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Tuesday, March 19

Today in Jazz

Mar 19

Recordings 

Count Basie records Taxi War Dance, featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young, 1939
Barney Kessel/Ray Brown/Shelly Manne - The Poll Winners (1957)
Abbey Lincoln - It's Magic (1958)
Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring (1962)
Stan Getz/Joao Gilberto - Getz/Gilberto (1963)
Herbie Hancock - My Point of View (1963)
Jimmy Rowles - I'm Glad There is You (1985)
Other Dimensions in Music - Now! (1997)
Khan Jamal - Balafon Dance (2002)

Birthdays
Saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman b.1930 in Fort Worth, TX.
Pianist Lennie Tristano b. 1919 in Chicago, IL.
Pianist/Vocalist Eliane Elias b. 1960 Sao Paulo, Brazil