On This Day in Jazz History

August 4, 1939: Count Basie's band records "Song of the Islands" featuring trumpeter Buck Clayton and tenor saxophonist Lester Young.

Added: 2008-07-07

More facts on this day:

1901
Louis Armstrong born in New Orleans, LA.

1921
Guitarist Herb Ellis born in Farmersville, TX.

1939
Count Basie's band records "Song of the Islands" featuring trumpeter Buck Clayton and tenor saxophonist Lester Young.

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