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The Cragg Family, Louise Thorndyke Boucicault And Company, Katherine Germaine, The Four Otts, Lefbre's Saxophone Quartet, Chas. H. Bradshaw And Company, Remarc And Rilay, and Hill And Silviany, are appearing at The Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, USA.
During a successful UK tour, most of the members of The Southern Syncopated Orchestra, a jazz ensemble from the USA, are sailing on the SS Rowan from Glasgow, Scotland, to Derry, Ireland. Eight members of the band are killed when the ship is struck by two others in a collision. Survivors include Sidney Bechet, Evelyn Dove and Cyril Blake.
Les Hite's California band, and Slim Gaillard's novelty group, play during a week of shows at the Apollo Theatre, Harlem, New York City, USA.
Jazz saxophonist James Moody records Cherokee and Pennies From Heaven in Stockholm, Sweden, Europe for Metronome/Prestige Records.

Julian Dash And His Orchestra record Hot Rod, For Squares Only, Cream'n Boogie and Open Up Them Pearly Gates in New York City, USA.
Trumpeters Billy Butterfield and Red Allen, trombonist Bill Harris; clarinet player Buddy DeFranco, saxophonists Louis Prima, Charlie Parker and Jerry Jerome, pianist Teddy Wilson, bassist Eddie Safranski, drummer Don Lamond and singer Dottie Reed play at Loew's King's Theatre, Brooklyn, New York City, USA.



Cannonball Adderley And His Orchestra are recording tracks for the Riverside Records album African Waltz, in New York City, USA.
Stan Getz and Luiz Bonfa, with Antonio Carlos Jobim on guitar, record Two Note Samba, Menina Flor, Ebony Samba and Mania De Maria for Verve Records in Webster Hall, New York City, USA.
The Paul Desmond-Jim Hall Quartet records The One I Love, Blues For Fun and other material in Webster Hall, New York City, USA, for RCA Victor Records.
John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman release the LP John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman on Impulse! Records in the USA.

The Jazz Crusaders record Free Sample, Moon River and other tracks in Pacific Jazz Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA.
The Four Upsetters release a new single, Midnight Soiree b/w Crazy Arms on Sun Records in the USA.

The John Coltrane Quartet records Crescent and Bessie's Blues for Impulse Records at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.


The John Coltrane Quartet records Chim Chim Cheree, Brasilia and Song Of Praise at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA, for Impulse! Records.
Jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter records the album Etcetera for Blue Note Records in Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
The Yusef Lateef Quartet records Bamboo Flute Blues, I'll Always Be In Love With You and Semiocto for Impulse Records at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, USA.
John Coltrane performs his four-part suite A Love Supreme in its entirety at the Antibes Jazz Festival, Antibes, France, Europe.

Duke Ellington, The Bill Evans Trio, The Woody Herman Orchestra, Johnny Hodges, the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Felicia Saunders, The Horace Silver Quintet and Joe Williams, record a tribute concert for WCBS-tv, New York City, USA.
On the day of the burial of recently-assassinated US Senator Bobby Kennedy,
James Brown records You Know It, Tit For Tat and Believers Shall Enjoy in King Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer [Emerson, Lake And Palmer], Labi Siffre, Ronnie Scott, Jim Cregan [Family], Brian Gibson [Geordie] and Tony Norton [Jigsaw] take part in a Pop Star Celebrity Race at Brands Hatch, near Swanley, Kent, UK. Jazzman Ronnie Scott wins the race. Also in attendance are Suzi Quatro and Don Powell [Slade].
The Jan Garbarek Quartet plays at The Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell, UK.
Jazz and r'n'b saxophonist Red Prysock, dies of a heart attack in Chicago, Illinois, USA. In his varied career Prysock worked with Tiny Bradshaw, Roy Milton and Cootie Williams. Red was also the brother of vocalist Arthur Prysock.
2006 Playboy Jazz Festival, a two-day event, begins at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, California, USA, with Bill Cosby as master of ceremonies. Artists appearing over the two days of the event include Elvis Costello, Jamie Cullum, Branford Marsalis, Allen Toussaint and Ozomatli.
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Pete King, saxophonist and co-founder of Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, London, UK, dies aged 80 in London, UK. In the last years of his life he had suffered from dementia.

Charles Lloyd And The Marvels 80th Birthday Celebration takes place at The Rose Theater, New York City, USA.
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