On This Day in Jazz History

September 29, 1947: Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie plays Carnegie Hall with his big band with guests Ella Fitzgerald and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker.

Added: 2008-08-12

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1933
Coleman Hawkins and Red Allen record "The Day You Came Along."

1942
Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty born in Avranches, France.

1947
Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie plays Carnegie Hall with his big band with guests Ella Fitzgerald and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker.

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