Singer Nellie Lutcher was born this day in 1915 in Lake Charles, La.

Singer Ann Richards, who worked with the Stan Kenton Orchestra in the 1950s, was born in San Diego on this day in 1935. She married Kenton in 1955, two weeks after she turned 20.

Pianist Ahmad Jamal was born this day in 1930 in Pittsburgh, Pa. His distinctive musical voicings, particularly his spare melodic style, had a profound influence on Miles Davis. The trumpeter credited Jamal for his stylistic preferences, and recorded many

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