Jazz Timeline 2

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    Gil Evans

    Piano, Arranger
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    "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
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    Charles Mingus

    Double Bass, Piano, Cello

  • NY state revokes prohibition law

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    Bud Powell

    Piano
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    Jimmy Smith

    Hammond B-3 organ
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    Miles Davis

    Trumpet
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    John Coltrane

    Tenor, Soprano, and Alto Saxes
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    Gerry Mulligan

    Bari Sax, Arranger
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    Horace Silver

    Piano
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    Chet Baker

    Trumpet, Voice, Flugelhorn
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    Bill Evans

    Piano
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    Cecil Taylor

    Piano

  • Audrey Hepburn is born

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    Ornette Coleman

    Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, Violin, Trumpet
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    Sonny Rollins

    Tenor Sax

  • Mahatma Gandhi taken into British police custody

  • Al Capone begins a life sentence in Atlanta Federal Penitentiary

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    Wayne Shorter

    Tenor Sax, Soprano Sax
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    Herbie Hancock

    Piano, Keyboard, Synths
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    Chick Corea

    Piano, keyboard
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    John McLaughlin

    Guitar
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    Keith Jarrett

    Piano, Harpsichord

  • German Forces in Holland and Denmark surrender to British troops

  • Norman Miller's first novel, "The Naked and the Dead" is published

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    The Modern Jazz Quartet

    Milt Jackson (vibes)
    John Lewis (piano)
    Percy Heath (bass)
    Connie Kay (drums)

  • Gene Vincent records "Be-Bop-A-Luna"

  • American artist Keith Haring was born

  • The first Grammy Awards is hosted

    Ella Fitzgerald wins
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    Brandford Marsalis

    Saxophones (all)
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    Maria Schneider

    Arranger
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    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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    Joshua Redman

    Saxophones (tenor, alto and soprano)
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    Brad Mehldau

    Piano (sometimes other keyboards)

  • National Guard kills 4 students at Kent State University

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    Jason Moran

    Piano

  • Margaret Thatcher Sworn in as Britain's First Female Prime Minister

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    Kamasi Washington

    Saxophone
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    Esperanza Spalding

    Bass (electric and acoustic), vocals

  • Electric chair malfunctions in Fl, leading states to change execution methods

  • Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self rule

  • My friend Lynn Kouassi was born!

  • Nigerian aircraft crashes in Kano, Nigeria

  • Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys) dies

  • Disney celebrates star wars day with "May the Fourth be with you"