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Nov 7 Trumpet and flugelhorn player Milton "Shorty" Rogers, 70, dies in LA, 1994. Rogers played with Will Bradley, Red Norvo, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton. He was one of the principal creators of West Coast jazz. Trumpeter Al Hirt was born in New Orleans. After the World War II, Hirt played for Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Ina Ray Hutton, and Horace Heidt.Nov 8 Singer Chris Connor was born Mary Loutsenhizer In Kansas City, 1927. She sang with Claude Thornhill, Stan Kenton, and Jerry Wald.Trombonist Keg Johnson, 58, died in Chicago 1967. Played with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Benny Carter, and Cab Calloway.Glenn Miller records Fresh as a Daisey (v - Hutton, Lothrop, Beneke), Isn't That Just Like Love (v - Lathrop), Along the Santa Fe Trail (v - Eberle), and Do You Know Why (v - Eberle) 1940. Band Roster Trumpets: Billy May, Ray Anthony, Johnny Best, Dale McMickle Trombones: Glenn Miller, Jimmy Priddy, Paul Tanner, Frank D'Annolfo Reeds: Hal MIntyre (as), Ernie Caceres (as,bar,cl), Wilbur Schwartz (cl,as), Tex Beneke (ts), Al Klink (ts) Rhythm: Chummy MacGregor (p), Jack Lathrop (g), Herman Trigger Albert (b), Maurice Purtill (d) Nov 9 Trumpeter and cornetist Francis Joseph Julian "Muggsy" Spanier was born in Chicago, 1906. Proponent of Dixieland.Nov 10 Trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and arranger, Billy May was born in Pittsburgh 1913. May arranged Ray Noble's Cherokee for Charlie Barnet which became Barnet's biggest hit, and a key inspiration for bebop (Charlie Parker's Ko-ko is based on the changes in Cherokee). May rewrote the entire Barnet book from scratch after the original music burned in the Palomar Theatre fire in October 1939. May composed with Barnet the satirical chart The wrong Idea which lampooned sweet bands especially targeting Sammy Kay. In 1940, Glenn Miller hired May as an arranger and trumpet player. In the 50's May formed his own orchestra. May developed "slurping saxophones" sound--a glissando at the beginning of each phrase. He eventually sold the rights to the band and its book to Ray Anthony. Lionel Hampton records Midnight Sun, 1946Midnight SunLionel Hampton and His OrchestraNov 11Pianist, singer, and composer Hoagy Carmichael is born in Bloomington, In, 1899. He is best known for writing Stardust (1927), Georgia On My Mind, and Heart and Soul, three of the most-recorded American songs of all time. Claude Thornhill records a Sunday Kind of Love in 1946. Fran Warren is on vocals.Nov 12 Trumpet player and arranger, Wilbur Dorsey "Buck" Clayton was born in Parsons, Ks, 1911. He played with Basie from 1937-1943.Alto saxophonist, Charlie Mariano was born in Boston, 1923. He played with San Kenton.Nov 13 Benny Goodman records Eddie Sauter's Benny Rides Again 1940. Other charts recorded in that session include Nobody, Henderson Stomp, and The Man I Love.Band Roster Trumpets: alec Fila, Jimmy Maxwell, Irving Goodman, Cootie Williams Trombones:Lou MGarity, Re Gingler Reeds: Benny Goodman (cl), Gus Bivona, Skippy Martin, Bob Snyder, Georgie Auld, Jack Henderson Rhythm: Bernie Leighton or Fletcher Henderson (p), Mike Bryan (g), Artie Bernstein (b), Harry Jaeger (d) Bandleader and pianist Bennie Moten was born in Kansas City, 1894. In 1929 when Moten recruited Count Basie, Walter Page and Oran 'Hot Lips' Page for his band te Kansas City Orchestra.When Moten died in 1935 after a surgical procedure, the band unsuccessfully attempted to stay together. Then Basie formed a new band, which included many Moten alumni. Norm Gluckman Cedarville, New Jersey Email Me

This was a typical snapdraggon from the mid to late mid 1940s when swing was about to give way to bebop...unfortunately

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