September 2, 2011

This Week in Jazz History: September 2 to September 8

September 2
  • Pianist Horace Silver born 1928 in Norwalk, CT.
  • Tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan born 1931 in Chicago, IL.
  • Saxophonist John Coltrane records “First Meditations For Quartet,” 1965.
September 3
  • Drummer Roy Brooks born 1938 in Detroit, MI.
  • Pianist/musicologist James Dapogny born 1940 in Berwyn, IL.
  • Baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff records “The Fable of Mabel” with pianist Richard Twardzik, 1954.
September 4
  • Miles Davis Nonet opened at The Royal Roost, 1948.
  • Saxophonist/educator Dave Liebman born 1946 in New York, NY.
  • Composer/arranger Gerald Wilson born 1918 in Shelby, MS.
September 5
  • Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven records “Lester Leaps In,” 1939, featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young.
  • Duke Ellington records “In a Mellotone,” 1940.
  • Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff born 1928 in Frankfurt, Germany.
September 6
  • Cornetist Buddy Bolden born 1877 in New Orleans, LA.
  • Clarinetist Sidney Bechet records “Blues In Thirds” with pianist Earl Hines and drummer Baby Dodds, 1940.
  • Saxophonist/musicologist Andrew White born 1942 in Washington, DC.
September 7
  • Trumpeter Joe Newman born 1922 in New Orleans, LA.
  • Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins born 1929 in New York, NY.
  • Bennie Moten’s band records "South," 1928.
September 8
  • Cornetist’s Bix Beiderbecke’s last session as leader, 1930.
  • Pianist Elmer Schoebel born 1896 in East St. Louis, Illinois.
  • Bassist Wilbur Ware born 1923 in Chicago, IL.

Source: Smithsonian Jazz

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