This Week in Jazz History: July 1 to July 7

July 1

• Drummer Leon ‘Ndugu’ Chancler born 1952 in Shreveport, LA.
• Drummer Rashied Ali born 1935 in Philadelphia, PA.
• Benny Goodman records “King Porter Stomp” featuring trumpeter Bunny Berigan, 1935.

July 2

• Drummer Gene Krupa’s band and Roy Eldridge record “Rockin’ Chair,” 1941.
• Thelonious Monk records “Misterioso” and “Evidence,” 1948.
• Pianist Ahmad Jamal born 1930 in Pittsburgh, PA.

July 3

• Trumpeter Johnny Coles born 1926 in Trenton, NJ.
• Art Tatum records “Too Marvelous for Words,” 1955.
• Trombonist Lawrence Brown born 1907 in Lawrence, KS.

July 4

• Louis Armstrong’s “birthday” 1900 in New Orleans, LA.
• Pianist/composer Randy Weston records Earth Birth with the Orchestre du Festival de Jazz de Montreal, 1995.
• Drummer Butch Miles born 1944 in Ironton, OH.

July 5

• Vocalist Billie Holiday records “Them There Eyes,” 1939.
• Saxophonist Arthur Blythe born 1940 in Los Angeles, CA.
• Vocalist Ella Fitzgerald records Carnegie Hall, ’73, 1973

July 6

• The bands of Duke Ellington and Count Basie record “For The First Time,” 1961.
• Benny Goodman records “Sing, Sing, Sing” featuring drummer Gene Krupa, 1937.
• Drummer/composer/bandleader Louie Bellson born 1924 in Rock Falls, IL.

July 7

• Guitarist Tiny Grimes born 1916 in Newport News, VA.
• Count Basie records “One O’Clock Jump,” 1937.
• Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley born 1930 in Eastman, GA.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz