This Week in Jazz History: October 7 to October 13

October 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.

October 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

October 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.

October 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 1917 in Rocky Mount, NC.

October 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.

October 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.

October 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.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz