Home » Facts » This Day in Jazz History | Timeline | Jazz Birthdays | Quotes
March 20, 1918: Pianist Marian McPartland born in Windsor, England.
More facts on this day:
- 1918
Pianist Marian McPartland born in Windsor, England. - 1936
Pianist Harold Mabern born in Memphis, TN. - 1941
Singer Meredith D'Ambrosio born in Boston, MA. - 1943
Drummer Jon Christensen born in Oslo, Norway. - 1957
Duke Ellington, Max Roach & Sarah Vaughan record on the same day. - 1961
Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane makes his last recording with trumpeter Miles Davis, "Someday My Prince Will Come" on Columbia Records. - 1984
Zoot Sims records Johnny Mandel songbook on Pablo Records. - 1988
Arranger and pianist Gil Evans dies at age 75. - 1993
Trumpeter/composer Wynton Marsalis records "In This House, On This Morning" on Wounded Bird Records.