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* Today in Black History - July 27 *
1999 - Harry "Sweets" Edison, a master of the jazz trumpet who was a
mainstay of the Count Basie band, joins the ancestors in Columbus,
Ohio at the age of 83. In a career spanning more than 60 years,
Edison had that rarest of qualities, an utterly individual style.
Although his sound was not especially unique, his articulation, his
ability to invest each note with a driving sense of swing, was
completely his own. It didn't matter whether he was playing with
Basie, with Frank Sinatra or Oscar Peterson, or on any of his
innumerable recording sessions; his solos, stamped with his
singular phrasing, always popped out of the mix.
* Today in Black History - July 29 *
1919 - The first convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians
is held in Chicago. Illinois. NANM's charter members include
Clarence Cameron White, who called for the formation of the
association. R. Nathaniel Dett, Nora Holt, and Florence Cole
Talbert among others. NANM will be active in furthering African
American music and performers, and award its first scholarship to
a young Marian Anderson. NANM continues to exist, with chapters
all over the country. Its headquarters will be located in Chicago,
Illinois.
* Today in Black History - July 31 *
1931 - Kenny Burrell is born in Detroit, Michigan. He will become a prolific
composer and professional musician specializing in the guitar. For
over forty years, he will be a jazz professional. Kenny, who will
credit Charlie Christian, Oscar Moore, and Django Reinhardt as
influences, as well as such bluesmen as T-Bone Walker and Muddy
Waters, will play on his first major recording session in Detroit
in 1951 with a Dizzy Gillespie combo that will include John
Coltrane, Milt Jackson, and Percy Heath. Even though the young
guitarist will keep heavy company, including that of such other up-
and-coming Detroiters as Tommy Flanagan, Yusef Lateef, Pepper
Adams, and Elvin Jones, he will remain in Detroit to study at Wayne
State University, from which he will earn a B.A. in music
composition and theory in 1955. He will also study classical guitar
with Joseph Fava during that period and continue to employ finger-
style and other techniques. After the mid-Sixties, he will lead his
own group plus work in "All-Star" settings and will perform with
college bands and orchestras. He will also perform with
professional orchestras such as the Detroit Symphony and the
Buffalo Philharmonic.
1985 - Prince is big at the box-office with the autobiographical story of
the Minneapolis rock star -- "Purple Rain." The film grosses $7.7
million in its first three days of release on 917 movie screens.
The album of the same name is, at the time, the top LP in the
United States, as well.
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