| Trumpeter/bandleader Harry James born 1916 in Albany, GA. Pianist Cecil Taylor born 1929 in New York, NY. Charles Lloyd, 1938 Memphis, TN (Check out Charles Lloyd's latest release Hagar's Song on the ECM label)
Recordings Duke Ellington records Concerto for Cootie 1940 | |||
| Drummer Roy Haynes born 1926 in Roxbury, MA. Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard born 1962 in New Orleans, LA.
Recordings Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans - Know What I Mean? (1961) Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff records A Matter of Taste, 1977. Jackie McLean - Rhythm of the Earth (1992) | |||
| Recordings Pianist Kenny Barron records Scratch with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Daniel Humair, 1985.Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Johnny Smith record Moonlight In Vermont, 1952. Freddie Hubbard - The Body and the Soul (1963) Steve Lacy/Roswell Rudd/Kent Carter/Beaver Harris - Trickles (1976) Frank Morgan - You Must Believe in Spring (1992) Birthdays Violinist Leroy Jenkins born 1932 in Chicago, IL. Astor Piazzola, Argentina b.1921 d. 1992
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| Boogie-woogie pianist Meade "Lux" Lewis records Honky Tonk Train Blues 1937 Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (1957) Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane (1958) Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (1958) This is Walt Dickerson (1961) Miles Davis - Someday My Prince Will Come (1961) John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman (1963) Hank Mobley - The Turnaround! (1963) Shirley Horn - I Love You, Paris (1992)  Guitarist Gabor Szabo born 1936 in Budapest, Hungary. Bassist Alcide Pavageau born 1888 in New Orleans, LA |
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| Recordings Louis Armstrong records Knocking A Jug with trombonist Jack Teagarden, 1929.Frank Foster and Frank Wess record Two Franks, Please, 1956. Gary Burton - The New Quartet (1973) Mark Helias - The Current Set (1987) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - People Time (1991) Steve Lacy Double Sextet - Clangs (1992) Birthdays Vocalist Carol Sloane born 1937 in Providence, RI. Bop pianist Lou Levy b. 1928 d. 2001  |
| Guitarist Charlie Christian records Solo Flight with Benny Goodman's band, 1941. Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band records Carnegie Hall Concert, 1961. Sam Rivers - Crystals (1974) Mark Helias - The Current Set (1987) Stan Getz/Kenny Barron - People Time (1991) Steve Lacy Double Sextet - Clangs (1992) Ari Brown - Venus (1998) Birthdays Saxophonist Jan Garbarek born 1947 in Mysen, Norway. Trumpeter Bobby Shew 1941 |
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 | |||
| Bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik born 1927 in New York, NY. Trumpeter Roy Eldridge born 1911 in Pittsburgh, PA.
Album and song recordings The Original Dixieland Jazz Band makes the first jazz recordings, 1917 Sonny Stitt - Kaleidoscope (1951) Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet (1953) Kenny Dorham - Afro-Cuban (1955) Charles Mingus - Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) Sonny Rollins - The Bridge (1962) Dollar Brand - Anatomy of a South African Village (1964) Herb Ellis/Joe Pass - Two for the Road (1974) Leroy Jenkins/The Jazz Composers Orchestra - For Players Only (1975) Anthony Braxton - Seven Standards 1985, vol. 1 & 2 (1985) Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit (1989) | |||
| Jabbo Smith records Jazz Battle at his first session as a leader 1929 The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman (1962) Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead (1968) Freddie Hubbard - Red Clay (1970) Julius Hemphill - Coon Bid'ness (1975) Birthdays Drummer Ed Shaugnessy born 1929 in Jersey City, NJ. Guitarist Sacha Distel born 1933 in Paris, France.  |
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| Wes Montgomery |
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 |
| Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Forrest born 1920 in St. Louis, MO. Oscar Peterson Trio (with drummer Ed Thigpen and bassist Ray Brown) records music from West Side Story 1962. Pianist/composer Avery Parrish born 1917 in Birmingham, Al. (Source: Smithsonian) Recordings made this day: The Modern Jazz Quartet - Lonely Woman (1962) The Jazz Composer's Orchestra (1968) Keith Jarrett - The Koln Concert (1975) Louis Moholo Octet - Spirits Rejoice! (1978) Andrew Hill - A Beautiful Day (2002) (source:tim-webb.com) |
Today we celebrate the music of Guitarist Django Reinhardt (1910/ 1953)
and Vibraphonist Gary Burton (1943)
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