This Week in Jazz History: January 27 to February 2

January 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.

January 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.

January 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.

January 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.

January 31

• Trumpeter Bobby Hackett born 1915 in Providence, RI.
• 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.

February 1

• 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.

February 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.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz