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March 13, 1994: New Orleans guitarist and banjo player Danny Barker dies at 85.
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- 1906
Clarinetist and alto sax player Frank Teschemacher born in Kansas City, MO. - 1914
Swing era bassist Bob Haggart born in New York. - 1924
Pianist and arranger Dick Katz born in Baltimore, MD. - 1926
Drummer Roy Haynes born in Roxbury, MA. - 1930
Trumpeter Richard Allen "Blue" Mitchell born in Miami, FL. - 1956
Thad Jones records "Detroit - New York Junction" for Blue Note Records. - 1961
Bobby Timmons records "Easy Does It" for Riverside Records. - 1962
Trumpeter/composer Terence Blanchard born in New Orleans, LA. - 1962
Dizzy Reece records "Asia Minor" for Prestige Records. - 1977
Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff records "A Matter of Taste." - 1994
New Orleans guitarist and banjo player Danny Barker dies at 85. - 1995
Brad Mehldau records his first Warner Bros album "Introducing."