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March 8, 1993: Singer and bandleader Billy Eckstine dies at 78.
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- 1899
Cornetist and Jelly Roll Morton sideman George Mitchell born. - 1927
Pianist Dick Hyman born in New York. - 1935
Saxophonist George Coleman born in Memphis, TN. - 1935
Fats Waller records "Lulu's Back In Town." - 1936
Guitarist Gabor Szabo born in Budapest, Hungary. - 1951
Pianist James Williams born in Memphis, TN. - 1951
Alto saxophonist Lee Konitz records "Yesterdays" with Miles Davis. - 1957
Hank Mobley's Quintet records album for Blue Note Records. - 1965
Tadd Dameron dies at age 48. - 1992
Bassist Red Callender dies at 76. - 1993
Singer and bandleader Billy Eckstine dies at 78. - 2001
Uri Caine records "Bedrock" for Winter & Winter.