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Subject: 0403 - Today in Black History - April 03
1936 - James Harrell McGriff is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He
will be surrounded by music as a child, with both parents playing
piano and cousins Benny Golson and Harold Melvin, who were pursuing
their own musical talents. He will be influenced to play the organ
by neighbor Richard "Groove" Holmes, with whom he will study
privately. He will also study organ at Philadelphia's Combe College
of Music and at Julliard. In addition, he will study with Milt
Buckner and with classical organist Sonny Gatewood. His first hit
will be with his arrangement of "I Got A Woman", on the Sue label,
which made it to the top five on both Billboard's Rhythm and Blues
and Pop charts. There will be close to 100 albums with Jimmy
McGriff's name at the top as leader. He will record for Sue, Solid
State, United Artists, Blue Note, Groove Merchant, Milestone,
Headfirst and Telarc. Over his prolific career, he will record with
George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Frank Foster, J.J. Johnson and a two-
organ jam affair with the late "Groove" Holmes.
1990 - Jazz singer Sarah Vaughan joins the ancestors in suburban Los
Angeles, California, at the age of 66.
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