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April 3, 1954: Miles Davis records "Solar".
These four tracks were recorded that day:- I'll Remember April (Blue Haze)
- Solar (Walkin')
- You Don't Know What Love Is (Walkin')
- Love Me Or Leave Me (Walkin')
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Composer/arranger Bill Finegan born in Newark, NJ. - 1930
Duke Ellington, Jelly Roll Morton and Ted Weems record on the same day. - 1936
Bassist Scott LaFaro born in Newark, NJ. - 1936
Organist Jimmy McGriff born in Philadelphia, PA. - 1950
Alto saxophonist Charlie Parker rehearses with Gene Roland's Big band. It is issued as "The Band That Never Was." - 1954
Miles Davis records "Solar". - 1959
Coleman Hawkins records "Hawk Eyes" for Prestige Records. - 1961
Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington record together for Roulette Records. - 1965
Bobby Hutcherson records "Dialogue" for Blue Note Records. - 1989
Art Farmer records "Ph.D." for Contemporary Records. - 1990
Sarah Vaughan dies at 66. - 1992
Ahmad Jamal records concert in Paris. - 1996
John Scofield records first session for album "Quiet".