This Week in Jazz History: March 10 to March 16

March 10

• Bassist/composer Charles Mingus records Cumbia and Jazz Fusion, 1977.
• Cornetist Bix Beiderbecke born 1903 in Davenport, IA.
• Trumpeter Bunk Johnson and saxophonist Sidney Bechet record Milenberg Joys, 1945.

March 11

• Violinist Leroy Jenkins born 1932 in Chicago, IL.
• Pianist Kenny Barron records Scratch with bassist Dave Holland and drummer Daniel Humair, 1985.
• Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist Johnny Smith record Moonlight In Vermont, 1952.

March 12

• Pianist/composer Mary Lou Williams records “Russian Lullaby” with trumpeter Frankie Newton, 1944.
• Bassist/composer/bandleader Charles Mingus records “Haitian Fight Song,” 1957.
• Pianist Sir Charles Thompson born 1918 in Springfield, OH.

March 13

• Drummer Roy Haynes born 1926 in Roxbury, MA.
• Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff records A Matter of Taste, 1977.
• Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard born 1962 in New Orleans, LA.

March 14

• Pianist/composer Chick Corea records his first trio album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs with Miroslav Vitous and Roy Haynes, 1968.
• Trumpeter/arranger Quincy Jones born 1933 in Chicago, IL.
• Alto saxophonist Art Pepper records Plus Eleven, with arrangements by Marty Paich, 1959.

March 15

• Trumpeter/bandleader Harry James born 1916 in Albany, GA.
• Duke Ellington records “Concerto for Cootie,” 1940.
• Pianist Cecil Taylor born 1929 in New York, NY.

March 16

• Pianist/composer Fats Waller records “Jitterbug Waltz,” 1942.
• Cornetist Ruby Braff born 1927 in Boston, MA.
• Pianist Tommy Flanagan born 1930 in Detroit, MI.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz