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Gil Evans
Piano, Arranger -
Period: to
"Sun Ra" Herman Poole Blount
"Outer Space Visual Communicator, (OVC)" / piano
born: undisclosed -
Germany agrees to limit its submarine warfare
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Dizzy Gillespie
Trumpet -
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Thelonious Monk
Piano -
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Art Blakey
Drums, Percussion -
First legal Sunday baseball game in NYC (philys VS giants)
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Charlie Parker
Alto Saxophone -
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Dave Brubeck
Piano -
Period: to
Charles Mingus
Double Bass, Piano, Cello -
NY state revokes prohibition law
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Bud Powell
Piano -
Period: to
Jimmy Smith
Hammond B-3 organ -
Period: to
Miles Davis
Trumpet -
Period: to
John Coltrane
Tenor, Soprano, and Alto Saxes -
Period: to
Gerry Mulligan
Bari Sax, Arranger -
Period: to
Horace Silver
Piano -
Period: to
Chet Baker
Trumpet, Voice, Flugelhorn -
Period: to
Bill Evans
Piano -
Period: to
Cecil Taylor
Piano -
Audrey Hepburn is born
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Period: to
Ornette Coleman
Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Violin, Trumpet -
Period: to
Sonny Rollins
Tenor Sax -
Mahatma Gandhi taken into British police custody
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Al Capone begins a life sentence in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
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Period: to
Wayne Shorter
Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax -
Period: to
Herbie Hancock
Piano, Keyboard, Synths -
Period: to
Chick Corea
Piano, keyboard -
Period: to
John McLaughlin
Guitar -
Period: to
Keith Jarrett
Piano, Harpsichord -
German Forces in Holland and Denmark surrender to British troops
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Norman Miller's first novel, "The Naked and the Dead" is published
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Period: to
The Modern Jazz Quartet
Milt Jackson (vibes)
John Lewis (piano)
Percy Heath (bass)
Connie Kay (drums) -
Gene Vincent records "Be-Bop-A-Luna"
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American artist Keith Haring was born
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The first Grammy Awards is hosted
Ella Fitzgerald wins -
Period: to
Brandford Marsalis
Saxophones (all) -
Period: to
Maria Schneider
Arranger -
Period: to
Wynton Marsalis
Trumpet -
The first Freedom ride began
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Terrence Blanchard
Trumpet -
Willie Mays breaks National League home run record
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Period: to
Joshua Redman
Saxophones (tenor, alto and soprano) -
Period: to
Brad Mehldau
Piano (sometimes other keyboards) -
National Guard kills 4 students at Kent State University
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Period: to
Jason Moran
Piano -
Margaret Thatcher Sworn in as Britain's First Female Prime Minister
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Period: to
Kamasi Washington
Saxophone -
Period: to
Esperanza Spalding
Bass (electric and acoustic), vocals -
Electric chair malfunctions in Fl, leading states to change execution methods
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Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self rule
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My friend Lynn Kouassi was born!
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Nigerian aircraft crashes in Kano, Nigeria
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Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) dies
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Disney celebrates star wars day with "May the Fourth be with you"