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December 22, 1947: Four bands record-Stan Kenton "Interlude:" Dizzy Gillespie "Woody 'n' You:" Duke Ellington "On a Turquoise Cloud:" and Fats Navarro/Dexter Gordon "Index."

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• 1927
  Pianist Ronnie Ball born in Birmingham, England.

• 1947
  Four bands record-Stan Kenton "Interlude:" Dizzy Gillespie "Woody 'n' You:" Duke Ellington "On a Turquoise Cloud:" and Fats Navarro/Dexter Gordon "Index."

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