Red Norvo (31 March 1908- 6 April 1999) was one of jazz's early vibraphonists. Norvo has recorded with his wife Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra. Together with Mildred Bailey, they were known as "Mr. and Mrs. Swing." March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1908 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. ... [[image:Luigi Waites PlaysVibraphone. ... Mildred Bailey (February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a popular American singer during the 1930s. ... Billie Holiday photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1949 Billie Holiday (April 7, 1915 - July 17, 1959), also called Lady Day is generally considered one of the greatest jazz singers of all time. ... Frank Sinatra in 1947 Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer who is considered one of the finest vocalists of all time, renowned for his impeccable phrasing and timing. ...

Norvo in The Screaming Mimi (1958)

Norvo was born Kenneth Norville in Beardstown, Illinois. The story goes that he sold his pet pony to help pay for his first marimba. His career started in Chicago with a band called "the Collegians" in 1925. He also played with an all-marimba band on the vaudeville circuit Red Norvo from The Screaming Mimi (1958) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Red Norvo from The Screaming Mimi (1958) This is a screenshot of a copyrighted movie or television program. ... Screaming Mimi (1958) is a Columbia pictures release directed by Gerd Oswald and based on the novel by pulp novelist Fredric Brown. ... Beardstown is a city located in Cass County, Illinois. ... A modern marimba The marimba is a musical instrument in the percussion family. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vaudeville is a style of theater, also known as variety, which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ...

Norvo helped introduce the xylophone and later the vibraphone as legitimate jazz instruments.

He played with the bands of Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet and Woody Herman. He played himself in the film "Screaming Mimi" (1958). Paul Whiteman (March 28, 1890 - December 29, 1967) was a popular United States orchestral leader. ... Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 - June 13, 1986) was a famous Jazz musician, known as King of Swing, Patriarch of the Clarinet, and Swings Senior Statesman. Goodman was born in Chicago, the son of poor Jewish immigrants who lived on Chicagos Maxwell Street neighborhood. ... Charles Daly Barnet (October 26, 1913 – September 4, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader. ... Woodrow Charles Herman (May 16, 1913–October 29, 1987), better known as Woody Herman, was a United States jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and Big band leader. ...

For his entire career, he recorded and toured until a stroke in the mid-1980s forced him into retirement. He died at a convalescent home in Santa Monica, California at the age of 91. A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) occurs when the blood supply to a part of the brain is suddenly interrupted by occlusion (an ischemic stroke- approximately 90%of strokes) or by hemorrhage (a hemorrhagic stroke - approximately 10% of strokes). ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica is a coastal city located in Los Angeles County, California USA, by the Pacific Ocean, south of Pacific Palisades and Brentwood, west of Westwood, Los Angeles, and north of Venice. ...