Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Today is May 5. Traditional jazz cornetist and valve trombonist Pete Daily was born this day in Portland, Ind., in 1911. He died in 1986. Advertisement Pianist Stanley Cowell was born this day in 1941 in Toledo, Ohio. He has worked with Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Bobby Hutcherson, the Heath Brothers and the Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars. On this day in 1959, Charles Mingus recorded "Fables of Faubus" for his classic album "Mingus Ah Um." The work had a complex 71-bar theme -- and a mocking, satirical message about Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus and segregation in America. Looking at today's hip happenings... On the New York jazz scene... the Les Paul trio is at Iridium. Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra is at the Jazz Standard. Somi and Jeremy James are at the Blue Note. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is at the Village Vanguard. The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin is at Birdland. Advertisement The Sun Ra Arkestra featuring Ahmed Abdullah is at the New School University's Tishman Auditorium tonight. Ron Affif's trio is at the Zinc Bar tonight. The Afro-Semitic Experience is at the Buttonwood Tree in Middletown, Conn., tonight. In the Boston area... drummer Aaron Thurston's trio is at Cohasset, Mass., High School tonight. Flora Purim and Airto Moreira are at Nighttown in Cleveland tonight. Steve Smith and Vital Information with special guest Bill Evans on sax are at The Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis tonight. In the Chicago area... the William Garcia quartet is at Cafe Bolera on Monday nights. The Patricia Barber quintet is at the Green Mill. Yoko Noge's Jazz Me Blues are at HotHouse. There's an avant-garde jazz jam session with David Boykin, Karl Seigfried and Mike Reed at the Hotti Biscotti Café tonight. Kelly Brand is at Joe's BeBop Café and Jazz Emporium on the Navy Pier. The Long Count Quartet is at Joy Blue. The Marc Pompe trio is at the 100 South Chop House in Elmhurst tonight and Tuesday. The Mike Kocur trio is at Pete Miller's Steakhouse in Evanston. Sami Scott is at Philander's in Oak Park. Typhanie Monique and Dale Prasco are at Pops for Champagne. Advertisement Roberta Piket and Alternating Current are at Caroline's Jazz Club in Milwaukee tonight. In New Orleans... Earl Brown is at Cafe Sbisa. Bob French and Friends are at Donna's. Geesok Kim is at the Funky Butt tonight. Johnny Vidacovich is at Howlin' Wolf with Johnny Neel, Chris Chew and Shane Theriot. Reginald Koeller leads tonight's band at Preservation Hall. Atlas Jones featuring Victor Atkins, Paul Jackson, Stanton Moore, Eric Kranso and Nicholas Payton is at the Shim Sham Club. Charmaine Neville is at Snug Harbor tonight. Eddie Bo's Paris Brass Band and the Jazz Vipers are at the Spotted Cat. The Rob Wagner trio is at d.b.a. tonight. On the California jazz scene... the Bill Watrous big band is at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles tonight. The John Peace Superband is at Steamers Jazz Cafe in Fullerton. The Johnny Sandoval quintet is at Spazio in Sherman Oaks for tonight's Cinco de Mayo celebration. Calamari with Emil Richards on vibes, Mike Lang on piano, Joe Porcaro on drums and Mike Valerio on bass is at Charlie O's in Valley Glen tonight. The UC Berkeley Jazz Ensembles are at Yoshi's in Oakland tonight. Orquesta Aragon is at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz tonight. Advertisement The Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Jack DeJohnette trio is at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels tonight.
