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Jazz Class Home | Groovin' to Jazz (ages 8-13) | |
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| Date | Fact |
| Jan 1 top | Vibraphonist Milt Jackson born 1923 in Detroit, Michigan. |
| Pianist Albert Ammons records "Shout for Joy 1939." | |
| Bassist Al McKibbon born 1919 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Jan 2 | Drummer Nick Fatool born 1915 in Milbury, MA. |
| Gene Krupa records Blue Rhythm Fantasy, 1940. | |
| Vocalist Arthur Prysock born 1929 in Spartanburg, SC. | |
| Jan 3 | Count Basie records Blues In The Dark, featuring vocalist Jimmy Rushing 1938 |
| Pianist/composer Herbie Nichols born 1919 in New York City. | |
| Alto saxophonist John Jenkins born 1931 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Jan 4 | Trumpeter Frankie Newton born 1906 in Emory, VA. |
| Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie record What’s The Matter Now? With vocalist Rubberlegs Williams. | |
| Saxophonist/flutist Frank Wess born 1922 in Kansas City, MO. | |
| Jan 5 | Cornetist Will Bill Davison born 1906 in Defiance, Ohio. |
| In 1959, Trumpeter Blue Mitchell records Out of the Blue with Art Blakey, Wynton Kelly, Benny Goldson and Sam Jones. | |
| Trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez born 1949 in New York, NY. | |
| Jan 6 | Pianist Teddy Wilson records When You’re Smiling with Lester Young and Billie Holiday, 1938. |
| Jimmie Lunceford records Margie featuring vocalist/trombonist Trummy Young. | |
| Trombonist Vernon Brown born 1907 in Venice, IL. | |
| Jan 7 | Clarinetist Kenny Davern born 1935 in Huntington, NY. |
| In 1986, pianist Muhal Richard Abrams records Roots of Blue, a series of duets with bassist Cecil McBee. | |
| Trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen born 1908 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Jan 8 | In 1929, Duke Ellington records Tiger Rag (Parts 1 and 2). |
| Pianist Bobby Tucker born 1923 in Morristown, NJ. | |
| Saxophonist Jackie McLean records Bluesnik with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, 1961. | |
| Jan 9 | Drummer Kenny Clarke born 1914 in Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Dizzy Gillespie records I Can’t Get Started 1945 | |
| Vocalist Betty Roche born 1920 in Wilmington, DE. | |
| Jan 10 | Percussionist Max Roach born 1925 in New Land, NC. |
| Vocalist Bee Palmer records her vocal version of Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke’s Singin’ The Blues 1929 | |
| Pianist Bud Powell records first trio session (with Max Roach and Curly Russell) 1946. | |
| Jan 11 | Lennie Tristano records Subconscious Lee 1949 |
| Drummer Osie Johnson born 1923 in Washington, DC. | |
| Saxophonist Joe Lovano and pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba record Flying Colors, 1997. | |
| Jan 12 | Trombonist Trummy Young born 1912 in Savannah, GA. |
| Louis Armstrong records his big band version of Struttin’ With Some Barbecue, 1938. | |
| Pianist/bandleader Jay McShann born 1909 in Muskogee, OK. | |
| Jan 13 | Horace Silver records Moon Rays 1958 |
| Guitarist Danny Barker 1909 born in New Orleans | |
| Trombonist/arranger Melba Liston born 1926 in Kansas City, MO. | |
| Jan 14 | Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler born 1930 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
| Bessie Smith records St. Louis Blues 1925, with Louis Armstrong on cornet. | |
| Drummer/vocalist Grady Tate born 1932 in Durham, NC. | |
| Jan 15 | Drummer Gene Krupa born 1909 in Chicago, IL. |
| Baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan records What Is There To Say with Art Farmer, 1959. | |
| Trumpeter Baikida Carroll born 1947 in Saint Louis, MO. | |
| Jan 16 | Benny Goodman Carnegie Hall Concert 1938 |
| Vocalist Ivie Anderson born 1905 in Gilroy, CA. | |
| Ahmad Jamal Trio records At the Pershing with bassist Israel Crosby and drummer Vernel Fournier, 1958. | |
| Jan 17 | Pianist Cedar Walton born 1934 in Dallas, TX. |
| Drummer Sid Catlett born 1910 in Evansville, IN. | |
| Pianist Nat "King" Cole’s Trio records Body and Soul, 1944. | |
| Jan 18 | First Esquire Jazz Concert at Metropolitan Opera House 1944 |
| Trumpeter Clifford Brown records With Strings, 1955. | |
| Saxophonist Steve Grossman born 1951 in New York, NY. | |
| Jan 19 | Jack Teagarden records the music of Willard Robison with Bob Brookmeyer’s band 1962 |
| Bassist Israel Crosby born 1919 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Pianist Horace Parlan born 1931 in Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| Jan 20 | Drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts born 1960 in Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Miles Davis Quintet (with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams) records E.S.P., 1965 | |
| Drummer Jimmy Cobb born 1929 in Washington, DC. | |
| Jan 21 | Count Basie band makes its first recording, Honeysuckle Rose, in 1937. |
| Violinist and reedman Robert "Juice" Wilson born 1904 in St.Louis, MO. | |
| Miles Davis Nonet, later known as The Birth of the Cool band, records Jeru, 1949. | |
| Jan 22 | Valve Trombonist Juan Tizol born 1900 in San Juan, PR. |
| Trombonist/composer J.J. Johnson born 1924 in Indianapolis, IN. | |
| Vocalist Billie Holiday records Good Morning Heartache, 1946. | |
| Jan 23 | Guitarist Django Reinhardt born 1910 in Liverchies, Belgium. |
| Duke Ellington’s first Carnegie Hall Concert 1943 | |
| Vibraphonist Gary Burton born 1943 in Anderson, IN. | |
| Jan 24 | 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. | |
| Jan 25 | Bassist Wellman Braud born 1891 in St. James Parish, LA. |
| Composer Antonio Carlos Jobim born 1927 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | |
| Dizzy Gillespie, making his last recordings, records Bird Songs, in 1992 with altoists Paquito D’Rivera and Jackie McLean. | |
| Jan 26 | Saxophonist/composer Benny Golson born 1929 in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Louis Armstrong records I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues 1933 | |
| Violinist/pianist Stephane Grappelli born 1908 in Paris, France | |
| Jan 27 | Pianist Bill Evans and alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley record Know What I Mean?, 1961. |
| Trumpeter Hot Lips Page born 1908 in Dallas, TX. | |
| Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson born 1941 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Jan 28 | Drummer Bob Moses born 1948 in New York, NY. |
| JATP records Lady Be Good 1946, with classic solos by saxophonists Lester Young and Charlie Parker. | |
| English saxophonist Ronnie Scott born 1927 in London, England. | |
| Jan 29 | Jabbo Smith records Jazz Battle at his first session as a leader 1929 |
| Drummer Ed Shaugnessy born 1929 in Jersey City, NJ. | |
| Guitarist Sacha Distel born 1933 in Paris, France. | |
| Jan 30 | Bassist and oud player Ahmed Abdul-Malik born 1927 in New York, NY. |
| Trumpeter Roy Eldridge born 1911 in Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| The Original Dixieland Jazz Band makes the first jazz recordings, 1917 | |
| Jan 31 | Trumpeter Bobby Hackett born 1915 in Providence, PA. |
| Guitarist George Barnes records Swing Guitar with Hank Jones, Milt Hinton and Jo Jones, 1973. | |
| Composer George Russell records The Stratus Seekers (including trombonist David Baker), 1961. | |
| Feb 1 top | 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. | |
| Feb 2 | Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz born 1927 in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Saxophonist Sonny Stitt born 1924 in Boston, MA. | |
| The Modern Jazz Quartet records Lonely Woman, 1962 | |
| Feb 3 | Trumpeter Snooky Young born 1919 in Dayton, Ohio |
| The Art Ensemble of Chicago records Thelonious Sphere Monk with Cecil Taylor, 1990. | |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie record The Gifted Ones, 1977. | |
| Feb 4 | Count Basie records Jive at Five(featuring Lester Young), 1939. |
| Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke record Singin’ The Blues 1927 | |
| Pianist Wade Legge born 1934 in Huntington, WVA. | |
| Feb 5 | Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet (with guitarist Charlie Christian) records Profoundly Blue 1941 |
| Pianist Rozelle Claxton born 1913 in Memphis, TN. | |
| Gil Evans records Pacific Standard Time, 1959. | |
| Feb 6 | Bob Crosby’s Bob Cats record Spain, 1940. |
| Trumpeter Howard McGhee born 1918 in Tulsa, OK. | |
| Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley records Sophisticated Swing with Junior Mance, Sam Jones and Jimmy Cobb. | |
| Feb 7 | Pianist Eubie Blake born 1883 in Baltimore, MD. |
| Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin records Change of Pace with French hornist Julius Watkins,1961. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley records Soul Station, 1960. | |
| Feb 8 | Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records the first of all his All-Star sessions, 1937. |
| Duke Ellington records Billy Strayhorn’s U.M.M.G., 1956. | |
| Guitarist Lonnie Johnson born 1899 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Feb 9 | Bassist Walter Page born 1900 in Gallatin, MS. |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records Groovin’ High with tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, 1945. | |
| Duke Ellington’s band is recorded in stereo by RCA Victor, 1932. | |
| Feb 10 | Drummer/bandleader Chick Webb born 1909 in Baltimore. MD. |
| Pianist Sir Roland Hanna born 1932 in Detroit, Mi. | |
| Ornette Coleman records his first album Something Else 1958 | |
| Feb 11 | Guitarist/vocalist Josh White born 1908 in Greenville, MS. |
| 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 | |
| Feb 12 | Voacalist Mahalia Jackson records Come Sunday with Duke Ellington, 1958. |
| Mel Powell born 1923 in New York, NY. | |
| Baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin records Holiday for Piano in Stockholm, 1953. | |
| Feb 13 | Trumpeter Wingy Manone born 1900 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd record Brazilian music for the first time 1962 | |
| Tenor saxophonist Wardell Gray born 1921 in Oklahoma City, OK. | |
| Feb 14 | Tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders records The Craetor Has A Master Plan, 1969. |
| Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins records the title track of his classic album The Bridge 1962 | |
| Pianist Perry Bradford born 1893 in Montgomery, AL. | |
| Feb 15 | Saxophonist/composer Henry Threadgill born 1944 in Chicago, IL. |
| Composer Harold Arlen born 1905 in Buffalo, NY. | |
| Duke Ellington records Blue Serge 1941 | |
| Feb 16 | Renee Rosnes records For The Moment with Steve Wilson and Joe Henderson 1990 |
| Pianist/organist Bill Doggett born 1916 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Bessie Smith makes her first recording, Downhearted Blues 1923 | |
| Feb 17 | Ruby Braff and Ellis Larkins record their first duo album 1955 |
| Clarinetist Buddy DeFranco born 1923 in Camden, NJ | |
| Trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen records You Might Get Better, But You’ll Never Get Well, 1930. | |
| Feb 18 | Trumpeter Miles Davis records In A Silent Way, 1969 with pianist Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul. |
| Vocalist Billie Holiday records Lady In Satin, 1958. | |
| Drummer Frank Butler born 1928 Kansas City, MO. | |
| Feb 19 | Saxophonist/composer/bandleader David Murray born 1955 in Berkeley, CA. |
| Tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt record Soul Summit, 1962. | |
| Feb 20 | Pianist/composer Anthony Davis born 1951 in Paterson, NJ. |
| Vocalist Ethel Waters records Sugar 1926 | |
| Pianist/arranger Phil Moore born 1918 in Portland, OR. | |
| Feb 21 | Composer/pianist Tadd Dameron born 1917 in Cleveland, OH. |
| Drummer Art Blakey’s Quintet with trumpeter Clifford Brown records Live at Birdland, 1954. | |
| Vocalist Nina Simone born 1933 in Tryon, NC. | |
| Feb 22 | Cornetist Rex Stewart born 1907 in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Trumpeter Joe Wilder born 1922 in Colwyn PA. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate born 1913 in Sherman, TX. | |
| Feb 23 | Clarinetist Pee Wee Russell and tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins record Jazz Reunion, 1961. |
| Oliver Nelson records The Blues and the Abstract Truth, 1961, with Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard and Bill Evans. | |
| Trumpeter/composer John Carisi born 1922 in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. | |
| Feb 24 | Keith Jarrett records Fort Yawuh live at the Village Vanguard 1973 |
| Saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman born 1933 in Dallas, TX. | |
| Pianist/composer Michel Legrand 1932 in Paris, France | |
| Feb 25 | Reedman Eric Dolphy records Out to Lunch 1964 |
| Trombonist Ake Persson born 1932 in Hassleholm, Sweden | |
| Duke Ellington recordsThe Queen’s Suite (of which only one copy is made and given to the Queen of England) 1959. | |
| Feb 26 | Louis Armstrong records the first jazz scat vocal Heebie Jeebies, 1926. |
| Tenor saxophonist Flip Phillips born 1915 in Brooklyn, NY. | |
| Count Basie records Avenue C with Shadow Wilson on drums, 1945. | |
| Feb 27 | Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon born 1923 in Los Angeles, CA. |
| Pianist Erroll Garner records The One and Only, 1953. | |
| Bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Max Roach record There’ll Never Be Another You as a duet, 1958. | |
| Feb 28 | Vocalist Mildred Bailey records Downhearted Blues with the John Kirby Sextet, 1939. |
| Percussionist Willie Bobo born 1934 in New York, NY. | |
| Violin Svend Asmussen born 1916 in Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| Feb 29 | Alto saxophonist and clarinetist Jimmy Dorsey born 1904 in Shenandoah, PA. |
| Drummer Gene Krupa records small group session with Benny Goodman, Roy Eldridge and Chu Berry 1936 | |
| Composer/arranger Quincy Jones records The Birth of a Band in Paris, 1960. | |
| Mar 1 top | Trombonist Benny Powell born 1930 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Pianist Geri Allen records Eyes In The Back of Your Head Ornette Coleman, 1996. | |
| Pianist Fats Waller records his piano solo Handful of Keys, 1929. | |
| Mar 2 | Saxophonist/composer/trumpeter Benny Carter records Central City Sketches with The American Jazz Orchestra, 1987. |
| Tenor saxophonist Eddie Lockjaw Davis born 1922 in New York, NY. | |
| Trumpeter Miles Davis records Kind of Blue, the best selling jazz album of all time, 1959 | |
| Mar 3 | Bassist Jimmy Garrison. born 1934 in Miami, FL. |
| Saxophonist Hal McKusick’s quartet records George Russell’s The Day John Brown Was Hanged, 1956 | |
| Clarinetist Barney Bigard born 1906 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Mar 4 | Guitarist Charlie Christian records Solo Flight with Benny Goodman’s band, 1941. |
| Saxophonist Jan Garbarek born 1947 in Mysen, Norway. | |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band records Carnegie Hall Concert, 1961. | |
| Mar 5 | Vocalist Carol Sloane born 1937 in Providence, RI. |
| Louis Armstrong records Knockin’ A Jug with trombonist Jack Teagarden, 1929. | |
| Basie tenor saxophonists Frank Foster and Frank Wess record Two Franks, Please, 1956. | |
| Mar 6 | Trumpeter Howard McGhee born 1918 in Tulsa, OK. |
| Duke Ellington records Ko-Ko 1940 | |
| Guitarist Wes Montgomery born 1925 in Indianapolis, IN. | |
| Mar 7 | Boogie-woogie pianist Meade "Lux" Lewis records Honky Tonk Train Blues 1937 |
| Bassist Alcide Pavageau born 1888 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Guitarist Gabor Szabo born 1936 in Budapest, Hungary. | |
| Mar 8 | Saxophonist George Coleman born 1935 in Memphis, TN. |
| Pianist James Williams born 1951 in Memphis, TN. | |
| Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz records Yesterdays with Miles Davis, 1951. | |
| Mar 9 | Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley records Somethin’ Else, with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Hank Jones and drummer Art Blakey, 1958. |
| Saxophonist Ornette Coleman born 1930 in Fort Worth, TX. . | |
| Pianist Paul Bley records Turns, featuring tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, 1964. | |
| Mar 10 | Bassist/composer Charles Mingus records Cumbia and Jazz Fusion, 1977. |
| Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke born 1903 in Davenport, IA. | |
| Trumpeter Bunk Johnson and saxophonist Sidney Bechet record Milenberg Joys 1945 | |
| Mar 11 | Violinist Leroy Jenkins born 1932 in Chicago, IL. |
| 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. | |
| Mar 12 | Pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams records Russian Lullaby with trumpeter Frankie Newton, 1944. |
| Bassist/composer/bandleader Charles Mingus records Haitian Fight Song 1957 | |
| Pianist Sir Charles Thompson born 1918 in Springfield, OH. | |
| Mar 13 | Drummer Roy Haynes born 1926 in Roxbury, MA. |
| Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff records A Matter of Taste, 1977. | |
| Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard born 1962 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Mar 14 | Pianist/composer Chick Corea records his first trio album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs with Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes 1968 |
| Trumpeter/arranger Quincy Jones born 1933 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Alto saxophonist Art Pepper records Plus Eleven, with arrangements by Marty Paich, 1959. | |
| Mar 15 | Trumpeter/bandleader Harry James born 1916 in Albany, GA. |
| Duke Ellington records Concerto for Cootie 1940 | |
| Pianist Cecil Taylor born 1929 in New York, NY. | |
| Mar 16 | Pianist/composer Fats Waller records Jitterbug Waltz, 1942. |
| Cornetist Ruby Braff born 1927 in Boston, MA. | |
| Pianist Tommy Flanagan born 1930 in Detroit, MI. | |
| Mar 17 | Pianist Herbie Hancock records Maiden Voyage, 1965. |
| Pianist/vocalist Nat "King" Cole born 1917 in Montgomery, AL. | |
| Saxophonist/composer Sam Rivers records Dimensions and Extensions with trumpeter Donald Byrd 1967 | |
| Mar 18 | Guitarist Bill Frisell born 1951 in Baltimore, MD. |
| Pianist Lil Armstrong records Sixth Street, 1940. | |
| Poet Langston Hughes records Weary Blues with bassist Charles Mingus, 1958. | |
| Mar 19 | Saxophonist/composer Ornette Coleman born 1930 in Fort Worth, TX. |
| Pianist Lennie Tristano born 1919 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Count Basie records Taxi War Dance, featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young, 1939 | |
| Mar 20 | Pianist Marian McPartland born 1918 in Windsor, England |
| Trumpeter/composer Wynton Marsalis records In This House, On This Morning 1993 | |
| Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane makes his last recording with trumpeter Miles Davis, Someday My Prince Will Come, 1961. | |
| Mar 21 | Clarinetist Hank d’Amico born 1915 in Rochester, NY. |
| Pianist/composer Andrew Hill’s Point of Departure recorded 1964 | |
| Pianist/vocalist Amina Claudine Myers born 1942 in Blackwell, AR. | |
| Mar 22 | Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins records Pent-Up House with trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach, 1956. |
| Guitarist George Benson born 1943 in Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| Xylophonist Red Norvo’s band records Eddie Sauter’s arrangement of Remember, 1937. | |
| Mar 23 | Tenor saxophonists Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon record Tenor Titans in Denmark, 1972. |
| Pianist/composer Dave Frishberg born 1933 in St. Paul, MN. | |
| Dizzy Gillespie and Max Roach duo is recorded in Paris 1989 | |
| Mar 24 | Pianist Renee Rosnes born 1962 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. |
| Pianist Steve Kuhn born 1938 in Brooklyn, NY. | |
| Pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi records From Toshiko with Love, 1981. | |
| Mar 25 | Guitarist John McLaughlin records his tribute to Bill Evans, Time Remembered, 1993. |
| Drummer Paul Motian born 1931 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Duke Ellington records The 1952 Seattle Concert. | |
| Mar 26 | Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley records Workout with pianist Wynton Kelly, guitarist Grant Green, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Philly Joe Jones, 1961. |
| Saxophonist/flutist/vocalist James Moody born 1925 in Savannah, GA. | |
| Tenor saxophonist David Murray records The Special Quartet with pianist McCoy Tyner and drummer Elvin Jones, 1990. | |
| Mar 27 | Saxophonist Ben Webster born 1909 in Kansas City, MO. |
| Clarinetist Pee Wee Russell born 1906 in St. Louis, MO. | |
| Vocalist Sarah Vaughan born 1924 in Newark, NJ. | |
| Mar 28 | Trumpeter/composer Thad Jones born 1923 in Pontiac, MI. |
| Soprano saxophonist/clarinetist Sidney Bechet and cornetist Muggsy Spanier record China Boy, 1940. | |
| Pianist Tete Montoliu born 1933 in Barcelona, Spain. | |
| Mar 29 | Guitarist Eddie Lang records Add A Little Wiggle, 1928. |
| Trumpeter Tony Fruscella records his eponymously named album 1955, including the classic I’ll Be Seeing You. | |
| Saxophonist Michael Brecker born 1949 in Philadephia, PA. | |
| Mar 30 | Vibraphonist Karl Berger born 1935 in Heidelberg, Germnay |
| Pianist Marilyn Crispell born 1947 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin records The Man I Love in 1967. | |
| Mar 31 | Alto saxophonist Gary Bartz records West 42nd Street 1990. |
| Guitarist Freddie Green born 1911 in Charleston, SC. | |
| Xylophonist/Vibraphonist Red Norvo born 1908 in Beardstown,PA. | |
| Apr 1 top | Saxophonist Harry Carney born 1910 in Boston, MA. |
| Trumpeter/bandleader Cootie Williams is the first to record a Thelonious Monk composition, Epistrophy, 1942. | |
| Saxophonist John Laporta born 1920 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Apr 2 | Trumpeter Booker Little born 1938 in Memphis, TN. |
| Guitarist Larry Coryell born 1943 in Galveston, TX. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, pianist Bud Powell, bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Kenny Clarke record All The Things You Are in Essen,Germany 1960 | |
| Apr 3 | Composer/arranger Bill Finegan born 1917 in Newark, NJ. |
| Bassist Scott Lafaro born 1936 in Newark, NJ. | |
| Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker rehearses with Gene Roland’s Big band, 1950. It is issued as The Band That Never Was. | |
| Apr 4 | Bassist Gene Ramey born 1913 in Austin, TX.. |
| Pianist Benny Green born 1963 in New York, NY. | |
| Trumpeter Booker Little records Out Front with Max Roach and Eric Dolphy in 1961. | |
| Apr 5 | Saxophonist Stanley Turrentine born 1934 in Pittsbugh, PA. |
| Drummer Stan Levey born 1925 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Vibraphonist Lionel Hamption records Sweethearts on Parade featuring tenor saxophonist Chu Berry, 1939. | |
| Apr 6 | Saxophonist/composer Gerry Mulligan born 1927 in New York, NY. |
| Saxophonist Charlie Rouse born 1924 in Washington, DC. | |
| Cornetist King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band records Dippermouth Blues 1923 | |
| Apr 7 | Vocalist Billie Holiday born 1915 in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard born 1938 in Indianapolis, IN. | |
| Conga player/bandleader Mongo Santamaria born 1922 in Havana, Cuba. | |
| Apr 8 | Vocalist Carmen McCrae born 1920 in New York, NY. |
| Trumpeter Tom Harrell records Form with Joe Lovano, Dave Leibman and John Abercrombie 1990 | |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie’s big band records Benny Goldon’s Stablemates, 1957. | |
| Apr 9 | Trumpeter Freddie Hubbard records Hub Cap with saxophonist Jimmy Heath, 1961. |
| Tenor saxophonist Julian Dash born 1916 in Charleston, SC. | |
| Arranger Gil Evans records New Bottle, Old Wine featuring alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, 1959. | |
| Apr 10 | Saxophonist/arranger Fud Livingstone born 1906 in Charleston, SC. |
| Pianist Denny Zeitlin born 1938 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Pianist Count Basie’s band features tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins on Feedin’ The Bean, 1941. | |
| Apr 11 | Trombonist Grachan Moncur III records his Echoes of Prayer with the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra, 1974. |
| Guitarist Oscar Aleman records I’m Beginning To See The Light in Buenos Aires, 1946. | |
| Cornetist Nick La Rocca born 1889 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Apr 12 | Pianist Herbie Hancock born 1940 in Chicago, IL. |
| Pianist Thelonious Monk records I Should Care 1957 | |
| Clarinetist Johnny Dodds born 1892 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Apr 13 | Trumpeter Bobby Hackett records his big band version of Embraceable You 1939 |
| Saxophonist Bud Freeman born 1906 in Chiacgo, IL. . | |
| Pianist McCoy Tyner’s Trio records Infinity with tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker. | |
| Apr 14 | Trumpeter/composer Shorty Rogers born 1924 in Great Barrington, MA. |
| Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins records Misterioso with pianists Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, 1957. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons born 1925 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Apr 15 | Bassist Richard Davis born 1930 in Chicago, IL. |
| Vocalist Bessie Smith born 1894 in Chattanooga, TN. | |
| Trumpeter Miles Davis’s Quintet records In Person: Saturday Night At the Blackhawk, 1961. | |
| Apr 16 | Trombonist Benny Green born 1923 in Chicago, IL. |
| Pianist Earl Hines records solo piano Plays Cole Porter, 1974. | |
| Pianist Alice Coltrane records Transfiguration, 1978 | |
| Apr 17 | Bassist Buster Williams born 1942 in Camden, NJ. |
| Banjoist/guitarist Johnny St. Cyr born 1890 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Pianist/composers Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor record Embraced at Carnegie Hall, 1977. | |
| Apr 18 | Multi-instrumentalist Sidney Bechet overdubs records a one-man band version of Sheik of Araby, 1941. |
| Pianist Hal Galper born 1938 in Salem, MA. | |
| Pianist Jimmy Rowles records his last album, Lilac Time 1994 | |
| Apr 19 | Drummer Tommy Benford born 1985 in Chaleston, W. VA. |
| The Great Concert of (bassist) Charles Mingus is recorded in Paris, France, 1964. | |
| Saxophonist Jimmy Greene records Live at Birdland, 1998. | |
| Apr 20 | Drummer Beaver Harris born 1936 in Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Percussionist/bandleader Tito Puente born 1923 in New York, NY. | |
| Pianist/composer Sun Ra records The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra, Volume 1. 1965 | |
| Apr 21 | Trombonist/arranger Slide Hampton born 1932 in Jeannette, PA. |
| Pianist Chick Corea records solo Piano Improvisations in Olso 1971 | |
| Guitarist Mundell Lowe born 1922 in Laurel, MS. | |
| Apr 22 | Bassist/composer Charles Mingus born 1922 in Nogales, AZ. |
| Bassist Paul Chambers born 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| Bassist John Kirby’s Sextet records 20th Century Closet, 1940. | |
| Apr 23 | Vocalist Lil Brown records Why Don’t You do Right which Peggy Lee later turns into a major hit with Benny Goodman’s band. 1941 |
| Clarinetist Jimmie Noone born 1895 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Vocalist Abbey Lincoln records Over The Years, 2000. | |
| Apr 24 | Tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson born 1937 in Lima, Ohio. |
| Guitarist Jim Hall and pianist Bill Evans record duo album Undercurrent, 1962. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin born 1928 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Apr 25 | Vocalist Ella Fitzgerald born 1917 in Newport News, VA. |
| Saxophonist Earl Bostic born 1913 in Tulsa, OK. | |
| Saxophonist Archie Shepp records Goin’ Home, a duo of traditional themes with pianist Horace Parlan, 1977. | |
| Apr 26 | Drummer Dave Tough born 1907 in Oak Park, IL. |
| Blues singer Ma Rainey born 1886 in Columbus, GA. | |
| Reedman/composer Jimmy Giuffre born 1921 in Dallas, TX. | |
| Apr 27 | Multi-instrumentalist/composer Scott Robinson born 1959 in Pequannock, New Jersey. |
| Three drummers born - Denzil Best 1917, Connie Kay 1927, Freddie Waits, 1943. | |
| Saxophonist John Coltrane records The Drum Thing with drummer Elvin Jones, 1964. | |
| Apr 28 | Trumpeter Mario Bauza born 1911 in Havana, Cuba. |
| Pianist Thelonious Monk records San Francisco Holiday, 1960. | |
| Louis Armstrong records Blue Again, 1931. | |
| Apr 29 | Composer/pianist Duke Ellington born 1899 in Washington, D.C. |
| Tenor saxophonist George Adams born 1940 in Covington, GA. | |
| Harmonica player and guitarist Toots Thielemans born 1922 in Brussels, Belgium. | |
| Apr 30 | Pianist Richard Twardzik born 1931 in Danvers. MA. |
| Bassist Percy Heath born 1923 in Wilmington, W.VA. | |
| Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker makes his first commercial recording (Swingmatism) with Jay McShann’s band in Dallas 1941 | |
| May 1 top | Vocalist/pianist Shirley Horn born 1934 in Washington, D.C. |
| Pianist Bud Powell records Night in Tunisia 1951 | |
| Flutist James Newton born 1953 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| May 2 | Organist Richard "Groove" Holmes born 1931 in Camden, NJ. |
| Pianist Eddie Heywood records How High The Moon with the tenor saxophonist Don Byas, 1944. | |
| Vocalist/bandleader Billy Eckstine records A Cottage For Sale, 1945. | |
| May 3 | Pianist/composer John Lewis born 1920 in La Grange, IL. |
| Vibraphonist Red Norvo Trio with Charles Mingus and Tal Farlow make their first recordings 1950 | |
| Vocalist Ethel Waters records Stormy Weather, 1933. | |
| May 4 | Duke Ellington records Cottontail featuring tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, 1940 |
| Bassist Ron Carter born 1937 in Ferndale, MI. | |
| Vocalist Bessie Snith records Lost Your Head Blues 1926 | |
| May 5 | Trumpeter Jack Walrath born 1946 in Stuart, FL. |
| Drummer/bandleader Paul Barbarin born 1899 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane records Giant Steps with pianist Tommy Flanagan, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Art Taylor 1959 | |
| May 6 | Cornetist/composer Bix Beiderbecke records Riverboat Shuffle with The Wolverines, 1924. |
| Bassist David Friesen born 1942 in Tacoma, WA. | |
| Herbie Nichols records The Third World, his first album of his own music 1955 | |
| May 7 | Vocalist Sarah Vaughan records If You Could See Me Now with trumpeter Freddie Webster, 1946. |
| Saxophonist Herbie Steward born 1926 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Saxophonist Ornette Coleman records Love Call, with Dewey Redman, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones, 1968. | |
| May 8 | Pianist Keith Jarrett born 1945 in Allentown, PA. |
| Pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams born 1910 in Atlanta, GA. | |
| Pianist/vocalist Fats Waller records I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself A Letter, 1936. | |
| May 9 | Vocalist Billie Holiday records God Bless The Child with trumpeter Roy Eldridge, 1941. |
| Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins records East Broadway Rundown with Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison and Freddie Hubbard, 1965. | |
| Trumpeter Miles Davis records Dear Old Stockholm 1952 | |
| May 10 | Drummer/bandleader Mel Lewis born 1929 in Buffalo, NY. |
| Keyboardist Mike Melvoin born 1937 in Oshkosh, WI. | |
| Louis Armstrong records Potato Head Blues 1927 | |
| May 11 | Cornetist/bandleader born Joe "King" Oliver in New Orleans, LA., 1885. |
| Pianist/composer Carla Bley born 1938 in Oakland, CA. | |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker record Shaw ’Nuff 1945 | |
| May 12 | Sauter-Finegan Orchestra records Doodletown Fifers 1952 |
| Bassist Gary Peacock born 1935 in Burley, ID. | |
| Guitarist Charlie Christian is recorded in a jam session with Thelonious Monk and Kenny Clarke, and plays an extended solo on Stompin’ At the Savoy, 1941. | |
| May 13 | Pianist Red Garland born 1923 in Dallas, TX. |
| Louis Armstrong records S.O.L. Blues, 1927. | |
| Arranger/composer Gil Evans born 1912 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and records Priestess, 1977. | |
| May 14 | Saxophonist/clarinetist Sidney Bechet born 1897 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Fletcher Henderson records Wrappin’ It Up 1934 | |
| Drummer Zutty Singleton born 1898 in Bunkie, LA . | |
| May 15 | Pianist Ellis Larkins born 1923 in Baltimore, MD. |
| Multi-instrumentalist/composer/bandleader Rahsaan Roland Kirk born 1936 in Columbus, OH. | |
| Jazz at Massey Hall concert 1953 recorded - last reunion of trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, pianist Bud Powell, bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach. | |
| May 16 | Reedman/bandleader Woody Herman born 1913 in Milwaukee, WI. |
| Clarinetist Jimmie Noone records Four or Five Times 1928 with pianist Earl Hines. | |
| Vocalist Betty Carter born 1930 in Flint, MI. | |
| May 17 | Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean born 1932 in New York, NY. |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie makes his first recordings (King Porter Stomp) with Teddy Hill’s band, 1937. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Dewey Redman born 1931 in Fort Worth, TX. | |
| May 18 | English bassist/composer Spike Hughes records with Benny Carter’s band 1933 |
| Bassist Pops Foster born 1892 in Mc Call, LA. | |
| Vocalist Big Joe Turner born 1912 in Kansas City, MO. | |
| May 19 | Count Basie records Pound Cake with classic solos by tenor saxophonist Lester Young and trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison, 1939. |
| Saxophonist Sonny Fortune born 1939 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Vocalist Sarah Vaughan records Nice Work If You Can Get It with trumpeter Miles Davis, 1950. | |
| May 20 | Woody Herman’s Woodchoppers record Pam featuring trumpeter Sonny Berman, 1946. |
| Drummer Ralph Petersen born 1962 in Pleasantville, NJ. | |
| Mills Blue Rhythm Band records St. Louis Wiggle Rhythm with trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen, 1935. | |
| May 21 | Bassist Christian McBride born 1972 in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Pianist/vocalist Fats Waller born 1904 in New York City. | |
| Trumpeter Kenny Dorham records But Beautiful with pianist Hank Jones, bassist Oscar Pettiford and drummer Max Roach, 1957. | |
| May 22 | Pianist Dick Hyman records Jelly and James P., a tribute to Morton and Johnson, 1975. |
| Alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman records Lonely Woman and Congeniality, 1959. | |
| Pianist Sun Ra born 1914 in Birmingham, AL. | |
| May 23 | Saxophonist John Coltrane records Greensleeves with a large ensemble including trumpeters Booker Little, Freddie Hubbard and reedman Eric Dolphy 1961 |
| Banjoist/guitarist Fred Guy born 1897 in Burkesville, GA. | |
| Clarinetist Artie Shaw born 1910 in New York City. | |
| May 24 | Tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp born 1937 in Fort Lauderdale, Fl. |
| Historic jazz concert at New York’s Imperial Theater - including clarinetist Artie Shaw’s new band that featured a string section. 1936 | |
| Tenor saxophonists John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins record Tenor Madness, 1956. | |
| May 25 | Clarinetist/tenor saxophonist Jimmy Hamilton born 1917 in Dillon, SC. |
| Two Trumpeters born - Miles Davis, 1926 in Alton, IL. and Wallace Roney, 1960 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Saxophonists Benny Carter and Coleman Hawkins and trumpeter Roy Eldridge record I Can’t Believe That You’re In Love With Me 1940 | |
| May 26 | Trumpeter Harold "Shorty" Baker born 1914 in St. Louis, MO. |
| Vocalist Peggy Lee born 1920 in Jamestown, ND. | |
| Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records Flying Home with a classic solo by tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet, 1942. | |
| May 27 | Bassist Niels-Henning Řrsted Pedersen born 1946 in Osted, Denmark. |
| Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba born 1963 in Havana, Cuba. | |
| Vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater born 1950 in Memphis, TN. | |
| May 28 | Pianist/composer Reginald Forsythe born 1907 in London, England. |
| Bandleader Andy Kirk born 1898 in Newport, KY. | |
| Pianist Russ Freeman born Chicago, Ill., 1926. | |
| May 29 | Drummer Kenny Washington born 1958 in Staten Island, NY. |
| Duke Ellington records Anatomy of a Murder, 1959. | |
| Pianist Hilton Ruiz born 1952 in New York, NY. | |
| May 30 | Saxophonist Frank Trumbauer born 1901 in Carbondale, IL. |
| Clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman born 1909 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Trumpeter Sidney DeParis born 1905 in Crawfordsville, IN. | |
| May 31 | Saxophonist Otto "Toby" Hardwicke born 1904 in Washington, D.C. |
| Two drummers born - Albert "Tootie" Heath 1935 in Philadelphia, PA, and Louis Hayes 1937 in Detroit, MI. | |
| Pianist Bill Evans records Time Remembered, 1963. | |
| Jun 1 top | Saxophonist Hal McKusick born 1924 in Medford, MA. |
| Vocalist Billie Holiday records I’ll Never Be The Same with a band led by pianist Teddy Wilson, including tenor saxophonist Lester Young, 1937. | |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records Played Twice, 1959. | |
| Jun 2 | Vocalist Ella Fitzgerald records Sing Me A Swing Song with drummer Chick Webb’s band, 1936. |
| Pianist Marty Napoleon born 1921 in New York, NY. | |
| Multi reedman Eric Dolphy records Last Date in Hilversum, The Netherlands, 1964. | |
| Jun 3 | Joe Henderson records Page One 1963 |
| Trombonist/composer Grachan Moncur III born 1937 in New York. | |
| Trumpeter Ted Curson born 1935 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Jun 4 | Saxophonist/composer Anthony Braxton born 1945 in Chicago, IL. |
| Saxophonist/composer Oliver Nelson born 1932 in St. Louis, MO. | |
| Saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera born 1948 in Havana, Cuba. | |
| Jun 5 | Pianist Misha Mengelberg born 1935 in Kiev, Ukraine, SSR. |
| Duke Ellington records Bakiff, featuring violinist Ray Nance, 1941. | |
| Pianist/composer Stanley Cowell records Blues for the Viet Cong, 1969. | |
| Jun 6 | Guitarist Grant Green born 1931 in St. Louis, MO. |
| Pianist Monty Alexander born 1944 in Kingston, Jamaica. | |
| Pianist/bandleader Count Basie records Doggin’ Around 1938 | |
| Jun 7 | Guitarist Tal Farlow born 1921 in Greensboro, NC. |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records solo album in Paris, 1954. | |
| Trumpeter Miles Davis records Nefertiti with his quintet (Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hanock, Ron Carter and Tony Williams, 1967. | |
| Jun 8 | Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet records Summertime, 1939. |
| Trombonist Bill Watrous born 1939 in Middletown, CT. | |
| Avant-garde composer John Cage and bandleader/keyboardist Sun Ra record together at Coney Island 1986 | |
| Jun 9 | Don Byas and Slam Stewart record I Got Rhythm 1945 |
| Pianist Kenny Barron born 1943 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Guitarist Les Paul born 1915 in Waukesha, WI | |
| Jun 10 | Bassist Charnett Moffett born 1967 in New York, NY. |
| Pianist Erroll Garner records Frankie and Johnny 1947, with bassist Red Callender and drummer Hal "Doc" West. | |
| Trombonist Dicky Wells born 1907 in Centerville, TN. | |
| Jun 11 | Pianist Fats Waller records I Ain’t Got Nobody piano solo 1937 |
| Pianists George Shearing, John Lewis and Dave McKenna record A Tribute to Bill Evans, 1981 | |
| Drummer Shelly Manne born 1920 in New York, NY. | |
| Jun 12 | Pianist/composer Chick Corea born 1941 in Chelsea, MA |
| Pianist Geri Allen born 1957 in Pontiac, MI. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon records Bikini 1947 | |
| Jun 13 | Trumpeter Doc Cheatham born 1905 in Nashville, TN |
| Louis Armstrong and The Mills Brothers record The Song Is Ended 1938 | |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records A Night in Tunisia with Boyd Raeburn’s band, 1944. | |
| Jun 14 | Bassist John Simmons born 1918 in Haskell, OK. |
| Bandleader/drummer Chick Webb makes his first recording, Dog Bottom, as a bandleader 1929 | |
| Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson records Components with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter, 1965. | |
| Jun 15 | Pianist Jaki Byard born 1922 in Worcester, MA. |
| Pianist Erroll Garner born 1921 in Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| Jimmie Lunceford’s band records Sy Oliver’s For Dancers Only, 1937. | |
| Jun 16 | Saxophonist Lucky Thompson born 1924 in Columbia, SC. |
| Pianist Albert Dailey born 1939 in Baltimore, MD. | |
| Trumpeter Tom Harrell born 1946 in Urbana, IL. | |
| Jun 17 | Soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet records When a Soprano Meets a Piano with Martial Solal, 1957. |
| Clarinetist Tony Scott born 1921 in Morristown, NJ. | |
| The Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra records Central Park North, 1969. | |
| Jun 18 | Drummer/bandleader Ray McKinley born 1910 in Fort Worth, TX. |
| 1956 Metronome All Stars, including bassist Charles Mingus, trumpeter Thad Jones, alto saxophonist Lee Konitz and drummer Art Blakey records. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Jimmy Heath records A New Face with pianist Tommy Flanagan, 1985. | |
| Jun 19 | Vocalist Dave Lambert born 1917 in Boston, MA. |
| Pianist John Hicks records Impressions of Mary Lou (Williams), 1998. | |
| Vocalist Carmen McCrae records If Love Were All, 1957. | |
| Jun 20 | Pianist Bill Evans is featured on the recording of George Russell’s All About Rosie, 1957. |
| Saxophonist/bass clarinetist Eric Dolphy born 1928 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Saxophonist Benny Carter records Waltzing The Blues 1936 | |
| Jun 21 | Pianist Eric Reed born 1970 in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Pianist Les McCann records Swiss Movement at the Montreux Jazz Festival, 1969. | |
| Troy Floyd And His Plaza Hotel Orchestra record Dreamland Blues, 1929. | |
| Jun 22 | Drummer Ben Pollack born 1903 in Chicago, IL. |
| Percussionist Ray Mantilla born 1934 in New York, NY. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins records Blue 7 1956 | |
| Jun 23 | Composer George Russell born 1923 in Cincinnati, OH. |
| Saxophonist/flutist Sahib Shihab born 1925 in Savannah, GA, | |
| Just Jazz with Red Norvo records Body and Soul 1947 | |
| Jun 24 | Bandleader/pianist George Gruntz born 1932 in Basel, Switzerland |
| Arranger Manny Albam born 1922 in Samana, Dominican Republic. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin records Back From The Gig, with trumpeter Woody Shaw, 1968. | |
| Jun 25 | Composer Bill Russo born 1928 in Chicago, IL. |
| Drummer/pianist Joe Chambers born 1942 in Stoneacre, VA. | |
| The Bill Evans Trio with bassist Scott LaFaro and drummer Paul Motian record at The Village Vanguard, 1961. | |
| Jun 26 | Thelonious Monk records Epistrophy with a band that includes both Coleman Hawkins and John Coltrane 1957 |
| Drummer Joey Baron born 1955 in Richmond, VA. | |
| Bassist/educator Reggie Workman born 1937 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Jun 27 | Benny Carter records his Songbooks, Vol. 1 and 2, 1995. |
| Pianist Mal Waldron records The Quest with saxophonists Eric Dolphy And Booker Ervin, 1961. | |
| Pianist Elmo Hope born 1923 in New York, NY. | |
| Jun 28 | Louis Armstrong records West End Blues 1928. |
| Bass saxophonist Adrian Rollini born 1904 in New York, NY | |
| Trumpeter Joe Smith born 1902 in Ripley, OH. | |
| Jun 29 | Trombonist Julian Priester born 1935 in Chicago, IL. |
| Pianist/arranger Ralph Burns born 1922 in Newton, MA. | |
| Orchestra U.S.A. records Benny Golson’s A Portrait of Coleman Hawkins 1964 | |
| Jun 30 | Drummer Buddy Rich born 1917 |
| Pianist/composer Andrew Hill born 1937 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Duke Ellington records Ellington Uptown, 1952. | |
| Jul 1 top | Drummer Leon "Ndugu" Chancler born 1952 in Shreveport, LA. |
| Drummer Rashied Ali born 1935 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Benny Goodman records King Porter Stomp featuring trumpeter Bunny Berigan, 1935. | |
| Jul 2 | Drummer Gene Krupa’s band and Roy Eldridge record Rockin’ Chair 1941 |
| Thelonious Monk records Misterioso and Evidence 1948 | |
| Pianist Ahmad Jamal born 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| Jul 3 | Trumpeter Johnny Coles born 1926 in Trenton, NJ. |
| Art Tatum records Too Marvelous for Words 1955 | |
| Trombonist Lawrence Brown born 1907 in Lawrence, KS. | |
| Jul 4 | Louis Armstrong’s "birthday" 1900 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Pianist/composer Randy Weston records Earth Birth with the Orchestre Du Festival De Jazz De Montreal, 1995. | |
| Drummer Butch Miles born 1944 in Ironton, OH. | |
| Jul 5 | Vocalist Billie Holiday records Them There Eyes, 1939. |
| Saxophonist Arthur Blythe born 1940 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Vocalist Ella Fitzgerald records Carnegie Hall, ’73. | |
| Jul 6 | The bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie record For The First Time, 1961. |
| Benny Goodman records Sing, Sing, Sing featuring drummer Gene Krupa. | |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records Mary Lou Williams’ In The Land of Oo-Bla-Dee, 1949. | |
| Jul 7 | Guitarist Tiny Grimes born 1916 in Newport News, VA. |
| Count Basie records One O’Clock Jump, 1937 | |
| Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley born 1930 in Eastman, GA. | |
| Jul 8 | Arranger Bill Challis born 1904 in Wilkes Barre, PA. |
| Vocalist Billy Eckstine born 1914 in Pittsburgh, PA. | |
| Duke Ellington records At Newport, 1956 with the extended version of Diminuendo and Crescendo In Blue. | |
| Jul 9 | Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records Things To Come, 1946. |
| Saxophonist Frank Wright born 1935 in Grenada, MS. | |
| Trumpeter Miles Davis records Blue Moods, with bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Elvin Jones 1955 | |
| Jul 10 | Trumpeter Cootie Williams born 1910 in Mobile, AL. |
| Vocalist Ivie Anderson born 1905 in Gilroy, CA. | |
| Pianist/arranger/trumpeter Dick Cary born 1916 in Hartford, CT. | |
| Jul 11 | Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane records The Stardust Session, with flugelhornist Wilbur Harden, 1958. |
| McKinney’s Cotton Pickers record their first session, including Crying and Sighing, 1928. | |
| Blues Singer Blind Lemon Jefferson born 1897 in Couchman, TX. | |
| Jul 12 | Tenor saxophonist Paul Gonsalves born 1920 in Boston, MA. |
| Trumpeter Conte Candoli born 1927 in Mishawaka, IN. | |
| Drummer Roy Haynes records Vistalite with tenor sxophonist Joe Henderson, 1976. | |
| Jul 13 | Tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler born 1936 in Cleveland, OH. |
| Art Tatum records Willow Weep for Me 1949 | |
| Benny Goodman records Body and Soul 1935 | |
| Jul 14 | J.J. Johnson records Tangence, an orchestral album with Robert Farnon in London 1994 |
| Drummer Alan Dawson born 1929 in Marietta, PA. | |
| Pianist Billy Kyle born 1914 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Jul 15 | Harlan Leonard’s Big Band records Tadd Dameron’s A-La-Bridges, 1940. |
| Drummer Philly Joe Jones born 1923 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| First Newport Jazz Festival opens 1954 | |
| Jul 16 | Drummer Bobby Previte born 1957 in Niagara Falls, NY. |
| Saxophonist/bass clarinetist/flutist Eric Dolphy and trumpeter Booker Little record at the Five Spot 1961 | |
| Vibraphonist Cal Tjader born 1925 in St. Louis, MO. | |
| Jul 17 | Drummer Joe Morello born 1928 in Springfield, MA. |
| Drummer Ben Riley born 1933 in Savannah, GA. | |
| Creole Pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton records with The New Orleans Rhythm Kings 1923 - one of the very first integrated recording sessions. | |
| Jul 18 | Trombonist Carl Fontana born 1928 in Monroe, LA. |
| Charles Mingus records Tijuana Moods 1957 | |
| Trumpeter Erskine Hawkins’ Big Band records Tuxedo Junction, 1939. | |
| Jul 19 | Clarinetist Buster Bailey born 1902 in Memphis, TN. |
| Trumpeter Bobby Bradford born 1934 in Cleveland, MS. | |
| Bud Freeman and his Summa Cum Laude Orchestra record The Eel 1939 | |
| Jul 20 | Arranger/saxophonist Ernie Wilkins born 1922 in St. Louis, MO. |
| Bassist Peter Ind born 1928 in Uxbridge, England. | |
| Stan Kenton’s band records Bill Holman’s arrangement of What’s New, 1955. | |
| Jul 21 | Vocalist Helen Merrill born 1930 in New York, NY. |
| Louis Armstrong records I’m Confessin’, 1930. | |
| Benny Carter arranges and plays on an all-star session for Lionel Hampton, 1938, including trumpeter Harry James and drummer Jo Jones. | |
| Jul 22 | Pianist Al Haig born 1924 in Newark, NJ. |
| Bassist Keter Betts born 1928 in Port Chester, NY. | |
| Duke Ellington records Harlem Airshaft, 1940. | |
| Jul 23 | Trumpeter Emmett Berry born 1915 in Macon, GA. |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records Criss-Cross 1951 | |
| Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy born 1934 in New York, NY. | |
| Jul 24 | Pianist Billy Taylor born 1921 in Greenville, NC. |
| Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson born 1939 in Joplin, MO. | |
| Duke Ellington records Sepia Panorama, 1940. | |
| Jul 25 | Vocalist Annie Ross born 1930 in Surrey, England. |
| Trumpeter/bandleader Don Ellis born 1934 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Saxophonist Johnny Hodges born 1907 in Cambridge, MA. | |
| Jul 26 | Drummer/composer/bandleader Louie Bellson born 1924 in Rock Falls, IL. |
| Drummer/bandleader Charlie Persip born 1929 in Morristown, NJ. | |
| Count Basie records All, OK, You Win with vocalist Joe Williams, 1955. | |
| Jul 27 | Trumpeter Miles Davis records Quiet Nights with arranger Gil Evans, 1962. |
| Tenor saxophonist Jean Toussaint born 1960 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. | |
| Helen Merrill records with Gil Evans (Hank Jones, Art Farmer, Oscar Pettiford) 1956 | |
| Jul 28 | Trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis born 1965 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Duke Ellington records Sherman Shuffle, 1942. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Don Byas records Free and Easy with trumpeter Charlie Shavers and pianist Clyde Hart, 1944. | |
| Jul 29 | Pianist/composer John Lewis records The Wonderful World of Jazz, 1960. |
| Guitarist Charlie Christian born 1916 in Dallas, TX. | |
| Arranger/saxophonist Don Redman born 1900 Piedmont, WVA. | |
| Jul 30 | Saxophonist James Spaulding born 1937 in Indianapolis, IN. |
| Drummer Vernel Fournier born 1928 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Charles Mingus records solo piano album 1963 | |
| Jul 31 | Pianist Hank Jones born 1918 in Vicksburg, MS. |
| Guitarist Kenny Burrell born 1931 in Detroit, MI. | |
| Clarinetist Artie Shaw’s Gramercy Five with trumpeter Roy Eldridge and pianist Dodo Marmorosa record Scuttlebutt, 1945. | |
| Aug 1 top | Pianist/vocalist Fats Waller records Until The Real Thing Comes Along, 1936. |
| Glenn Miller records In The Mood, 1939. | |
| Drummer/composer Max Roach records Percussion Bittersweet, 1961. | |
| Aug 2 | Tenor saxophonist Big Nick Nicholas born 1922 in Lansing, MI. |
| Trumpeter Clifford Brown and drummer Max Roach record Parisian Thoroughfare, 1954. | |
| The Benny Goodman Quartet records Smiles, 1937. | |
| Aug 3 | Alto saxophonist Greg Osby born 1960 in St. Louis, MO. |
| Trumpeter/arranger Charlie Shavers born 1917 in New York, NY. | |
| Tenor saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter records JuJu with pianist McCoy Tyner, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Elvin Jones, 1964. | |
| Aug 4 | Louis Armstrong born 1901 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Guitarist Herb Ellis born 1921 in Farmersville, TX. | |
| Count Basie’s band records Song of the Islands featuring trumpeter Buck Clayton and tenor saxophonist Lester Young, 1939. | |
| Aug 5 | Percussionist Airto Moreira born 1941 in Itaiopolis, Brazil. |
| Trumpeter Frankie Newton and bassist John Kirby record Emperor Jones with Charlie Barnet 1937 | |
| Pianist/bandleader Luis Russell born 1902 in Careening Clay, Panama. | |
| Aug 6 | Trombonist Vic Dickenson born 1906 in Xenia, OH. |
| Vocalist Abbey Lincoln born 1930 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Bassist Charlie Haden born 1937 in Shenandoah, IA. | |
| Aug 7 | Pianist Thelonious Monk records Live at the Five Spot, 1958. |
| Guitarist George Van Eps born 1913 in Plainfield, NJ. | |
| Multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk born 1936 in Columbus, OH. | |
| Aug 8 | Trombonist Urbie Green born 1926 in Mobile, AL. |
| Vocalist Sarah Vaughan records Nobody Else But me with Benny Carter, 1962. | |
| Saxophonist/composer/bandleader Benny Carter born 1907 in New York, NY. | |
| Aug 9 | Count Basie records Time Out and Topsy, 1938. |
| Drummer/pianist Jack DeJohnette born 1942 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Jazz historian/critic Martin Williams born 1924 in Richmond, VA. | |
| Aug 10 | Pianist/bandleader Claude Thornhill born 1909 in Terre Haute, IN. |
| Vocalist Mamie Smith records Crazy Blues 1920, the first hit record to establish the blues. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp records Four for Trane, 1966. | |
| Aug 11 | Pianist Jess Stacy born 1904 in Bird’s Point, MO. |
| Alto saxophonist/clarinetist Russell Procope born 1908 in New York, NY. | |
| Clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman records Fletcher Henderson’s arrangement of Fats Waller’s Stealin’ Apples, 1939. | |
| Aug 12 | Pianist Wynton Kelly records Kelly Great with trumpeter Lee Morgan, tenor saxophonist Wayne Shorter, bassist Paul Chambers, and drummer Philly Joe Jones. |
| Drummer Tony Williams records Spring with the tenor saxophonists Sam Rivers and Wayne Shorter, 1965. | |
| Guitarist Pat Metheny born 1954 in Lee’s Summit, MO. | |
| Aug 13 | Pianist George Shearing born 1919 in London, England. |
| Pianist Mulgrew Miller born 1955 in Greenwood, MS. | |
| Baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan records with Thelonious Monk, 1957. | |
| Aug 14 | Violinist Stuff Smith born 1909 in Portsmouth, OH. |
| Pianist/vibraphonist Eddie Costa born 1930 in Atlas, PA. | |
| Trumpeter Miles Davis records first session as a leader, with Charlie Parker on tenor saxophone, 1947. | |
| Aug 15 | Bassist Sam Jones records Right Down Front, 1962 |
| Composer Bill Russo records A Recital in New American Music 1951 | |
| Pianist Oscar Peterson born 1925 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. | |
| Aug 16 | Three pianists born - Bill Evans, 1929 in Plainfield, NJ., Mal Waldron, 1925 in New York, N.Y., and Carl Perkins, 1928 in Indianapolis, IN. |
| Vocalist Al Hibbler born 1915 in Tyro, MS. | |
| Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records Drum Stomp, 1937. | |
| Aug 17 | Pianist/composer Duke Pearson born 1932 in Atlanta, GA. |
| Bassist George Duvivier born 1920 in New York, NY. | |
| Pianist Paul Bley records Floater with bassist Steve Swallow ansd drummer Pete LaRoca, 1962. | |
| Aug 18 | Trumpeter Miles Davis records Gil Evans’ arrangements of Porgy and Bess, 1958. |
| Drummer Don Lamond born 1920 in Oklahoma City, OK. | |
| Fletcher Henderson’s band records Coleman Hawkins’ Queer Notions, 1933. | |
| Aug 19 | Pianist Jimmy Rowles born 1918 in Spokane, WA. |
| Arranger Lyle "Spud" Murphy born Salt Lake City, 1908. | |
| Trombonist/composer/arranger Eddie Durham born 1906 in San Marcos, TX. | |
| Aug 20 | Drummer Milford Graves born 1941 in New York, NY. |
| Guitarist Jimmy Raney born 1927 in Louisville, KY. | |
| Trombonist Frank Rosolino born 1926 in Detroit, MI. | |
| Aug 21 | Pianist/bandleader Count Basie born 1904 in Red Bank, NJ. |
| Flugelhornist Art Farmer born 1928 in Council Bluffs, IA. | |
| Drummer Leon Parker born 1965 in White Plains, NY. | |
| Aug 22 | Thelonious Monk’s ’Round Midnight is recorded for the first time by trumpeter Cootie Williams’ big band, 1944. |
| Bassist Malachi Favors born 1937 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Count Basie records Jumpin’ At the Woodside, 1938. | |
| Aug 23 | Pianist Martial Solal born 1927 in Algiers, North Africa |
| Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane records Traneing In with Red Garland’s trio, 1957. | |
| Pianist McCoy Tyner records Expansions with trumpeter Woody Shaw, saxophonists Gary Bartz and Wayne Shorter, 1968. | |
| Aug 24 | Vibraphonist Milt Jackson records Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea with pianist John Lewis, bassist Ray Brown and drummer Kenny Clarke, 1951. |
| Alto saxophonist Buster Smith born 1904 in Ennis, TX. | |
| Drummer Buddy Rich records This One’s for Basie, 1956. | |
| Aug 25 | Tenor saxophonist Buddy Tate records Meets Dollar Brand, 1977. |
| Saxophonist/composer Wayne Shorter born 1933 in Newark, NJ. | |
| Organist Jimmy Smith records The Sermon, 1957 with trumpeter Lee Morgan and guitarist Kenny Burrell. | |
| Aug 26 | Saxophonist Branford Marsalis born 1960 in Breaux Bridge, LA. |
| Vocalist Jimmy Rushing born 1903 in Oklahoma City, OH. | |
| Duke Ellington records Old Man Blues, 1930. | |
| Aug 27 | Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon records GO! with drummer Billy Higgins, 1962. |
| Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz records Big Band Bossa Nova arranged by Gary McFarland, 1962. | |
| Tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Lester Young born 1909 in Woodville, MS. | |
| Aug 28 | Clarinetist Jimmy Giuffre records with the Modern Jazz Quartet at the Music Inn 1956 |
| Tenor saxophonist Chu Berry records Monday at Mintons with pianist Clyde Hart and trumpeter Hot Lips Page, 1941. | |
| Pianist Kenny Drew born 1928 in New York, NY | |
| Aug 29 | Vocalist Dinah Washington born 1924 |
| Trombonist/vocalist Jack Teagarden born 1905 in Vernon, TX. | |
| Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker born 1920 in Kansas City, KS. | |
| Aug 30 | Max Roach and Archie Shepp duo concert is recorded in Switzerland 1979 |
| Trumpeter Kenny Dorham born 1924 in Fairfield, TX. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Eddie Harris records Freedom Jazz Dance, 1965. | |
| Aug 31 | Alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman records Colors, duets with pianist Joachim Kuhn, 1996. |
| Jimmie Lunceford records Organ Grinder’s Swing 1936 | |
| Composer/arranger Edgar Sampson born 1907 in New York, NY. | |
| Sep 1 top | Saxophonist Art Pepper born 1925 in Gardena, CA. |
| Bassist/french hornist Willie Ruff born 1931 in Sheffield, AL. | |
| Duke Ellington records his tribute to Billy Strayhoen, And His Mother Called Him Bill, 1967. | |
| Sep 2 | Pianist Horace Silver born 1928 in Norwalk, CT. |
| Tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan born 1931 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Saxophonist John Coltrane records First Meditations For Quartet, 1965. | |
| Sep 3 | Drummer Roy Brooks born 1938 in Detroit, MI. |
| Pianist/musicologist James Dapogny born 1940 in Berwyn, IL. | |
| Baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff records The Fable of Mabel with pianist Richard Twardzik, 1954. | |
| Sep 4 | Miles Davis Nonet opened at Royal Roost 1948 |
| Saxophonist/educator Dave Liebman born 1946 in New York, NY. | |
| Composer/arranger Gerald Wilson born 1918 in Shelby, MS. | |
| Sep 5 | Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven records Lester Leaps In 1939 featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young. |
| Duke Ellington records In a Mellotone 1940 | |
| Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff born 1928 in Frankfurt, Germany. | |
| Sep 6 | Cornetist Buddy Bolden born 1877 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Clarinetist Sidney Bechet records Blues In Thirds with pianist Earl Hines and drummer Baby Dodds, 1940. | |
| Saxophonist/musicologist Andrew White born 1942 in Washington, DC. | |
| Sep 7 | Trumpeter Joe Newman born 1922 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins born 1929 in New York, NY. | |
| Bennie Moten’s band records South, 1928. | |
| Sep 8 | Cornetist’s Bix Beiderbecke’s last session as leader 1930 |
| Pianist Elmer Schoebel born 1896 in East St. Louis, Illinois. | |
| Bassist Wilbur Ware born 1923 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Sep 9 | Drummer Elvin Jones born 1927 in Pontiac, MI. |
| Bassist George Mraz born 1944 in Czechoslovakia. | |
| Duke Ellington records Indigos, an album of ballads, 1957. | |
| Sep 10 | Drummer Cliff Leeman born 1913 in Portland, ME. |
| Trombonist Craig Harris born 1954 in Hempstead, NY. | |
| Trumpeter Miles Davis records ’Round Midnight with tenor saxophonist John Coltrane, 1956. | |
| Sep 11 | Fluegelhornist Stacy Rowles born 1955 in Los Angeles, CA. |
| Lionel Hampton records When Lights Are Low 1939 | |
| Pianist/singer Harry Connick, Jr. born 1967 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Sep 12 | Trombonist Steve Turre born 1948 in Omaha, NE. |
| Trumpeter Cat Anderson born 1916 in Greenville, SC. | |
| George Russell records Manhattan with a band including John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Bob Brookmeyer and Bill Evans 1958 | |
| Sep 13 | Tenor saxophonist Chu Berry born 1910 in Wheeling, WVA. |
| Billie Holiday records He’s Funny That Way 1937 | |
| Composer/pianist Tadd Dameron records Lady Bird 1948 | |
| Sep 14 | Cecil Taylor makes his first session as a leader 1956. Band includes Steve Lacy, Buell Neidlinger and Dennis Charles. |
| Saxophonist Joseph Jarman born 1937 in Pine Bluff, AR. | |
| Trumpeter Bill Berry born 1930 in Benton Harbor, MI. | |
| Sep 15 | Saxophonist Cannonball Adderley born 1928 in Tampa, FL. |
| Bassist Arvell Shaw born 1923 in St. Louis, MO. | |
| Pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton records Black Bottom Stomp 1926 | |
| Sep 16 | Singer John Hendricks born 1921 in Newark, OH. |
| Violinist Joe Venuti born 1903 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Guitarist Charlie Byrd born 1925 in Chuckatuck, VA. | |
| Sep 17 | Clarinetist Perry Robinson born 1938 in New York, NY. |
| Bandleader Bill McKinney born 1895 in Cynthiana, KY. | |
| Duke Ellington, bassist Charles Mingus and drummer Max Roach record Money Jungle, 1962. | |
| Sep 18 | Guitarist Emily Remler born 1957 in New York, NY. |
| Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker records Parker’s Mood with pianist John Lewis. | |
| Saxophonists Lester Young and Charlie Parker and trumpeter Roy Eldridge record Embraceable You at Carnegie Hall, 1949. | |
| Sep 19 | Woody Herman’s band records Ralph Burns’ extended composition Summer Sequence, 1946. |
| Pianist/composer Muhal Richard Abrams born 1930 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Pianist Erroll Garner records Concert By The Sea with bassist Eddie Calhoun and drummer Denzil Best, 1955. | |
| Sep 20 | Saxophonist Johnny Dankworth born 1927 in London, England |
| Duke Ellington records Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue 1937 | |
| Saxophonist Steve Coleman born 1956 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Sep 21 | Jelly Roll Morton records Dead Man Blues 1926 |
| Drummer Sunny Murray born 1937 in Idabel, OK | |
| Bassist Slam Stewart born 1914 in Englewood, NJ. | |
| Sep 22 | Guitarist Wes Montgomery records Unit 7 with pianist Wynton Kelly, bassist Paul Chambers and drummer Jimmy Cobb, 1965. |
| Trombonist Roswell Rudd records Broad Strokes with vocalist Sheila Jordan, 1999. | |
| Vocalist Marlena Shaw born 1942 in New Rochelle, NY. | |
| Sep 23 | Saxophonist/composer John Coltrane born 1926 in Hamlet, NC. |
| Saxophonist/composer Frank Foster born 1928 in Cincinnati OH. | |
| Pianist/vocalist Ray Charles born 1930 in Albany, GA. | |
| Sep 24 | Trumpeter Fats Navarro born 1923 in Key West, FL. |
| Bassist Charles Mingus records Let My Children Hear Music, 1971. | |
| Sarah Vaughan records My Funny Valentine 1973 | |
| Sep 25 | Saxophonist Sam Rivers born 1923 in El Reno, OK. |
| Woodwind expert Garvin Bushell born 1902 in Springfield, OH. | |
| Saxophonist Lee Konitz records Duets with drummer Elvin Jones, violinist Ray Nance, guitarist Jim Hall and others, 1967. | |
| Sep 26 | Ellington and John Coltrane record together 1962 |
| Xylophonist Red Norvo records Old Fashioned Love with clarinetist Artie Shaw, trombonist Jack Jenney and pianist Teddy Wilson, 1934. | |
| Saxophonist Gary Bartz born 1940 in Baltimore, MD. | |
| Sep 27 | Pianist Bud Powell born 1924 in New York, NY. |
| Trumpeter Red Rodney born 1927 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| The Kansas City 6, with clarinetist/tenor saxophonist Lester Young and electric guitarist Eddie Durham record Countless Blues, 1938. | |
| Sep 28 | Tony Bennett and Bill Evans record Together Again, their second album 1976 |
| Tenor saxophonist John Gilmore born 1931 in Summit, MS. | |
| Pianist Kenny Kirkland born 1955 in Newport, NY. | |
| Sep 29 | Coleman Hawkins and Red Allen record The Day You Came Along 1933 |
| Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty born 1942 in Avranches, France | |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie plays Carnegie Hall with his big band with guests Ella Fitzgerald and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker, 1947. | |
| Sep 30 | Bassist Oscar Pettiford born 1922 in Okmulgee, OK |
| Louis Armstrong and vocalist Billie Holiday record You Can’t Lose A Broken Heart, 1949. | |
| Drummer Buddy Rich born 1917 in New York, NY. | |
| Oct 1 top | Bassist Dave Holland born 1946 in Wolverhampton, W. Midlands, England |
| Duke Ellington and bassist Jimmy Blanton record Pitter Panther Patter, 1940. | |
| Pianist/composer Horace Silver records Cape Verdean Blues with trumpeter Woody Shaw and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, 1965. | |
| Oct 2 | Guitarist Howard Roberts born 1929 in Phoenix, AZ |
| Composer/pianist Django Bates born 1960 in Beckenham, England. | |
| Guitarist Charlie Christian makes his first recording Flying Home with the Benny Goodman Sextet, 1939. | |
| Oct 3 | Pianist Dave Brubeck records All The Things We Are with alto saxophonists Lee Konitz and Anthony Braxton, 1974. |
| Fletcher Henderson records Benny Carter’s arrangement of Somebody Loves Me, 1930. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Von Freeman born 1922 in Chicago, IL | |
| Oct 4 | English tenor saxophonist Tubby Hayes records in New York with Clark Terry and Horace Parlan 1961 |
| Vocalist Leon Thomas born 1937 in East St. Louis, IL. | |
| Electric/acoustic bassist Steve Swallow born 1940 in Fair Lawn, NJ | |
| Oct 5 | Bassist Jimmy Blanton born 1918 in Chattanooga, TN. |
| Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke and his Gang record Jazz Me Blues, 1927. | |
| Trombonist Steve Turre records In The Spur of the Moment with bassist Buster Williams and drummer Jack DeJohnette, 1999. | |
| Oct 6 | Ellington records Black and Tan Fantasy at first Victor session 1927 |
| Pianist Norman Simmons born 1929 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Pianist Sammy Price born 1908 in Honey Grove, TX | |
| Oct 7 | Louis Armstrong records his first session with Fletcher Henderson’s band 1924 |
| Drummer Jo Jones born 1911 in Chicago, IL | |
| Organist Larry Young born 1940 in Newark, NJ. | |
| Oct 8 | Baritone saxophonist Pepper Adams born 1930 in Highland Park, MI |
| Drummer J .C. Heard born 1917 in Dayton, OH. | |
| Lennie Tristano records first trio sides (Out on a Limb) 1946 with Clyde Lombardi and Billy Bauer | |
| Oct 9 | Reedman/composer Yusef Lateef born 1920 in Chattanooga, TN and records Gong, 1957. |
| Alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett born 1960 in Detroit, MI. | |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records Ba-lue-Bolivar-Ba-lues-are, with bassist Oscar Pettiford, drummer Max Roach and saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Ernie Henry, 1956. | |
| Oct 10 | Trumpeter Harry "Sweets" Edison born 1915 in Columbus, OH. |
| Billie Holiday stages a 1956 comeback concert at Carnegie Hall (it also became an album) with a band that includes Roy Eldridge and Coleman Hawkins. | |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk born 1917in Rocky Mount, NC | |
| Oct 11 | Drummer/bandleader Art Blakey born 1919 in Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Trumpeter Lester Bowie born 1941 in Frederick, MD. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins records Body and Soul 1939, an advanced improvisation that became a hit. | |
| Oct 12 | Drummer Tubby Hall born 1895 in Sellers, LA. |
| Bassist/composer Charles Mingus records The Complete Town Hall Concert, 1962. | |
| Alto saxophonist James Moody records I’m in The Mood for Love, 1949, which later becomes a hit as Moody’s Mood for vocalist Eddie Jefferson. | |
| Oct 13 | Bassist Ray Brown born 1926 in Pittsburgh, PA. |
| Pianist Art Tatum born 1909 in Toledo, OH. | |
| Saxophonist Lee Konitz born 1927 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Oct 14 | Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster and pianist Joe Zawinul record together, with trumpeter Thad Jones, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Philly Joe Jones, 1963. |
| Trumpeter Dusko Goykovich born 1931 in Jajce, Yugoslavia | |
| Duke Ellington records Tootin’ Through the Roof, featuring cornetist Rex Stewart and trumpeter Cootie Williams, 1939. | |
| Oct 15 | Nat King Cole’s short-lived television show has Jazz at the Philharmonic as his guest, and plays in a rare jazz appearance with Stan Getz and Coleman Hawkins. |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk makes his first recordings as a leader, 1947. | |
| Trumpeter Al Killian born 1916 in Birmingham, AL | |
| Oct 16 | Saxophonist/arranger/composer Benny Carter records Lonesome Nights and Symphony in Riffs 1933 |
| Trombonist Ray Anderson born 1952 in Chicago, IL | |
| Trumpeter Roy Hargrove born 1969 in Waco, TX. | |
| Oct 17 | Trombonist Jimmy Harrison born 1900 in Louisville, KY. |
| Two guitarists born - Barney Kessel 1923 in Muskogee, OK. and Howard Alden 1958 in Newport Beach, CA. | |
| J.J. Johnson and Kai Winding record their first album as co-leaders at Birdland 1954 | |
| Oct 18 | Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis born 1961 in New Orleans, LA |
| Pianist/composer James P. Johnson records Carolina Shout 1921 | |
| Tenor saxophonist Stanley Turrentine records Jubilee Shouts, 1962. | |
| Oct 19 | Trombonist Jack Jenney records his classic version of Stardust with his own big band 1939 |
| Clarinetist Eddie Daniels born 1941 in New York, NY. | |
| Clarinetist Alphonse Picou born 1878 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Oct 20 | Saxophonist Eddie Harris born 1936 in Chicago, IL. |
| Pianist/composer Jelly Roll Morton born 1890 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Vocalist Ethel Waters records Dinah, 1925. | |
| Oct 21 | Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie born 1917 in Cheraw, SC. |
| In 1946, Billy Strayhorn begans rehearsing his and Ellington’s only Broadway show Beggar’s Holiday, which closed after only 4 months. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Don Byas born 1912 in Muskogee, OK. | |
| Oct 22 | Pianist/composer Clare Fischer born 1928 in Durand, MI |
| Count Basie records The Atomic Basie, 1957, featuring arrangements by Neal Hefti.. | |
| Sam Morgan’s Jazz Band records Bogalousa Strut in New Orelans, 1927. | |
| Oct 23 | Alto saxophonist Sonny Criss born 1927 in Memphis, TN |
| Composer/arranger Gary McFarland born 1933 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| The Brass Ensemble Of The Jazz And Classical Music Society records J.J. Johnson’s Jazz Suite for Brass featuring trumpeters Miles Davis and Bernie Glow, 1956. | |
| Oct 24 | Jazz historian Dan Morgenstern born 1929 in Munich, Germany |
| Bassist Wendell Marshall born 1920 in St. Louis, MO. | |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records Well, You Needn’t at his first trio session with bassist Gene Ramey and drummer Art Blakey, 1947. | |
| Oct 25 | Saxophonist/composer Jimmy Heath born 1926 in Philadelphia, PA. |
| Trombonist Robin Eubanks born 1955 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk records The Way You Look Tonight with Sonny Rollins, 1954. | |
| Oct 26 | Tenor saxophonist Warne Marsh born 1927 in Los Angeles, CA. |
| Bandleader/saxophonist Charlie Barnet born 1913 in New York, N.Y. | |
| C. Luckyeth "Luckey" Roberts records an unissued session for Columbia 1916 | |
| Oct 27 | Pianist/composer George Wallington born 1924 in Palmero, Sicily, Italy. |
| Soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy records The Straight Horn of, with drummer Roy Haynes, 1960. | |
| Clarinetist Benny Goodman records Texas Tea Party featuring trombonist/vocalist Jack Teagarden, 1933. | |
| Oct 28 | Guitarist Philip Catherine born 1942 in London, England |
| Trombonist Bill Harris born 1916 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Composer/arranger Chico O’Farrill born 1921 in Havana, Cuba | |
| Oct 29 | Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker records Embraceable You, 1947 |
| Tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims born 1925 in Inglewood, CA. | |
| Composer/arranger/trumpeter Neal Hefti born 1922 in Hastings, NE. | |
| Oct 30 | Percussionist/bandleader Poncho Sanchez born 1951 in Laredo, TX. |
| Count Basie records What’s Your Number? featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young, 1940. | |
| Trumpeter Clifford Brown born 1930 in Wilmington, DE. | |
| Oct 31 | Actress/singer Ethel Waters born 1896 in Chester, PA. |
| Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin born 1930 in Denison, TX. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Illinois Jacquet born 1922 in Boussard, LA. | |
| Nov 1 top | Pianist Roger Kellaway born 1939 in Newton, MA |
| Basssist/composer Charles Mingus records Mingus Dynasty including Jimmy Knepper, Booker Ervin and Roland Hanna 1959 | |
| Alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson born 1926 in Badin, NC. | |
| Nov 2 | Trumpeter Bunny Berigan born 1908 in Hilbert, WI. |
| Alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges records Billy Strayhorn’s Daydream, 1940. | |
| Saxophonist/clarinetist/bandleader Phil Woods born 1931 in Springfield, MA. | |
| Nov 3 | Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins records A Night at the Village Vanguard 1957 with drummer Elvin Jones and bassist Wilbur Ware |
| Bassist Henry Grimes born 1935 in Philadelphia, PA | |
| Pianist Fats Waller records Your Feet’s Too Big, 1940. | |
| Nov 4 | Pianist Joe Sullivan born 1906 in Chicago, IL. |
| Louis Armstrong records Hoagy Carmichael’s Stardust, 1931. | |
| Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker records Klactoveedsedstene, with drummer Max Roach, 1947 | |
| Nov 5 | Vocalist Ella Fitzgerald records Goodnight, My Love with Benny Goodman’s band, 1936. |
| Jimmie Lunceford’s band records Sy Oliver’s version of Annie Laurie featuring trombonist/vocalist Trummy Young, 1937. | |
| Pianist Keith Jarrett records his solo The Sun Bear Concerts in Kyoto, Japan, 1975. | |
| Nov 6 | Arranger Andy Gibson born 1913 in Zanesville, OH |
| Pianist Claude Thornhill’s band records Gil Evans’ arrangement of Donna Lee featuring alto saxophonist Lee Konitz, 1947. | |
| The World Saxophone Quartet records Steppin’ 1981 | |
| Nov 7 | Tenor saxophonist David S. Ware born 1949 in Plainfield, NJ |
| The historic Live at Fargo recording is madeof the Ellington band in 1940, giving us an informal listen to the band at its zenith. | |
| Pianist Joe Bushkin born 1916 in New York, NY. | |
| Nov 8 | Trumpeter Kamau Adilifu (Charles Sullivan) born 1944 in New York, NY. |
| Vocalist Billie Holiday records Don’t Explain, 1944. | |
| Guitarist Russell Malone born 1963 in Albany, GA. | |
| Nov 9 | Two alto saxophonists born: Jesse Davis, 1965 in New Orleans, LA. and Pete Brown, 1906 in Baltimore, MD. |
| Count Basie records How Long Blues with his All American Rhythm Section, (guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Walter Page and drummer Jo Jones) 1938 | |
| Pianist Oscar Peterson records If You Could See Me Now with guitarist Joe Pass, 1983. | |
| Nov 10 | Pianist Paul Bley born 1932 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Bassist Walter Page’s Blue Devils make their only recordings, Blue devil Blues and Squabblin’, 1929 | |
| Tenor saxophonist Mark Turner born 1965 in Fairborn, OH. | |
| Nov 11 | Duke Ellington’s band records Billy Strayhorn’s Progressive Gavotte, 1947. |
| Cornetist Don Cherry records Where Is Brooklyn?, with tenor saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, 1966. | |
| Trumpeter Willie Cook born 1923 in Tangipahoa, IN. | |
| Nov 12 | Bassist Sam Jones born 1924 in Jacksonville, FL. |
| Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five record their first piece, My Heart, 1925. | |
| Trumpeter/arranger Buck Clayton born 1911 in Parsons, KS. | |
| Nov 13 | Pianist Hampton Hawes born 1928 in Los Angeles, CA. |
| Cecil Taylor Quintet with John Coltrane and Kenny Dorham records Hard-Driving Jazz | |
| Drummer Idris Muhammad born 1939 in New Orleans, LA | |
| Nov 14 | Pianist Don Ewell born 1916 in Baltimore, MD |
| Guitarist Billy Bauer born 1915 in New York, NY. | |
| Benny Carter meets Oscar Peterson recorded 1986. | |
| Nov 15 | Pianist/composer Thelonious Monk makes his last studio recordings with bassist Al McKibbon and drummer Art Blakey, 1971. |
| Drummer Gus Johnson born 1913 in Tyler, TX. | |
| Guitarist Kevin Eubanks born 1957 in Philadelphia, PA | |
| Nov 16 | Composer W.C. Handy born 1873 in Muscle Shoals, AL. |
| Guitarist/bandleader Eddie Condon born 1905 in Goodland, IN. | |
| Louis Armstrong records Big Butter and Egg Man 1926 | |
| Nov 17 | Bassist/bandleader Ben Allison born 1966 in New haven, CT. |
| Trombonist Roswell Rudd born 1935 in Sharon, CT. | |
| Trumpeter Doc Cheatham and pianist Sammy Price record duets, 1976. | |
| Nov 18 | Paul Whiteman’s Orchestra records Hoagy Carmichael’s Washboard Blues, 1927. |
| Trumpeter/multi-instrumentalist Don Cherry born 1936 in Oklahoma City, OK . | |
| Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane records Alabama 1963 in reaction to the church bombings. | |
| Nov 19 | Drummer/bandleader Chick Webb records Don’t Be That Way, 1934. |
| Trombonist/bandleader Tommy Dorsey born 1905 in Shenandoah, PA. | |
| Pianist Teddy Wilson records Pennies From Heaven with vocalist Billie Holiday and clarinetist Benny Goodman, 1936. | |
| Nov 20 | Trumpeter Miles Davis records arranger Gil Evans’ version of Concierto De Aranjuez, 1959. |
| Tenor saxophonist Don Braden born 1963 in Cincinnatti, OH. | |
| Guitarist Skeeter Best born 1914 in Kinston, NC. | |
| Nov 21 | Pianist Geoff Keezer born 1970 in Eau Claire, WI. |
| Xylphonist/composer Red Norvo records Dance of the Octopus 1933 with Benny Goodman on bass clarinet. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins born 1904 in St. Joseph, MO | |
| Nov 22 | Pianist/arranger Horace Henderson born 1904 in Cuthbert, GA . |
| Trombonist /arranger/composer Jimmy Knepper born 1927 in Los Angeles, CA. | |
| Composer/author/conductor Gunther Schuller born 1925 in Jackson Heights, NY. | |
| Nov 23 | Bassist/composer Ray Drummond born 1946 in Brookline, MS. |
| Composer Johnny Mandel born 1925 in New York, NY. | |
| Drummer Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers record At the Café Bohemia, with trumpeter Kenny Dorham, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley and pianist Horace Silver, 1955. | |
| Nov 24 | Vocalist Bessie Smith makes her last recordings, including Give Me A Pigfoot, 1933. |
| Organist/arranger Will Bill Davis born 1918 in Glasgow, MO. | |
| Saxophonist/composer/arranger Al Cohn born 1925 in New York, NY. | |
| Nov 25 | Cornetist Nat Adderley born 1931 in Tampa, FL. |
| Alto saxophonist Paul Desmond born 1924 in San Francisco, CA, | |
| Pianist/composer Willie "The Lion" Smith born 1897 in Goshen, NY | |
| Nov 26 | Duke Ellington records I’m Just A Lucky So-and-So, 1945. |
| Charlie Parker records KoKo at his first session as a leader, 1945 | |
| Louis Armstrong records After You’ve Gone, 1929. | |
| Nov 27 | Bandleader/composer Maria Schneider born 1960 in Windom, MN. |
| Violinist Eddie South born 1904 in Louisiana, MO . | |
| Pianist Jacky Terrasson born 1966 in Berlin, Germany. | |
| Nov 28 | Drummer George Wettling born 1907 in Topeka, KS. |
| Tenor saxophonist Lester Young records The President Plays with Oscar Peterson, 1952. | |
| Saxophonist/composer Gigi Gryce born 1927 in Pensacola, FL. | |
| Nov 29 | Drummer Adam Nussbaum born Nov 29, 1955 in New York, NY. |
| Trumpeter Lee Morgan records The Rajah, with tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley and pianist Cedar Walton, 1966. | |
| Composer/pianist Billy Strayhorn born 1915 in Dayton, OH. | |
| Nov 30 | Trumpeter Jack Sheldon born 1931 in Jacksonville, FL. |
| Louis Armstrong records Satchmo at Symphony Hall with drummer Big Sid Catlett and trombonist Jack Teagarden, 1947. | |
| Bunny Berigan records Bix Beiderbecke’s In A Mist, 1938. | |
| Dec 1 top | Saxophonist Jimmy Lyons born 1933 in Jersey City, NJ. |
| Bassist/composer Jaco Pastorius born 1951 in Norristown, PA. and records The Birthday Concert, 1981. | |
| Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin records Five Birds and a Monk with pianist Stanley Cowell, 1978. | |
| Dec 2 | Vocalist Sylvia Syms born 1917 in New York, NY. |
| Composer/arranger Eddie Sauter born 1914 in New York, NY. | |
| Two pianists born: Wynton Kelly 1931 in Jamaica, and Ronnie Mathews 1935 in New York, NY. | |
| Dec 3 | Tenor saxophonist Booker Ervin records The Freedom Book with pianist Jaki Byard, 1963. |
| Valve Trombonist/arranger Brad Gowans born 1903 in Billerica, MA. | |
| Alto saxophonist Benny Carter plays and sings his composition Goodbye Blues with The Chocolate Dandies, 1930. | |
| Dec 4 | Guitarist Jim Hall born 1930 in Buffalo, NY. |
| Duke Ellington records Daybreak Express, 1933. | |
| Duke Ellington’s band historic opening at New York’s Cotton Club 1927. | |
| Dec 5 | Bassist Art Davis born 1934 in Harrisburg, PA |
| Louis Armstrong and pianist Earl Hines record their duet Weatherbird 1928 | |
| The BeBop Boys, featuring trumpeter Fats Navarro, record Nostalgia, 1947. | |
| Dec 6 | Guitarist Remo Palmier born 1923 in New York, NY. |
| Bassists Slam Stewart and Major Holley record Shut Yo’ Mouth!, 1981. | |
| Pianist/composer Dave Brubeck born 1920 in Concord, CA. | |
| Dec 7 | The Casa Loma Orchestra records Casa Loma Stomp 1930 |
| Bandleader Teddy Hill born 1909 in Birmingham, AL. | |
| Pianist Matthew Shipp born 1960 in Wilmington, DE. | |
| Dec 8 | Organist Jimmy Smith born 1925 in Norristown, PA. |
| Louis Armstrong records That’s My Home with drummer Chick Webb’s band, 1932. | |
| The Sound of Jazz is broadcast live, setting a standard for jazztelevisionthathasyet to be equalled. 1957 | |
| Dec 9 | 2 trumpeters born: Donald Byrd 1932 in Detroit, MI. and Jimmy Owens 1943 in New York, NY. |
| The John Coltrane Quartet records A Love Supreme, 1964. | |
| Louis Armstrong records Struttin’ With Some Barbecue 1927 | |
| Dec 10 | Trumpeter/violinist Ray Nance born 1913 in Chicago, IL. |
| Clarinetist Irving Fazola born 1912 in New Orleans, LA. | |
| Bassist Bob Cranshaw born 1932 in Evanston, IL. | |
| Dec 11 | Duke Ellington records The Controversial Suite, 1951. |
| Tenor saxophonist Coleman Hawkins records Angel Face with pianist Hank Jones, 1947. | |
| Pianist McCoy Tyner born 1938 in Philadelphia, PA. | |
| Dec 12 | Pianist Earl Hines records Fifty-Seven Varieties, 928. |
| Vocalist Joe Williams born 1918 in Cordele, GA. | |
| Drummer Tony Williams born 1945 in Chicago, IL. | |
| Dec 13 | Drummer Sonny Greer born 1895 in Long Beach, NJ. |
| Louis Armstrong records Hotter Than That 1927 | |
| Bennie Moten’s band makes its last recordings, including Moten Swing, featuring pianist Count Basie, tenor saxophonist Ben Webster, trumpeter Hot Lips Page and arranger/guitarist Eddie Durham, 1932. . | |
| Dec 14 | Trumpeter Clark Terry born 1920 in St. Louis, MO. |
| Jelly Roll Morton records King Porter Stomp 1939 | |
| Two saxophonists born: Budd Johnson 1910 in Dallas, TX., and Cecil Payne 1922 in Brooklyn, NY. | |
| Dec 15 | Bandleader/composer Stan Kenton born 1911 in Wichita, KS. |
| Drummer Dannie Richmond born 1935 in New York, NY. | |
| Pianist Cecil Taylor and drummer Max Roach record a duo concert at Columbia University 1979 | |
| Dec 16 | Vocalist Sarah Vaughan records You’re Not The Kind with trumpeter Clifford Brown and pianist Jimmy Jones, 1954. |
| Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers record Grandpa’s Spells 1926 | |
| Saxophonist Joe Farrell born 1937 in Chicago Heights, IL. | |
| Dec 17 | Pianist Bud Powell records A Portrait of Thelonious with drummer Kenny Clarke, 1961. |
| Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker records Crazeology with drummer Max Roach and trumpeter Miles Davis, 1947 | |
| Arranger Sy Oliver born 1910 in Battle Creek, MI. | |
| Dec 18 | Jimmie Lunceford records Rhythm Is Our Business 1934 |
| Two saxophonists born: Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson 1917 in Houston, TX., and Harold Land 1928 in Houston, TX. | |
| Bandleader/arranger Fletcher Henderson born 1897 in Cuthbert, GA. | |
| Dec 19 | Drummer Lenny White born 1949 in New York, NY. |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records Sonny Side Up with tenor saxophonists Sonny Rollins and Sonny Stitt, 1957. | |
| Valve trombonist and composer Bob Brookmeyer born 1929 in Kansas City, MO. | |
| Dec 20 | Clarinetist Sidney Bechet records Blue Horizon 1944 |
| Saxophonist Arne Domnerus born 1924 in Stockholm, Sweden. | |
| Pianist Larry Willis born 1940 in New York, NY. | |
| Dec 21 | Drummer Panama Francis born 1918 in Miami, FL. |
| Ornette Coleman Double Quartet records Free Jazz 1960 | |
| Composer/conductor/cellist/trombonist David Baker born 1931 in Indianapolis. IN. | |
| Dec 22 | Red Onion Jazz Babies record Cake Walking Babies From Home, with trumpeter Louis Armstrong and soprano saxophonist Sidney Bechet, 1924. |
| Pianist Ronnie Ball born 1927 in Birmingham, England | |
| 4 bands record 1947 - Stan Kenton (Interlude), Dizzy Gillespie (Woody ’N You), Duke Ellington (On a Turquiose Cloud), and Fats Navarro/Dexter Gordon (Index). | |
| Dec 23 | Coleman Hawkins records The Man I Love 1943 |
| The first Spirituals To Swing concert is held at Carnegie Hall, 1938. | |
| Louis Armstrong records Sweethearts on Parade 1930 | |
| Dec 24 | Drummer Warren "Baby" Dodds born 1898 in New Orleans, LA. |
| Wayne Shorter records Speak No Evil 1964 | |
| Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk record Bag’s Groove 1954 | |
| Dec 25 | Trombonist/bandleader Kid Ory born 1886 in La Place, LA. |
| Pianist/organist/composer Don Pullen born 1941 in Roanoke, VA. | |
| Bandleader/singer Cab Calloway born 1907 in Rochester, NY. | |
| Dec 26 | Bassist Monty Budwig born Dec 26, 1929 in Pender, NE. |
| Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane records Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful? With trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, 1958. | |
| Guitarist John Scofield born 1951 in Dayton, OH. | |
| Dec 27 | Tenor saxophonist Ben Webster records Old Folks with alto saxophonist Benny Carter and bassist John Kirby. |
| Bassist/author Bill Crow born 1927 in Othello, WA. | |
| Pianist Walter Norris born 1931 in Little Rock, AR. | |
| Dec 28 | Bassist/composer Charles Mingus records Changes I with trumpeter Jack Walrath, tenor saxophonist George Adams, pianist Don Pullen and drummer Dannie Richmond, 1974. |
| Lester Young records first session as a leader (Sometimes I’m Happy) 1943 | |
| 2 pianists born: Earl Hines 1903 in Dusquesne, PA. and Michel Petrucciani 1962 in Orange, France. | |
| Dec 29 | Tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano born 1952 in Cleveland, OH. |
| Pianist Art Tatum records Without A Song, 1953. | |
| Snub Mosely born 1909 in Little Rock, AR. | |
| Dec 30 | Pianist/arranger Jimmy Jones born 1918 in Memphis, TN. |
| Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records Manteca,with percussionist Chano Pozo, 1947. | |
| Duke Ellington records The Clothed Woman, 1947. | |
| Dec 31 | Trumpeter Jonah Jones born 1909 in Louisville, KY. |
| Bassist John Kirby born 1908 in Baltimore, MD. | |
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