March 4, 1961: Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band records "Carnegie Hall Concert."
Added: 2008-03-03
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Saxophonist Barney Wilen born in Nice, France.
1941
Guitarist Charlie Christian records "Solo Flight" with Benny Goodman's band.
1947
Saxophonist Jan Garbarek born in Mysen, Norway.
1954
Tenor player Ricky Ford born in Boston, MA.
1958
Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington record on the same day.
1961
Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band records "Carnegie Hall Concert."
1963
Tenorist and flutist Bobby Jaspar dies at 37.
1993
Pianist Art Hodes dies at 86.
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