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Fridays from 9-10 p.m.

An hour of great jazz. A production of WUOT.

AUGUST 2019

August 2:  Scandinavian jazz musicians
August 9:  Birthday of drummer Jack DeJohnette
August 16:  Birthdays of pianists Bill Evans and Mal Waldron
August 23:  When they first went electric
August 30:  Birthday of trumpeter Kenny Dorham

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JULY 2019

July 5:  Freedom to play what I want
July 12:  Birthday of tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves
July 19:  Life and music of recently departed guitarist Joao Gilberto
July 26:  Birthdays of drummer Louis Bellson and pianist Joanne Brackeen

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JUNE 2019

June 7:  Birthdays of guitarist Tal Farlow and tenor saxophonist Tina Brooks
June 14:  Female jazz instrumentalists (not singers), part 1
June 21:   Female jazz instrumentalists, part 2
June 28:  Jazz from 1971, part 2

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MAY 2019

3:  Birthdays of pianist John Lewis and trombonist Jimmy Cleveland
10:  Birthday of drummer Mel Lewis
17:  Birthdays of saxophonists Dewey Redman and Jackie McLean
24:  Birthday of tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp and organist Charles Earland
31:  Father and son Jazz musicians:   Kenny Drew and Kenny Drew jr, Von and Chico Freeman, Dewey and Joshua Redman, John and Ravi Coltrane

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APRIL 2019

April 5:  Birthday of tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine
April 12:  Birthday of pianist Herbie Hancock
April 19:  More jazz standards from broadway shows
April 26:  Jazz from 1971, part 1

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