June 3
Josephine Baker - 1906
Al Harewood - 1923
Boots Randolph - 1927
Dakota Staton - 1930
Ted Curson - 1935
Grachan Moncur III - 1937
Ian Hunter - 1939
Curtis Mayfield - 1942
Michael Clarke - 1944
*****
Kenny Ploen - 1935
(I had his bubble gum card in 1964.)
Sam Mills - 1959
(In 1981, Sam Mills tried out for the Toronto Argonauts of the CFL, and didn't make the team. In 1982, he tried out for the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, and didn't make the team. In 1983, he tried out for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL, and made the team. Today, he is in the Canton Hall of Fame.)
Your thoughts?
Sometimes it seems that the marimba enabled him a more "hyper" rush of notes, but maybe that's why he chose marimba for those pieces, to get that ease to articulate those types of ideas.
Cause or effect?