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Duke Ellington begins his first national tour with a week long engagement at The Palace Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Kid Howard's Brass Band plays at the funeral of jazz trumpeter Buddy Petit, in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Jazz cornet player Joseph 'Buddy' Petit dies in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Although he never made any commercial recordings, he played with Sidney Bechet, Jimmy Noone, Barney Bigard and many others. Jelly Roll Morton described him as 'one of the greatest hot cornets that ever lived.'
Duke Ellington begins his first national tour with a week long engagement at the Palace Theatre, Cleveland, Ohio.