Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris (1953), Johnny Smith and His New Quartet (1956), Booker Little 4 & Max Roach (1958), “In Person” by The Bobby Timmons Trio 1961), John Patton’s “Memphis to New York Spirit” (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!