Guitarist extraordinaire, Steve Morse, who celebrates his birthday today has been for 40 more years a "guitar hero."

TODAY We Listen To Lou Reed, Elliott Smith, Jean-Luc Ponty, Esperanza Spalding, Sammy Davis Jr., Michel Petrucciani, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Count Basie, Nick Cave, Pulp We Celebrate Madeleine Peyroux We Watch Warren Zevon, John Lennon, Kelis, Benjamin Clementine, Steve Goodman, Janis Ian, Van Morrison, Bill Withers, Joan Jett, Ringo Starr, INXS, Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Earth Wind & Fire, Imagine Dragons, Nightwish, Charles Bradley, L7, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Strings, Jason Isbell, Lady Gaga, Elvis Presley, Bryan Ferry, Phoebe Snow, Keith Jarrett, Medeski Martin & Wood, Terry Riley, Bria Skonberg, Buika, Dr. Lonnie Smith

'Lou Reed' is his eponymous debut solo album recorded in London with Rick Wakeman and Steve Howe

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'John Prine' is his debut and eponymous album produced by Arif Mardin and released in October 1971 by Atlantic

Wynton Marsalis' 'Blood on the Fields' is a three-and-a-half-hour jazz oratorio composed by Marsalis, premiered on April 1, 1994 at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hal and released in 1995 by Columbia

This day (March 30, 1945), in Ripley, Surrey (UK), is born Eric Clapton, an English guitarist, singer and member of The Yardbirds and Cream.

'Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook' is a studio album recorded between February 7 and March 27, 1956 with an orchestra conducted by Buddy Bregman and released the same year by Verve.

TODAY We Listen To Rickie Lee Jones, Robert Plant, Steely Dan, U2, AC/DC, Faces, MC5, Nina Simone, Can, Talk Talk, Young Marble Giants, Thelonious Monk, Soft Machine, Robert Glasper, Chet Baker, Everything but the Girl, The Mamas and the Papas We Celebrate Brian Jones, Cindy Wilson, B-52s We Watch Billy Preston, Jamie Cullum, Eric Clapton, Keb' Mo', Dave Edmunds, Metallica, Elvis Costello, The Who, AC/DC, Duffy, B.B. King, Hank Williams III, Cody Jinks, Eddie & the Hot Rods, Mitch Ryder, Throwing Muses, The Rascals, Fleet Foxes, Neneh Cherry, The Dave Grisman Quintet, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Primus, Harry Styles, R.E.M., Hothouse Flowers, Cheap Trick, Portugal. The Man, Tori Kelly, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Mike Stern, Jaco Pastorius, Benny

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Dr. John's 'Gris-Gris' is his debut album recorded in 1967 in Los Angeles and released on January 22, 1968 by ATCO

Roland Kirk's 'The Inflated Tear' is an album recorded between November 27 and 30, 1967 and released on June 14, 1968 by Atlantic.

Miles Davis, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Mwandishi, Benny Goodman, Gil Evans, Orchestra, Freddie Hubbard, Sun Ra, Arkestra, Joe Pass, Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Sonny Rollins, Joe Lovano, Sound Prints, Terence Blanchard, E Collective, John Coltrane

Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Faces' is their tenth studio album released as a double-LP on October 14, 1980 by Arc/Columbia Records.

Joe Cocker's 'Heart & Soul' is his nineteenth studio album featuring only cover songs and released on October 12, 2004.

Earth, Wind & Fire's 'Spirit' is their seventh studio album released in September 1976 by Columbia Records.

Elliott Smith's 'XO' is his fourth studio album co-produced with Rob Schnapf & Tom Rothrock and released on August 25, 1998 by DreamWorks

Earth, Wind & Fire's 'I Am' feat. 'Boogie Wonderland' & 'After the Love Has Gone' is their ninth studio album released on June 9, 1979 by Cbs.

This day (May 16, 1944), in Panama, is born Billy Cobham, a Panamanian American jazz drummer.

This day (May 14, 1998), in Los Angeles, California, died Frank Sinatra, an American singer and film actor.

From 'I Can't Get Started' to 'Nobody's Fault But Mine' , we have mixed 16 'Jazz and Soul' tunes around the theme of 'Excuses'. It has Eddie Hinton, Rickie Lee Jones, Sekouba Bambino, Johnny Hodges and many more.

From 'The Best is Yet to Come' to 'If You See My Rooster' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz' tunes around the theme of 'Things That (Almost) Never Happen'. It has Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder, Billie Holiday, William Shatner, The Barry Sisters and many more.

From 'Baby youve always on my mind' to 'Baby I Need Your Lovin', we have mixed 19 'Big Band Jazz' tunes around the theme of '"Baby" and "Babies"'. It has Dinah Washington, Benny Goodman, Jay McShann and his Orchestra, Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra and many more.

From 'My Buddy' to 'My baby just cares for me', we have mixed 19 'Jazz' tunes written or co-written by 'Walter Donaldson'. It has Ray Charles, Anita O'day, Al Jolson, Frank Sinatra and many more.

From 'Babes In The Woods' to 'No Quiero Swing' , we have mixed 20 'Jazz & Various Musics' tunes around the theme of 'Golf and Tiger Woods'. It has Connie Evingson, Ella Fitzgerald, Korn Kobblers, Mary Lou Williams and many more.