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1945 - Stanton Davis was born on this day. He was a jazz trumpeter and educator and a native of New Orleans, Louisiana. He studied at the Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory. He served as program director for MIT's radio station from 1968-74. He initially played locally in the Boston area, and then with George Russell, Mercer Ellington, Lester Bowie, Charlie Haden, George Gruntz, Jim Pepper, Bob Stewart, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers, Gil Evans, Webster Lewis, Jaki Byard, Max Roach, and James Moody. His only major release as a bandleader is 1988's Manhattan Melody. |