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

Swing-era pianist Jess Stacy was born this day in 1904 in Cape Firardeau, Mo. He started out playing piano and steam calliope on Missouri riverboats before landing in Chicago in the mid-1920s.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Bandleader Claude Thornhill was born this day in 1909 in Terre Haute, Ind. He died in July 1965.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Drummer Jack DeJohnette was born this day in 1942 in Chicago. He began playing piano when he was 4 and didn't take up the drums until age 18.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Two influential jazz bandleaders were born this day, Lucky Millinder in 1900 in Anniston, Ala., and Benny Carter in New York City in 1907.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Guitarist George Van Eps was born this day in 1913 in Plainfield, N.J. This innovator, who invented the seven-string guitar in the 1930s, died in 1998.

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Pianist and bandleader Luis Russell was born this day in 1902 in Careening Cay, Panama. In the 1930s, he led a hot band in Harlem's Saratoga Club. Sidemen included Henry "Red" Allen, Paul Barbarin and Albert Nicholas, and a decade later, young drummer Roy

Jazz Notes: Goings on in the jazz world

Trombonist, violinist and singer Lou McGarity was born this day in 1917 in Athens, Ga. He worked extensively with Benny Goodman, the Yank Lawson-Bob Haggart Jazz Band and was a founding member of the World's Greatest Jazz Band. He died in 1971 of a heart