Bassist Oscar Pettiford

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Bassist

Oscar Pettiford

Living place: Oklahoma

Birthday: 30-9-1922 (102 years old)

Population of US 1922: 110,049,000

Global rank: #79159

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Who is Bassist Oscar Pettiford?
Pioneering bebop, composer, and one of the most commonly recognized jazz bassist bandleaders.
He is also known for his use of the cello as a solo jazz instrument, due to an experiment he performed while trying to play with a broken arm.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He started playing bass at the age of fourteen, because he didn't like how it was being played by others and wanted to revolutionize it.

Family life info

He was survived by his wife and three children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Bassist Oscar Pettiford?
He and Dizzy Gillespie led a bebop group together in 1943.

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When was Bassist Oscar Pettiford born?
Oscar Pettiford birthday 30-9-1922 (at the age of 102).
Where is Bassist Oscar Pettiford's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Oscar Pettiford was born in Oklahoma, . is a Bassist, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Oscar Pettiford's global rank is 79159 and whose rank is 383 in list of famous Bassist. Population of US in 1922 is about 110,049,000 persons.
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Events in 1922 and 30-9

Events in US in the birth year of Oscar Pettiford

  • Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (May 30).
  • Coal miners strike for nearly six months to protest wage cuts. The strike, one of several organized by the United Mine Workers of America since 1919, cripples the coal mining industry.

Birthday Oscar Pettiford (30-9) in history

  • Day 30-9 year 1791: The opera "The Magic Flute" by famous musician Mozart was premiered in Vienna, Austria.
  • Day 30-9 year 1927: Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run. The record stood until Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961. Mark McGwire beat Maris's record in 1998 by hitting 70 and Barry Bonds topped this in 2001 with 73.
  • Day 30-9 year 1938: Britain and France surrendered to Germany's demands concerning the Sudetenland, and signed the Munich Pact.
  • Day 30-9 year 1946: Twenty-two Nazi leaders were found guilty at the Nuremberg trials.
  • Day 30-9 year 1949: The Berlin Airlift came to an end.
  • Day 30-9 year 1955: Actor James Dean was killed in a car crash.
  • Day 30-9 year 1966: Botswana gained its independence from Great Britain.
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