| Sep 06 1877 |
Reckoned by many to have been the first jazz musician, cornettist Buddy Bolden is born in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. (1877) |
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| Sep 06 1899 |
Song lyricist and impresario Billy Rose is born in New York City, USA. His song lyrics include Me And My Shadow and It’s Only A Paper Moon. (1899) |
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| Sep 06 1926 |
Fred Below, drummer for Memphis Slim, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry and others, is born in Chicago, Illinois. (1926) |
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| Sep 06 1929 |
The DeBroy Somers Band, records Paul Rubens Memories - Part 1, and Ivan Caryll Memories for Columbia Records in London, UK. (1929) |
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| Sep 06 1943 |
Benny Carter continues a six-week run at Zucca's Terrace, Hermosa Beach, California, USA, with Savannah Churchill as his vocalist. (1943) |
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| Sep 06 1960 |
Jazz drummer Max Roach and his group record tracks for the album We Insist! Freedom Now Suite at Nola Penthouse studio, New York City for Candid Records. (1960) |
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| Sep 06 1962 |
Jazz multi-instrumentalist Roland Kirk records Domino, Time and other tracks at Ter-Mar Studio, Chicago, Illinois, for Mercury Records. (1962) |
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| Sep 06 1963 |
Fats Domino releases a new single, Red Sails In The Sunset, on ABC-Paramount Records in the USA. (1963) |
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| Sep 06 1975 |
Songwriter Shelton Brooks dies in Los Angeles, California, USA. In a successful career, he composed such popular tunes as Some of These Days, At the Darktown Strutters' Ball and I Wonder Where My Easy Rider's Gone. (1975) |
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| Sep 06 1977 |
Weather Report play at the Olympen, Lund, Sweden. (1977) |
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| Sep 06 1985 |
Jazz and blues pianist and vocalist Little Brother Montgomery dies aged 79 in Champaign, Illinois, USA. (1985) |
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| Sep 06 1994 |
Jazz trumpeter and bandleader Max Kaminsky dies at Castle Point, New York State, USA, on the day before his 86th birthday. (1994) |