March 20, 1957: Duke Ellington, Max Roach & Sarah Vaughan record on the same day.
Added: 2008-03-19
Duke Ellington records 4 Piano Improvisations that were issued on the 2004 release of Piano In The Foreground (Columbia).
Max Roach records three tracks with his quintet (Kenny Dorham, Sonny Rollins, Ray Bryant, George Morrow): Little Folks; Minor Trouble; Valse Hot.
Sarah Vaughan records 12 songs for her Gershwin album released on Mercury.
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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.
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