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A U.S. dental group has extended its endorsement of water fluoridation by licensing a logo to be put on bottled water.
Trombonist Miff Mole was born this day in 1898 in Roosevelt, N.Y. He was a revolutionary trombonist in the 1920s, teaming up on classic recordings with cornetist Red Nichols.
Drummer Art Blakey was born this day in 1919 in Pittsburgh. He became a one-man jazz university during his long and productive career. Blakey's band, The Jazz Messengers, became a training ground for many future bandleaders, including Jackie McLean, Johnn
Pianist Bill Evans was born this day in 1929 in Plainfield, N.J. This influential modernist melded strength, sensitivity and harmonic innovations into a distinctive sound. He died in 1980 at age 51.
"Cat 'n' Mouse" is an appropriate title for John Abercrombie's beautiful quartet album, which features the heady interplay between Abercrombie's guitar and Mark
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Today's birthdays include Rose Stone, keyboardist with Sly and the Family Stone, who was born in 1945 (age 57); Roger Hodgson, formerly with Supertramp, in 1950 (age 52); Stylistics lead singer Russell Thompkins Jr. in 1951 (age 51); KC and
