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Don Redman

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Jul 29, 1900

Don Redman born in Piedmont, West Virginia

1920

Don Redman graduated from Storer College with a music degree

1928

Don Redman joined Louis Armstrong's “Savoy Ballroom Five”

Other events that happened on or around 1928

1946

Don Redman led an all-star orchestra that was the first band to visit postwar Europe

1949

Don Redman had a musical show on the CBS television network

Nov 30, 1964

Don Redman died in New York City

Nov 21, 2009

Don Redman was inducted into West Virginia Music Hall of Fame

Other events that happened on or around November 21, 2009


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