On This Day in Jazz History

February 8, 1956: Duke Ellington records Billy Strayhorn's "U.M.M.G."

Added: 2009-01-29

More facts on this day:

1899
Guitarist Lonnie Johnson born in New Orleans, LA.

1937
Vibraphonist Lionel Hampton records the first of all his All-Star sessions.

1956
Duke Ellington records Billy Strayhorn's "U.M.M.G."

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