Mildred Bailey records Downhearted Blues with the John Kirby Sextet, 1939. This is Ray Brown (1958) Billy Bang Quartet - Spirits Gathering (1996) Keith Jarrett - Treasure Island (1974) Art Ensemble of Chicago - The Meeting (2003) Malachi Thompson & Africa Brass - Blue Jazz (2003)
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Dexter Gordon born 1923 in Los Angeles, CA.
Recordings Pianist Erroll Garner records The One and Only, 1953. Oscar Pettiford and Max Roach record There Will Never Be Another You as a duet, 1958. | |||
Recordings Louis Armstrong records the first jazz scat vocal Heebie Jeebies, 1926. Count Basie records Avenue C with Shadow Wilson on drums, 1945 Max Roach - It's Time (1962) Harold Land - The Peace-Maker (1968) Andrew Hill - Blue Black (1975) Brotherhood of Breath - Bremen to Bridgewater (1975) Woody Shaw - Bemsha Swing (1986) Charlie Kohlhase Quintet - Dart Night (1995) Joe Morris Ensemble - Elsewhere (1996) Albert Ayler in Greenwich Village (1966) Birthdays Tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips born 1915 in Brooklyn, NY.
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| Recordings Duke Ellington recordsThe Queen's Suite (of which only one copy is made and given to the Queen of England) 1959. Clifford Brown/Max Roach - Study in Brown (1955) Art Taylor - Taylor's Wailers (1957) Jimmy Smith - The Sermon! / House Party / Confirmation (1958) Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch! (1964) Alexander von Schlippenbach - Monk's Casino (2004) Birthdays George Harrison b. 1943 d. 2001 Trombonist Ake Persson born 1932 in Hassleholm, Sweden |
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| Pianist/composer Anthony Davis born 1951 in Paterson, NJ. Pianist/arranger Phil Moore born 1918 in Portland, OR.  |
Saxophonist/composer/bandleader David Murray born 1955 in Berkeley, CA Recordings |
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Milt Jackson - Ballads and Blues (1956) Clifford Jordan/Sonny Red - A Story Tale (1961) Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) Junior Mance Trio - Junior's Blues (1963) Pharoah Sanders - Karma (1969) Don Cherry and the Jazz Composers Orchestra - Relativity Suite (1973) Dennis Gonzalez New Dallas Sextet - Namesake (1987) McPhee/Vandermark/Kessler - A Meeting in Chicago (1996) Happy Birthday Pianist Perry Bradford born 1893 in Montgomery, AL Maceo Parker (1943)  |
| Trumpeter Wingy Manone born 1900 in New Orleans, LA. Tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray born 1921 in Oklahoma City, OK.
Recordings Stan Kenton - The Formative Years (1942) Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) Stan Getz/Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba (1962) Albert Ayler - Love Cry (1968) Barney Kessel - Feeling Free (1969) Phineas Newborn Jr. - Harlem Blues (1969) Mary Lou Williams - Mary Lou's Mass (1970) Herb Ellis/Joe Pass - Two for the Road (1974) | |||
| Recordings Bing Crosby records St.Louis Blues with Duke Ellington's Orchestra, 1932.Benny Carter records The King with vibraphonist Milt Jackson and pianist Tommy Flanagan, 1976 Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1958) Roland Hanna Trio - Child of Gemini (1971) Alan Skidmore, Mike Osborne, & John Surman - S.O.S. (1975) Dennis Gonzalez New Dallasorleanssippi - Debenge-Debenge (1988) Birthdays Guitarist/vocalist Josh White born 1908 in Greenville, MS. Sergio Mendez (1941)
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Pianist Eubie Blake born 1883 in Baltimore, MD.
Johnny Griffin records Change of Pace w/ French hornist Julius Watkins(1961) John Coltrane - Soultrane (1958) Hank Mobley - Soul Station (1960) Johnny Griffin/Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Pisces (1961) Weather Report - Sweetnighter (1973) Billy Bang - Untitled Gift (1982) Django Bates - Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) (1995) Trio-X - Journey (2003) | |||
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| Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet (with guitarist Charlie Christian) records Profoundly Blue 1941 Gil Evans records Pacific Standard Time, 1959. Anthony Braxton - The Complete Braxton (1971) Weather Report - Sweetnighter (1973) Walt Dickerson/Sirone/Andrew Cyrille - Life Rays (1982) Happy Birthday! Pianist Rozelle Claxton born 1913 in Memphis, TN. Bill Mays (1944)
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| Pianist James P. Johnson born 1894 in New Brunswick, NJ. Saxophonist Joshua Redman born 1969 in Berkeley, CA. Saxophonist Sadao Watanabe born 1933 in Utsunomiya, Japan.
Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Them Dirty Blues (1960) Roswell Rudd - Everywhere (1966) Miles Davis - Agharta / Pangaea (1975) Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell - El Corazon (1982) Butch Morris - Current Trends in Racism in Modern America (1985) Jack DeJohnette's Special Edition - Audio-Visualscapes (1988) The Modern Jazz Quartet - For Ellington (1988) Django Bates - Winter Truce (and Homes Blaze) (1995) Sources: Smithsonian.org & tim-webb.com | |||
