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Today's Jazz Life Moment

Live Jazz Happening Around Town Today

Have A Jazz Life Moment

Attend A Live Jazz Event

Fri. Dec 13th

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Listen To Other Live Jazz Events Happening This Week

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Don't Let The Art of Jazz Become Extinct

Happy Birthday Frank, Grover, Joe & Tony

Frank

Grover

Joe

Tony

Other Jazz Musicians born on December 12th

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Notable December Jazz Musician Birthdays

Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people.

Grover Washington Jr. (December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999) was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Dave Grusin, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre. Washington is credited for giving rise to a new batch of talent that would make its mark in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is known for bringing Kenny G to the forefront, as well as artists such as Walter Beasley, Steve Cole, Pamela Williams, Najee, Boney James and George Howard. His song "Mr. Magic" is noted as being influential on go-go music starting in the mid-1970s.

Joe Williams (born Joseph Goreed; December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999) was an American jazz singer. He sang with big bands such as the Count Basie Orchestra and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra and with his combos. He sang in two films with the Basie orchestra and sometimes worked as an actor. From 1954 to 1961 he was the singer for the Count Basie Orchestra. "Every Day I Have the Blues", recorded in 1955, and "Alright, Okay, You Win" were among many successful recordings from this period. He toured and made recordings with many other musicians, including Harry "Sweets" Edison in 1961–62, Junior Mance between 1962 and 1964, George Shearing in 1971, and Cannonball Adderley between 1973 and 1975. He went on a long tour from Egypt to India with Clark Terry in 1977, and toured Europe and the United States with Thad Jones and the Basie Orchestra in 1985.

Anthony Tillmon Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. Williams first gained fame in the band of trumpeter Miles Davis and was a pioneer of jazz fusion. He was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1986.

Jazz 98.5 FM wants to be your
regular go-to source for listening
and enjoying jazz music, whether
on the radio or online. We play a
wide selection of jazz styles from
A to Z and everything in between.
We brew jazz just the way you like
it. Watch with your ears.

One of Our Favorite Comments

" First there was WOSU with Jazz programs here and there that I’d listen to. Then there was a rock
station that featured Mike Island and Jazz fusion for 2 hours on Sunday morning. Along came the
King, WBBY 104 fm. Jazz that went to all of the corners of Jazz music. It was fabulous, while it lasted.

Then we had the Smooth-Jazz twins. Nice, but a little too much Smooth and not enough other Jazz.
It disappeared. Now a breath of fresh air has entered our fair city …. WSAX-LP, I am grateful to be
able to breathe fresh air once again. It is very difficult to believe that a metro city the size of Columbus, cannot hang onto a Jazz station. One with varying types of Jazz from all corners of the musical
spectrum of Jazz.

God Bless you folks at WSAX-LP, for you help me keep the groove in my groovin’ day!!!! "

A Crisis In Our Community

There's An Opioid Problem
In Our Communities

The Epidemic is Really Real

Ohioans continue to die from drug overdoses at a record-setting pace. Death from drug overdoses is now the leading cause of death in people ages 22-50. Ohio continues to be one of the nation's leaders in the death-toll rate.

Locally, Franklin County has realized a 343% increase in deaths between 2003-2016.

Whitehall, per capita, has been one of the hardest hit cities in the county with overdose rates five times higher than the Franklin County average.

Information above was taken from the City of Whitehall website at

www.whitehall-oh.us/426/Whitehalls-Help-for-Overdoses

Sax Says ...

"Join us in helping to make our community a better place to live, work and raise happy, responsible and safe children." Educate yourself about this problem.

Read Here and Listen To What A Local Doctor Is Saying and Doing About It