This Day in History: 1952-01-01
Richard Birkemeier, trumpet professor emeritus at Cal State Univ., Long Beach, was born. He has specialized in 19th-c. brass playing and has helped host an ITG conference in Anaheim, CA, in 2016. He served as director of the California Institute for the Preservation of Jazz from 1996 to 2008.
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