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August 5, 1937: Trumpeter Frankie Newton and bassist John Kirby record "Emperor Jones" with Charlie Barnet.
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Pianist/bandleader Luis Russell born in Careening Clay, Panama. - 1937
Trumpeter Frankie Newton and bassist John Kirby record "Emperor Jones" with Charlie Barnet. - 1941
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Saxophonist Rickey Woodard born in Nashville, TN.