April 3, 1959: Coleman Hawkins records "Hawk Eyes" for Prestige Records.
Added: 2008-04-02
More facts on this day:1917
Composer/arranger Bill Finegan born in Newark, NJ.
1930
Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Ted Weems record on the same day.
1936
Bassist Scott LaFaro born in Newark, NJ.
1936
Organist Jimmy McGriff born in Philadelphia, PA.
1950
Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker rehearses with Gene Roland's Big band. It is issued as "The Band That Never Was."
1954
Miles Davis records "Solar".
1959
Coleman Hawkins records "Hawk Eyes" for Prestige Records.
1961
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington record together for Roulette Records.
1965
Bobby Hutcherson records "Dialogue" for Blue Note Records.
1989
Art Farmer records "Ph.D." for Contemporary Records.
1990
Sarah Vaughan dies at 66.
1992
Ahmad Jamal records concert in Paris.
1996
John Scofield records first session for album "Quiet".
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