Discover: Birthday
Celebrating Chick Corea on The Nightside with Andy O'
Armando Anthony Corea would have been 81 this week on June 12. His legacy is enormous and he is a towering figure in the music. Many of his compositions are…
KUVO celebrates Miles Dewey Davis!
Born on May 26, 1926 in Alton, Ill. outside East St. Louis, Miles Dewey Davis grew up to become a jazz icon. He came of age in the 1940s as…
The Night Beat — Happy Birthday Miles!
Miles Davis was either born on May 26, 1926, or May 25, 1925, there are conflicting reports. The fact is he was born. And sometime no later than his early…
Charles Mingus Centennial
Charles Mingus a towering figure in Jazz was born on April 22, 1922. We are celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. A true virtuoso bassist who studied double bass…
Happy Birthday Tito!
Tito Puente donned the "King of Latin Jazz," and was a pioneering force in Latin music, known for fusing styles and putting a big-band spin on traditional Latin music. In…
Happy Birthday to Herbie Hancock!
Herbie Hancock is a true icon of modern music. Throughout his explorations, he has transcended limitations and genres while maintaining his unmistakable voice. With an illustrious career spanning five decades…
Happy Birthday to Billie Holiday
Billie Holiday, born April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a superstar of her day. She first rose to prominence in the 1930s with a unique style that reinvented the…
Happy Birthday, Nina Simone!
Eunice Kathleen Waymon, known professionally as Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights, activist. Her music spanned styles including classical, jazz, blues, folk, R&B, gospel,…
Long Play Celebrates Nina Simone's Birthday
Long Play is a deep dive during the last hour of The Nightside into the music that time forgot. She was one of the most extraordinary artists of the twentieth…
Today is a Saxy Day! Two Birthdays of incredible Tenor Saxophonists!
Happy Birthday to Sonny Stitt! Sonny Stitt was born on February 2, 1924, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was known for his warm tone and recorded more than 100 albums. It…
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