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March 5, 1930: Jelly Roll Morton features bass clarinet on "If Someone Would Only Love Me."

Added: 2008-03-04 Jelly Roll Morton and His Red Hot Peppers recorded four numbers at this session:

• Each Day
• If Someone Would Only Love Me
• That'll Never Do
• I'm Looking For A Little Bluebird

”If Someone Would Only Love Me” features a bass clarinet solo by an unknown player--an early example of this instrument in a jazz setting.

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More facts on this day:

• 1928
  Pianist Lou Levy born in Chicago, IL.

• 1928
  Bassist Wilbur Little born in Parmele, NC.

• 1929
  Louis Armstrong records "Knockin' A Jug" with trombonist Jack Teagarden.

• 1930
  Jelly Roll Morton features bass clarinet on "If Someone Would Only Love Me."

• 1937
  Vocalist Carol Sloane born in Providence, RI.

• 1956
  Basie tenor saxophonists Frank Foster and Frank Wess record "Two Franks, Please" on Savoy Records.

• 1957
  Dave Brubeck Quartet plays concert in Copenhagen.

• 1975
  Art Farmer pays tribute to the Duke.

• 1988
  Bassist Tommy Potter dies at 69.

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