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* Today in Black History - April 11 *
1956 - Singer Nat "King" Cole is attacked on the stage of a Birmingham
theater by white supremacists.
1988 - Willie D. Burton becomes the first African American to win the
Oscar for sound when he receives the award for the movie "Bird."
* Today in Black History - April 12 *
1940 - Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is born in Chicago, Illinois.
After graduating from college at age 20, he will go to New York
with Donald Byrd, who had heard him perform in Chicago. While in
New York, Byrd will introduce Hancock to Blue Note Records
executives. This will lead to work with various established jazz
artists and later Hancock's first solo album, "Taking Off," which
includes appearances by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon.
Contained on this album is Hancock's first top 10 hit, "Watermelon
Man." It will not be long before Hancock gets the attention of the
legendary Miles Davis, who will extend an invitation to Hancock
to join his new group. After working with Davis for several
years Herbie will decide to form his own band, a sextet which
will include Julian Priester, Buster Williams, and Eddie
Henderson. He will become one of the most popular jazz artists,
known for his compositions "Watermelon Man" and "Chameleon," as
well as his musical score for the movie "'Round Midnight," for
which he will win an Oscar in 1986.
1990 - August Wilson's "The Piano Lesson" wins the Pulitzer Prize for
drama. It is the second Pulitzer Prize for Wilson, who also won
one for "Fences" in 1987 and was awarded the New York Drama
Critics' Award for "Fences," "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," and
"Joe Turner's Come and Gone."
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