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Bass player Reggie Workman was born this day in 1937 in Philadelphia. His first jazz collaboration was with saxophonist Gigi Gryce in 1958. His other associations have included Red Garland, John Coltrane, Herbie Mann, Thelonious Monk, Freddie Hubbard, Arc
Trombonist and composer William Russo was born this day in 1928 in Chicago. As a teenager he studied with Lennie Tristano. Russo wrote many of the most experimental tunes played by the Stan Kenton orchestra in the 1950s. Russo now conducts the highly rega
Bass player and accomplished jazz photographer Milt Hinton was born this day in 1910 in Vicksburg, Miss. Hinton was one of the busiest touring and recording jazz musicians in jazz, performing on more than 1,500 jazz and non-jazz albums since the 1930s. He
Drummer-bandleader Ben Pollack was born this day in Chicago in 1903. He was considered the father of big band swing, but never enjoyed even a fraction of the success of proteges Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Bob Crosby and Harry James who each spent time i
Jazz singer Helen Merrill was born this day in 1929 in New York City. Possessed of a soft, smoky voice and sophisticated sense of harmony, she sang in the late 1940s with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Bud Powell and J-J Johnson. Merrill's first album, reco
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Singer Dave Lambert, the middle-third of the great jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, was born this day in Boston in 1917. He died in 1967 in Connecticut, when he stopped to help another motorist change a tire - and was struck and killed by a pa
Singer Dave Lambert, the middle-third of the great jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks and Ross, was born this day in Boston in 1917. He died in 1967 in Connecticut, when he stopped to help another motorist change a tire - and was struck and killed by a pa
Drummer Ray Bauduc was born in New Orleans on this date in 1909. From 1934 until its breakup in 1942, he was a central figure in the Bob Crosby band.
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