On This Day in Jazz History

August 11, 1908: Alto saxophonist/clarinetist Russell Procope born in New York, NY.

Added: 2008-07-07

More facts on this day:

1904
Pianist Jess Stacy born in Bird's Point, MO.

1908
Alto saxophonist/clarinetist Russell Procope born in New York, NY.

1939
Clarinetist/bandleader Benny Goodman records Fletcher Henderson's arrangement of Fats Waller's "Stealin' Apples."

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