On This Day in Jazz History

July 11, 1897: Blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson born in Couchman, TX.

Added: 2008-06-27

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1897
Blues singer Blind Lemon Jefferson born in Couchman, TX.

1928
McKinney's Cotton Pickers record their first session, including "Crying and Sighing."

1958
Tenor saxophonist John Coltrane records "The Stardust Session," with flugelhornist Wilbur Harden.

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