PRIME MINISTER PETER MARTIN OF CANADA VISITS THE UN

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan (right) greets Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada during his March 1, 2004 visit to the United Nations in New York. (UPI/Ezio Petersen)

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Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Cuban trumpeter and bandleader Mario Bauza was born this day in Havana in 1911. He died in 1993. Bauza gave trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie a major career lift in 1939 by bringing him into Cab Calloway's high profile band.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Drummer Denzil Best was born in New York City this day in 1917. He was a favorite sideman of Ben Webster, George Shearing and Erroll Garner until calcium deposits in his wrists crippled his career. He died in May 1965 after falling down a flight of steps

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Bass player Al McKibbon was born this day in 1919 in Chicago. This wide-ranging player replaced Ray Brown in Dizzy Gillespie's first jazz orchestra.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Cornet legend Buddy Bolden was born this day in 1877 in New Orleans. Some consider Bolden to have been the first true jazz horn player, though much information about him is more legend than fact, and no recordings exist of his music.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

German jazz saxophonist Joki Freund was born this day in 1926 in Schwalbach, not far from Frankfurt. He had his own hard bop quintet in the 1950s and also played tuba in a traditional jazz band. In the 1960s, he worked with Albert Mangelsdorff, Donald Byr