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July 7, 1916: Guitarist Tiny Grimes born in Newport News, VA.
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Guitarist Tiny Grimes born in Newport News, VA. - 1930
Tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley born in Eastman, GA. - 1932
Keyboardist/composer Joe Zawinul born in Vienna, Austria. - 1937
Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump." - 1956
Duke Ellington at the Newport Jazz Festival.