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* Today in Black History - September 20 *
1885 - Ferdinand Joseph La Menthe ("Jelly Roll" Morton) is born in Gulfport
(New Orleans), Louisiana. He will become a renown jazz pianist
and composer. Morton, whose fabulous series of 1938 recordings for
the Library of Congress are a gold mine of information about early
jazz, was a complex man. Vain, ambitious, and given to
exaggeration, he was a pool shark, hustler and gambler, as well as
a brilliant pianist and composer. His greatest talent, perhaps was
for organizing and arranging. The series of records he made with
his "Red Hot Peppers" between 1926 and 1928 stands, alongside King
Oliver's as the crowning glory of the New Orleans tradition and one
of the great achievements in Jazz.
* Today in Black History - September 21 *
1971 - Alfonso Ribeiro, actor/pianist (Alfonso-"Silver Spoons", "Fresh
Prince of Bel Air"), is born.
* Today in Black History - September 23 *
1926 - John Coltrane, brilliant jazz saxophonist and composer who will be
considered the father of avant-garde jazz, is born in Hamlet, North
Carolina.
1930 - Ray Charles (Robinson) is born in Albany, Georgia. Blind by the age
of six, he will study music and form his own band at the age of
24. A recorded performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in 1958
will establish his career as one of the premier soul singers in the
United States. Among Charles's achievements will be three Grammys
and Kennedy Center honors in 1986.
1954 - Playwright George C. Wolfe is born in Frankfort, Kentucky. He will
become critically acclaimed for the controversial plays, "The
Colored Museum", "Jelly's Last Jam", and "Spunk".
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