1824 – Composer Bedrich Friedrich Smetana was born. 1900 – Composer Kurt Weill was born. 1921 – Composer Robert Simpson was born. 1922 Saxophonist Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis born in New York. 1942 Guitarist Charlie Christian dies at 25. 1953 Dave Brubeck records “Jazz at Oberlin” on Fantasy Records. 1959 Miles Davis records “Kind of Blue” […]