Today in Jazz History

Jan 25
 

Dizzy Gillespie, making his last recordings, records Bird Songs, in 1992 with altoists Paquito D'Rivera and Jackie McLean. Nat Adderley - Work Song (1960) The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman (1962) Jimmy Woods Sextet - Conflict (1963) Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X (1968) Andrew Hill - Nefertiti (1976) Branford Marsalis - Renaissance (1987) Andrew Hill - A Beautiful Day (2002) Birthdays Etta James 1938 Benny Golson 1929 Bassist Wellman Braud born 1891 in St. James Parish, LA. Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim born 1927 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil