March 3, 2011

This Week in Jazz History: March 3 to March 9

March 3
  • Bassist Jimmy Garrison born 1934 in Miami, FL.
  • Saxophonist Hal McKusick’s quartet records George Russell’s The Day John Brown Was Hanged, 1956.
  • Clarinetist Barney Bigard born 1906 in New Orleans, LA.
March 4
  • Guitarist Charlie Christian records Solo Flight with Benny Goodman’s band, 1941.
  • Saxophonist Jan Garbarek born 1947 in Mysen, Norway.
  • Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie’s Big Band records Carnegie Hall Concert, 1961.
March 5
  • Vocalist Carol Sloane born 1937 in Providence, RI.
  • Louis Armstrong records “Knockin’ A Jug” with trombonist Jack Teagarden, 1929.
  • Basie tenor saxophonists Frank Foster and Frank Wess record Two Franks, Please, 1956.
March 6
  • Trumpeter Howard McGhee born 1918 in Tulsa, OK.
  • Duke Ellington records “Ko-Ko,” 1940.
  • Guitarist Wes Montgomery born 1925 in Indianapolis, IN.
March 7
  • Boogie-woogie pianist Meade "Lux" Lewis records Honky Tonk Train Blues, 1937.
  • Bassist Alcide Pavageau born 1888 in New Orleans, LA.
  • Guitarist Gabor Szabo born 1936 in Budapest, Hungary.
March 8
  • Saxophonist George Coleman born 1935 in Memphis, TN.
  • Pianist James Williams born 1951 in Memphis, TN.
  • Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz records Yesterdays with Miles Davis, 1951.
March 9
  • Alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley records Somethin’ Else, with trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Hank Jones, and drummer Art Blakey, 1958.
  • Saxophonist Ornette Coleman born 1930 in Fort Worth, TX.
  • Pianist Paul Bley records Turns, featuring tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, 1964.
Source: Smithsonian Jazz

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