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Today is May 19.
Saxophonist Georgie Auld was born this day in 1919 in Toronto. He came to prominence in 1937 in the Bunny Berigan Orchestra. Other key steps in his musical development included stints in the Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman bands.
Tenor saxophonist Sonny Fortune was born this day in Philadelphia in 1939. The former Miles Davis, Elvin Jones and McCoy Tyner sideman leads his own small groups.
On this day in 1969, the jazz world lost its first great tenor saxophone soloist. Coleman Hawkins died in New York at age 64.
On this day in 1950... Sarah Vaughan recorded her hit song "Mean To Me" for Columbia.
Looking at today's hip happenings...
On the New York jazz scene... Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra is at the Jazz Standard tonight. Mordy Ferber is at the Blue Note tonight. The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra is at the Village Vanguard tonight.
The Les Paul trio is at Iridium on Monday nights. Gary Morgan's Panamericana big band is at Birdland tonight. Steve Coleman and Five Elements are at The Jazz Gallery through Tuesday. The New School Jazz Orchestra is at Sweet Rhythm tonight.
Etta James is at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside, Pa., near Philadelphia tonight.
In Chicago... Natalie Yoakley is at the Backroom. The William Garcia quartet is at Cafe Bolera. The Jack Foy big band is at The Chambers in Niles tonight. The Patricia Barber quintet is at the Green Mill tonight. Yoko Noge's Jazz Me Blues are at HotHouse. David Boykin, Karl Seigfried and Mike Reed are at the Hotti Biscotti Cafe tonight.
Kelly Brand is at Joe's BeBop Café and Jazz Emporium. 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 is at Pops for Champagne tonight.
In New Orleans... Earl Brown is at Cafe Sbisa. Bob French and Friends are at Donna's. Jacques Gauthe is at Fritzel's. Jeesok Kim and Maurice Brown are at the Funky Butt tonight. Reginald Koeller leads tonight's band at Preservation Hall.
The Dixie Trio is at the Seaport Café tonight. Charmaine Neville is at Snug Harbor tonight. The Jazz Vipers are at the Spotted Cat tonight. The Rob Wagner trio is at d.b.a. tonight.
On the California jazz scene... the Bobby Rodriguez salsa orchestra is at the Jazz Bakery in Los Angeles tonight. The Arlene and The Guys big band is at Steamers Jazz Café in Fullerton tonight with special guest Jennifer Hart.
The Louie Cruz Beltran Latin jazz band is at Spazio in Sherman Oaks tonight. Saxophonist Richie Cole and the John Heard trio are at Charlie O's in Valley Glen. The Heath Brothers are at the Kuumbwa Jazz Center in Santa Cruz tonight. The John Hammond band is at Yoshi's in Oakland tonight.
On the recording front...
The Columbia/Legacy Jazz label is out this week with a pair of closely related two-CD Miles Davis sets. They are "Miles Davis - In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk" and "Saturday Night at the Blackhawk." They were recorded April 21 and 22, 1961, at San Francisco's Blackhawk jazz club. Nearly half the material previously was unissued.
Singer Jeri Brown is out with her ninth CD for Canada's Justin Time label. "Firm Roots" is a project Brown calls "one woman's point of view about living during these particular times." Her collaborators include saxophonist Seamus Blake, bassist Avery Sharpe, drummer Wali Muhammad and pianist Tony Suggs.
Justin Time is also out this spring with "Ethnomusicology, Volume 3" by trumpeter Russell Gunn's band. Gunn is continuing his interesting fusion of jazz, funk and hip-hop, complete with turntable effects.
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