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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. 

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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!

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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.

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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.  

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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.  

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"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.

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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.

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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!

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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.