January 6, 2011

This Week in Jazz History: January 6 to January 12

January 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.
January 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.
January 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.
January 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.
January 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.
January 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.
January 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.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz

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