UPI Almanac for Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007.

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., May 30 (UPI) -- Marion "Buddy" Childers, trumpeter for jazz greats Stan Kenton and Tommy Dorsey who later led his own ensemble, died in his Woodland Hills, Calif., at age 81.

UPI almanac for Friday, Dec. 15, 2006.

VENTURA, Calif., Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Renowned trumpeter Maynard Ferguson, who embraced nearly every genre of music, has died in Ventura, Calif., at the age of 78.

Today is Sunday, Feb. 19, the 50th day of 2006 with 315 to follow.

Today is Thursday, Dec. 15, the 349th day of 2005 with 16 to follow.

SEATTLE, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Influential jazz saxophonist Eli "Lucky" Thompson has died in Seattle at age 81.

VAN NUYS, Calif., May 16 (UPI) -- Jazz drummer and bebop pioneer Stan Levey, who gave up music for photography in his later years, has died at age 79 in Van Nuys, Calif.

VAN NUYS, Calif., April 22 (UPI) -- Noted modern jazz drummer Stan Levey, who played with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, has died at the age of 79 in a California hospital.