April 15, 2010

This Week in Jazz History: April 15 to April 21

April 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.
 April 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.
 April 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.
 April 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.
 April 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.
 April 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.
 April 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.
Source: Smithsonian Jazz

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