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March 2, 1987: Saxophonist/composer/trumpeter Benny Carter records "Central City Sketches" with The American Jazz Orchestra.
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- 1922
Saxophonist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis born in New York. - 1942
Guitarist Charlie Christian dies at 25. - 1953
Dave Brubeck records "Jazz at Oberlin" on Fantasy Records. - 1959
Miles Davis records "Kind of Blue" on Columbia Records. - 1961
Tina Brooks records "The Waiting Game" on Blue Note Records. - 1987
Saxophonist/composer/trumpeter Benny Carter records "Central City Sketches" with The American Jazz Orchestra. - 1998
World Saxophone Quartet records tribute to Miles Davis.