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March 4, 1961: Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Big Band records "Carnegie Hall Concert."
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- 1937
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.