This Week in Jazz History: July 22 to July 28

July 22

• Pianist Al Haig born 1924 in Newark, NJ.
• Bassist Keter Betts born 1928 in Port Chester, NY.
• Duke Ellington records “Harlem Airshaft,” 1940.

July 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.

July 24

• Pianist Billy Taylor born 1921 in Greenville, NC.
• Alto saxophonist Charles McPherson born 1939 in Joplin, MO.
• Duke Ellington records “Sepia Panorama,” 1940.

July 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.

July 26

• Only live recording of A Love Supreme 1965 at the Festival Mondial du Jazz Antibes.
• Drummer/bandleader Charlie Persip born 1929 in Morristown, NJ.
• Count Basie records “Alright, OK, You Win” with vocalist Joe Williams, 1955.

July 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.

July 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.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz