"Jazzin' Around"

Send us Fan Mail Salute to the Centennial Birthday of Philadelphia saxophonist, composer/arranger & band-leader Jimmy Heath! Review of the current JazzWeek Top-50 album chart. Look ahead at upcoming Jazz Festivals.

Send us Fan Mail "Last Call" (& a jazz obit) for the respected Scandinavian Dieter Glawishnig.  Birthday features on reeds master Eddie Daniels, popular Chicago tenor sax great Eddie Harris, Canadian Jane Bunnett, the sadly under-appreciated Sonny Criss & N.E.A. Jazz Master vocalist Dianne Reeves. A look at upcoming tri-state 'live' jazz. Plus a handful of exciting new...

Send us Fan Mail This hour notes birthdays of popular drummer Cozy Cole, pianist Bill Charlap & the under-appreciated progressive drummer J.C. Moses. Review of current JazzWeek Top-50 album chart & a look at selected upcoming Jazz Festivals. 

Send us Fan Mail Today's 1st-hour features birthday salutes to piano titan Art Tatum, the good vibesman Terry Gibbs, alto saxist Lee Konitz, vocalist Freddy Cole & the under-appreciated pianist Jr. Mance. A look at upcoming area 'live' jazz & sampling of several exciting recent albums! 

Send us Fan Mail This hour salutes upcoming birthdays of: bassist Monk Montgomery (Wes' brother), drummer & "Dean" of the Jazz Messengers Art Blakey plus Art Ensemble of Chicago trumpeter/composer Lester Bowie. The regular review/countdown of the JazzWeek Top-50 album chart. A look at selected upcoming Jazz Festivals.   

Send us Fan Mail This hour celebrates birthdates of truly legendary jazzers: Ellington bassist Jimmy . Blanton, the inspirational South African pianist Dollar Brand/Abdullah Ibrahim, reeds master Yusef Lateef, iconic pianist/composer Thelonious Monk and the under-appreciated percussionist Carlos 'Patato' Valdez. A check on upcoming Tri-State 'live' jazz & excerpts of severa...

Send us Fan Mail Birthday salutes to bassist/composer Steve Swallow, Newport Jazz Fest founder & pianist George Wein + saxophonist/flutist Ronnie Laws. Upcoming Jazz Festivals on our watch + this week's Top-50 JazzWeek album chart!

Send us Fan Mail Celebrating birthdays of genuine jazz legends = premiere bop pianist & composer Bud Powell, trumpeter Red Rodney, the spectacular drummer Buddy Rich, gifted bassist/cellist & composer Oscar Pettiford + British born bassist & NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland. Upcoming tri-state 'live' Jazz. Samplings of numerous exciting recent jazz albums. 

Send us Fan Mail Birthday salutes this week to: '40s/'50s Blues singer & alto saxist Vi Redd, Bebop vocalist Jackie Paris, soulful pianist/vocalist Les McCann + a very special Centennial Birthday salute to John Coltrane. A look at upcoming tri-state "Jazz-on=-the-'Live' Side" + recent jazz album releases.

Send us Fan Mail A 25th anniversary musical tribute. Birthday salutes to Blues crooner Charles Brown, jazzy vocal legend Mel Torme & the beloved & ever so soulful alto saxist, band-leader and social activist Cannonball Adderley.  

Send us Fan Mail Another 25th year since 9/11 musical tribute. Plus, this week's birthdays: quirky but catchy L.A. singer/songwriter Micheal Franks, inspiring guitarist Emily Remler, Our selected upcoming 'Jazz Festival Watch' + a countdown of the latest 'JazzWeek' Top-50 album chart.  

Send us Fan Mail Birthday features for beloved Montreal pianist Oliver Jones, Ellington  trumpet ace Cat Anderson & Harry Connick Jr. Also this week's JazzWeek Top-50 album chart & a selective isting of upcoming jazz festivals on our watch.

Send us Fan Mail "Last Call" obit features on vocalist Cassandra Wilson & the top-shelf "guitarists' guitarist" Gene Bertoncini. Plus extensive birthday feature on the  Saxophone Colossus -- Sonny Rollins. Upcoming "Jazz-on-the 'live' Side' for the Tri-State area.

Send us Fan Mail Notable birthday features on Wayne Shorter, Charlie Parker, Dinah Washington & Pat Martino; A look at the JazzWeek Top-50 album chart & jazz festivals coming up this Summer. 

Send us Fan Mail A 'Last Call' tribute to Montreal, Canada's "2nd Most Respected Pianist" Oliver Jones who passed away @ 91.Also birthday features for this week: Catalonian pianist Martial Solal, adventurous Nordic guitarist Terje Rypdal, throw-back revivalist Leon Redbone, trombone ace Reggie Watkins & composer Leonard Bernstein. 

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Send us Fan Mail Birthday salutes this week to hardbop trumpeter Kenny Dorham, reedsman & folk-nature jazz pioneer Paul Winter, Jazz Crusaders' saxist Wilton Felder, stirring & soulful pianists Gene Harris & Horace Silver! Plus samplings of several new/recent releases!

Send us Fan Mail 2nd-hour: Noting birthdays of David Benoit, the late often overlooked tenor sax balladeer Ike Quebec, bassist John Clayton. JazzWeek Top-50 Album chart. Upcoming late-Summer/early Fall Jazz Fests. 

Send us Fan Mail Latest jazz scene news update & upcoming area 'live' jazz events. Birthday salutes to pianists Mal Waldron, Count Basie & Duke Pearson; Italian trumpeter Enrico Rava, drummer Cecil Brooks-III, identical twin jazzers Addison & Art Farmer + the 'Father of Latin Boogaloo' Joe Cuba. Samples of recent album releases by Rob Dixon, Justin Pierce, Amber Wee...

Send us Fan Mail Birthday salutes to late pianist Mulgrew Miller (1955), Either/Orchestra founder Russ Gershon (66) & virtuoso pianist Oscar Peterson (1925). This week's JazzWeek Top-50 album chart & an upcoming late-Summer Jazz Festival watch.  

Send us Fan Mail Latest Jazz scene news = noting the passing of esteemed French Bud Powell inspired pianist Rene Urtreger (92) and the sultry & sly singer Jeanie Bryson (68).  Birthday salutes to NEA Jazz Masters/legends: Jack DeJohnette, Terri-Lynne Carrington, Pat Metheny & Sir George Shearing + S.F. Bay area piano legend Denny Zeitlin, gritty b3 organist Bill Heid, Also previews of rece...

Send us Fan Mail A "guitar" themed birthday salute to significant players: Kenny Burrell & Stanley Jordan + the 'father' of jazz guitar Charlie Christian! A look at upcoming jazz festivals + the latest JazzWeek Top-50 album chart.

Send us Fan Mail The latest news on the jazz scene. A feature on the passing of saxophonist & L-A 'ace' session player Plas Johnson (of 'Pink Panther Theme' fame) at 94. Previewing handful of new/recent releases + birthday spotlights on: pianist JoAnne Brackeen, influential early band-leader Don Redman & bassist Jim Hughart. A look at "Jazz on the 'Live'...

Send us Fan Mail Birthday features on: Buddy Collett, Abbey Lincoln, Eddie Jefferson & Benny Carter. Upcoming Jazz Fest watch. And the latest JazzWeek Top-50 album chart!

Send us Fan Mail This hour -- The jazz scene news of the week/ Birthday features on: Brasilian percussion masters Nana Vasconcelos & Dom Um Romao, trumpeter Charlie Shavers, band-leader Les Elgart & New Orleans "favorite son" -- Louis Armstrong (hjis 125th birthday!)...+ upcoming regional 'live' jazz.