 | Famous birthdays for this day .. |
- 1919 - Buddy Morrow, trombone, leader (Paul Whiteman, Artie Shaw)
- 1925 - Julie Garner, singer (Earl Hines) born in Augusta, GA
- 1926 - Pony Poindexter, tenor sax/clarient (Jack McVea, Billy Eckstine, Lionel Hampton)
- 1930 - Eddie Locke, drummer (Coleman Hawkins) born in Detroit, MI
- 1940 - Ross Edwin Nicholson, reeds/flute/arranger (JT and the Jazzmen)
| Famous deaths for this day .. |
- 1992 - "Denny" Wright, guitar, piano, arranger (Stephane Grappelli) dies at 67
- 1996 - Mercer Ellington, trumpet, drummer, leader, son of Duke, dies at 76
- 1997 - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
- 1999 - Richard Boone, singer/trumpet player (Count Basie), dies at 68
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