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SLP2003030825- ST. LOUIS, March 8 (UPI) --Bradley University Braves Jason Faulknor (L) goes airborn with Wichita State University Shockers Matt Clark as the two atempt a rebound, in the first half of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament at the Savvis Center in St. Louis on March 8, 2003. rlw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI
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OMAHA, June 15 (UPI) -- Seth Williams drove in three runs for North Carolina Sunday, pacing the Tar Heels to an 8-4 win over LSU in the College World Series in Omaha.
Trombonist Bennie Green was born this day in 1923 in Chicago. He was only 19 when he joined the Earl Hines band in 1942, playing alongside Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie.
Cornet player Nick LaRocca was born this day in 1889 in New Orleans. He was instrumental in forming the Original Dixieland Jazz Band, which played Chicago in 1916 and was a hit in New York a year later.
Pianist and composer Claude Bolling was born this day in 1930 in Cannes, France. He won an amateur jazz contest in Paris when he was 14, then formed his own Ellington-style small band.
On this day in 1938, jazz cornet player and bandleader Joe "King" Oliver died in poverty in Savannah, Ga. Oliver's Creole Jazz Band recorded its greatest tunes 15 years earlier in a band that included a young Louis Armstrong.
Pianist Marian McPartland was born in England this day in 1918. In addition to performing regularly on the jazz circuit, McPartland has distinguished herself as a broadcaster.
Trombonist J.J. Johnson was born this date in 1924 in Indianapolis. His virtuosity, pure sound and harmonic sophistication helped bring the trombone to the frontline in bebop. His best-known composition, recorded by many contemporary musicians, is "Lament
Boogie-woogie and traditional jazz pianist and arranger Billy Maxted was born this day in 1917 in Racine, Wis.
Trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen was born this day in 1908 in New Orleans. Music came naturally to him. Allen's father ran a famous brass band in the Crescent City.
Pianist Art Hodes was born this day in 1904 in the Ukraine. His family moved to Chicago when Hodes was 6 months old, and it was in Chicago that he spent much of his jazz career.
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