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September 5, 1940: Duke Ellington records "In a Mellotone."
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Trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff born in Frankfurt, Germany. - 1939
Count Basie's Kansas City Seven records "Lester Leaps In," featuring tenor saxophonist Lester Young. - 1940
Duke Ellington records "In a Mellotone."