"Jazzin' Around"

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2nd-hour starts out w/memorial salutes to Wes Montgomery, Henry Mancini, Ella Fitzgerald & Chick Webb. SUMMER Jazz Festival watch. Review of JazzWeek Top 50 album chart. 

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2nd-Hour for this week. Birthday salutes to clarinet/reed masters Ken Peplowski & Artie Shaw. Plus overview of "Jazz-Week" Album Top-50 Chart. Also notices of selected upcoming jazz festivals.   

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Celebrating birthdays of the "V-P of Tenor Sax" (Paul Quinichette),  KC Jazz-Blues legend Big Joe Turner, saxist G. Auld, guitarist Sheryl Bailey, others. Covering "What's Goin' on in Jazz" this week...plus the 'live' jazz scene around the Tri-State. Also several exciting recent releases.                         

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Birthday salutes to Ken Peplowski & Artie Shaw! Plus overview of 'JAZZ-WEEK' Chart for this week....and a look at upcoming Jazz Festivals"...

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Last week of J.A.M. (Jazz Appreciation Month)! Celebrates birthdays of progressive reedman/composer Jimmy Giuffre, pioneering Polish jazz great Krysztof Komeda, the distinctive Blossom Dearie, Latin-Jazz legend Mario Bauza + Harry Mills (eldest of famed 'Mills Bros.' + several exciting new/recent jazz releases!

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This week's 2nd-hour marks birthdays of Percy Heath, Shirley Horn, songwriter Lorenz Hart; our selected Spring-Summer Jazz Festival watch & survey of this week's 'JazzWeek' album chart.  

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More "J.A.M." (Jazz Appreciation Month) festivities, news, events, etc. Birthday salutes this week -- Lionel Hampton, Tito Puente (his 'Centennial'), Charlie Mingus, Kendra Shank + Paul Chambers! Plus samples of recent releases! 

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This hour--birthday salutes: Joe Henderson, Johnny Griffin & Ella Fitzgerald! JazzWeek Top-50 Chart. & Upocoming jazz Festival watch.  

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This hour = Marks birthdays of Freddie Hubbard, Mongo Santamaria & Carmen McRae. Selected update on Spring-Summer Jazz Festivals. Plus, survey & sampling of JazzWeek Top-50 album chart. 

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This week's episode -- in this 1st  hour -- includes a "Last Call" for the respected Dr. James Johnson, Jr pianist/educator & co-founder of the Afro-American Music Institute. Also marks birthdays of Stanley Turrentine, Randy Weston, Leo Robin, Gerry Mulligan, others. "Jazz-on-the-'Live'-Side" calendar. Plus sampling of several new/recent jazz album releases.