This Day in Jazz History

On this day: October 1

1940
Duke Ellington and bassist Jimmy Blanton record "Pitter Panther Patter."

1946
Bassist Dave Holland born in Wolverhampton, W. Midlands, England.

1965
Pianist/composer Horace Silver records "Cape Verdean Blues" with trumpeter Woody Shaw and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson.

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