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Chicago-based music publisher Will Rossiter publishes Jelly Roll Blues by Jelly Roll Morton as a piano solo and in an orchestrated version. This is regarded as one of the first publications of jazz sheet music.
Swiss jazz pianist Geo Voumard is born in Biel/Bienne, Bern, Switzerland. In 1956, Voumard will win the first Eurovision Song Contest with his song Refrain, and in 1967 he will be a co-founder of the Montreux Jazz Festival.
Wally Varner, b est-remembered as the pianist for American gospel group the Blackwood Brothers during the 1950s & 1960s, is born.
Jeannine Perrin is born in France. She will find success as jazz pianist and singer Jeannine 'Mimi' Perrin, founder, leader and principal soloist in the group Les Double Six, which will subsequently form the core of The Swingle Singers.
Jazz pianist John Critchinson is born in East London, England, UK, Europe. He will spend much of his acclaimed career working with top British saxophonist Ronnie Scott.
The NBC Radio series Concert In Miniature features a broadcast live from The Blue Note, Chicago, Illinois, USA, featuring vocalist Jerry Winters with Stan Kenton and His Orchestra.
The Betty Driver Show is broadcast on BBC tv in the UK, with guests including Geoffrey Sumner, Tom Macaulay, Harry Jacobson, The Petersen Brothers, Elizabeth Maude and an orchestra directed by Eric Robinson. Although long-popular as a big band vocalist, Betty Driver will find her greatest fame as Betty Williams (aka Betty Turpin) in the long-running tv soap Coronation Street.Jimmy Rogers records Sloppy Drunk, with Little Walter on harmonica, Otis Spann on piano and Willie Dixon on bass, in Chicago, IIlinois, USA, for Chess Records.
The Cecil Taylor Quartet records its debut album Jazz Advance with producer Tom Wilson for Transition Records in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It will come to be regarded as the first album of a style known variously as New Wave Jazz, avant-garde, free jazz, abstrract jazz and even Anti-jazz.
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra record Something's Coming and I Feel Pretty, for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California, USA.The tracks will be issued on the album Kenton's West Side Story.
Horace Parlan records the album On The Spur Of The Moment for Blue Note Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
Memphis Slim and Josh White play at The Royal Festival Hall, London, England, UK, Europe. Josh White's set is recorded and will be released as the LP Josh White Live!
Russ Conway, Bob Miller And The Millermen, The Raindrops and The Reg Wale Four perform live on the BBC Light Programme radio show Parade Of The Pops in London, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz pianist Ray Bryant records Joey, Number Two and Be-Bop Irishman in New York City, USA, for Sue Records.
Jazz pianist Peter Nero and his Trio play to an audience of 4,000 at Kalamazoo Parking Stadium, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Little Richard, Gerry And The Pacemakers, The Shirelles and Duane Eddy begin a British tour at The Regal, Edmonton, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jerry Lee Lewis plays the fourth of six nights at The Flamingo Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.The Dave Brubeck Quartet, The Oscar Peterson Trio, Gloria Lynne, The Max Roach Quartet, The J.J.Johnson Quartet and others play on the third day of The Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
The Animals play at Melodyland, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Lesley Gore and Cannibal And The Headhunters.
Jazz pianist and vocalist Shirley Horn records And I Love Her, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles, at Bell Sound Studios, New York City, USA.
Quincy Jones comes to the end of three days of recording the LP Quincy's Got A Brand New Bag for Mercury Records at RPM Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA. The studio is owned by Ray Charles, who also plays piano and organ on the LP.
Blues singer, pianist and recording artist Turner Parrish dies at the General Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
The Second Montreux Jazz Festival, a five day event, continues in Montreux, Switzerland, Europe. On this, the third day, Brian Auger And The Trinity featuring Julie Driscoll, The Quartette Michel Terrioux, The Rudolf Tomsits Quartet, The Jim Doherty Quartet, The Trio Mierczyslaw Kosz and Young-Holt Unlimited play in The Casino Kursaal.
John Lennon's new group, The Plastic Ono Band, pre-records an appearance on UK tv show Top Of The Pops, at the BBC TV Centre, Shepherd's Bush, London, England, UK, Europe.
Swedish pop group Bjorn and Benny, Agnetha and Anni-Frid record Contemplation for Polar Music. The track is never used but the quartet will eventually find fame as Abba.
Ray Charles is playing during six nights at Granny's Dinner Playhouse, Dallas, Texas, USA.
A hand-picked crew of session players begin rehearsals at The Hit Factory, New York City, USA, with producer Jack Douglas, unaware that the album they are preparing for is to be John Lennon's comeback.
Supertramp play at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Symphony Woods, Columbia, Maryland, USA.
Howard Greenfield, aka Howie Greenfield, dies of AIDS, aged 49 in Los Angeles, California, USA. The long-time lyricist for Neil Sedaka, he co-wrote such hits as Oh! Carol, Calendar Girl, Little Devil, Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen, Next Door to an Angel and Breaking Up Is Hard to Do.
When Eric Clapton plays at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan, Asia, with a band featuring Elton John on keyboards and Mark Knopfler on guitar, the all-star line-up is further bolstered by the unexpected arrival of Sting during their rendition of Money For Nothing.
Big Daddy Kinsey And The Kinsey Report, Archie Edwards, Little Willie Littlefield and The Big Town Playboys play in the South Bank Blues Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London, England, UK, Europe.
Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is inteviewed by jazz historian Evan Spring at his home in New Jersey, USA. The interview will be broadcast on WKCR-FM to promote Jarrett's upcoming concert at The Town Hall, New York City, with his 'Standards Trio'. 
Michael McDonald, James Ingram, Angie Stone and others perform in a tribute concert to the late Ray Charles, hosted by Bill Cosby, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, California, USA. Proceeds of the event are donated to raise money for causes which were dear to Ray.
Reverend James Leg plays at The Cluny, Newcastle, England, UK, Europe, supported by The Bonnevilles.
On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays at the Bryce Jordan center, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA.On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays at The Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays at The Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.On his 'final' tour, entitled Farewell Yellow Brick Road, Elton John plays at The TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
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