This Week in Jazz History: February 3 to February 9

February 3

• Trumpeter Snooky Young born 1919 in Dayton, Ohio.
• The Art Ensemble of Chicago records Thelonious Sphere Monk with Cecil Taylor, 1990.
• Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and Count Basie record The Gifted Ones, 1977.

February 4

• Count Basie records “Jive at Five” (featuring Lester Young), 1939.
• Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke record “Singin’ The Blues,” 1927.
• Pianist Wade Legge born 1934 in Huntington, WV.

February 5

• Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet (with guitarist Charlie Christian) records “Profoundly Blue,” 1941.
• Pianist Rozelle Claxton born 1913 in Memphis, TN.
• Gil Evans records Pacific Standard Time, 1959.

February 6

• Bob Crosby’s Bob Cats record “Spain,” 1940.
• Trumpeter Howard McGhee born 1918 in Tulsa, OK.
• Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley records “Sophisticated Swing” with Junior Mance, Sam Jones, and Jimmy Cobb.

February 7

• Pianist Eubie Blake born 1883 in Baltimore, MD.
• Tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin records Change of Pace with French hornist Julius Watkins, 1961.
• Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley records Soul Station, 1960.

February 8

• Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records the first of his All-Star sessions, 1937.
• Duke Ellington records Billy Strayhorn’s “U.M.M.G.,” 1956.
• Guitarist Lonnie Johnson born 1899 in New Orleans, LA.

February 9

• Bassist Walter Page born 1900 in Gallatin, MS.
• Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie records “Groovin’ High” with tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, 1945.
• Duke Ellington’s band is recorded in stereo by RCA Victor, 1932.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz