Today in Jazz History (Part 2)
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Famous Birthdays
Results 101 - 200 of 333
1919-10-11 - Art Blakey, Pitts PA, drummer (Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers)
1919-12-18 - Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer (Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton)
1920-03-20 - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist (Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland)
1920-04-08 - Carmen McRae (Clark), US jazz singer/pianist (Dream of Life)
1920-04-09 - Art Van Damme, Norway Mich, jazz accordionist (Chicago Jazz)
1920-05-11 - Beryl Bryden, jazz singer
1920-06-05 - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist (Klimbim)
1920-08-13 - Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist
1920-08-29 - Charlie "Bird" Parker, US jazz saxophonist
1920-10-18 - Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress (Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day)
1920-12-06 - Dave Brubeck, Concord CA, jazz pianist/composer (Gates of Justice)
1920-12-24 - Dave Bartholomew, La, jazz artist/songwriter (Blueberry Hill)
1921-04-26 - Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician
1921-05-06 - Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer
1921-05-23 - Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)
1921-06-07 - Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (d. 1998)
1921-06-15 - Erroll Garner, US, jazz pianist (Misty)
1921-11-13 - Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist
1922-04-22 - Charles Mingus, Arizona, jazz bassist (Pithecanthropus Erectus)
1922-04-29 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
1922-11-07 - Al Hirt, New Orleans LA, jazz trumpeter (Greatest Horn in the World)
1922-11-15 - Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz)
1923-09-24 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)
1924-01-22 - J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist
1924-03-27 - Sarah L Vaughan, Newark NJ, jazz scat singer (Broken Hearted Melody)
1924-06-21 - Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist
1924-08-17 - Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist
1924-09-27 - Bud Powell, US jazz pianist/composer
1924-11-12 - Sam Jones, jazz bassist (d. 1981)
1924-11-25 - Paul Desmond, US jazz saxophonist
1924-12-21 - Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer
1925-02-26 - James Moody, US, jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader
1925-03-13 - Roy Haynes, US jazz drummer (Trio Music with Chick Corea)
1925-05-14 - Al Porcino, American jazz trumpet player
1925-08-13 - Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter
1925-11-20 - June [Shirley L] Christy, US, jazz singer (Tampico)
1925-12-08 - James E "Jimmy" Smith, US jazz/organist (Walk on the Wild Side)
1925-12-22 - Gunther Schuller, NYC, jazz composer
1926-03-04 - Don Rendell, English jazz musician and arranger
1926-04-28 - Blossom Dearie, American jazz singer
1926-07-28 - Charlie Biddle, American-born Quebec jazz bassist (d. 2003)
1926-08-09 - Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian (Mister Jazz)
1926-08-11 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist
1926-08-14 - Buddy Greco, Phila Pa, jazz singer (Away We Go, Broadway Open House)
1926-09-23 - John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist (Round Midnight)
1926-10-13 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (d. 2002)
1927-01-28 - Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner
1927-02-02 - Stan Getz, Phila, jazz tenor saxophonist (Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey)
1927-04-06 - Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist/orch leader (Jazz on a Summer Day)
1927-04-27 - Connie Kay, jazz drummer
1927-06-20 - John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone
1927-09-27 - Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter
1927-11-11 - Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist (Black Country Suite)
1928-04-05 - Will Gaines, jazz dancer
1928-04-08 - Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader (Gotta Travel On)
1928-05-04 - Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter (Roulette)
1928-07-13 - Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz bassist
1928-07-20 - Peter Ind, jazz musician
1928-07-25 - Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (d. 2005)
1928-08-26 - Peter Appleyard, Canadian jazz vibraphonist
1928-09-09 - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, US, jazz musician (Black Messiah)
1928-11-11 - Ernestine Anderson, jazz vocalist
1929-01-02 - Art Prysock, jazz musician
1929-03-26 - Maurice Simon, jazz musician
1929-07-14 - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher
1929-08-16 - Bill Evans, US jazz pianist
1929-12-23 - Chet Baker, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1988)
1930-03-19 - Bill Henderson, Chic Ill, jazz singer (Torpedo-Dreams)
1930-03-19 - Ornette Coleman, jazz composer (Downbeat Musician of Year 1966)
1930-04-16 - Herbie Mann, Brooklyn NY, jazz flute/sax (Just Wallin')
1930-04-17 - Chris Barber, jazz trombonist
1930-06-03 - Dakota Staton, American jazz singer (d. 2007)
1930-06-04 - Morgana King, jazz singer/actress (Godfather)
1930-07-03 - Pete Fountain, New Orleans, jazz clarinetist (Lawrence Welk 1957-59)
1930-07-07 - Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist
1930-07-25 - Annie Ross, British jazz singer
1930-09-07 - Sonny Rollins, NYC, jazz saxophonist (Blue Room)
1930-10-30 - Clifford Brown, [Brownie], US jazz trumpeter/composer
1930-12-04 - Jim Hall, American jazz guitarist
1931-03-25 - Paul Motian, American jazz drummer and composer
1931-05-17 - Dewey Redman, jazz musician
1932-02-10 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, [Alton Jay Rubin], Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco)
1932-06-03 - Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], US jazz singer (In the Night)
1932-06-04 - Oliver Nelson, American jazz composer and arranger (d. 1975)
1932-06-21 - Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, US jazz singer (Little Green Apples)
1932-07-16 - John Chilton, jazz trumpeter
1932-07-17 - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials)
1932-11-28 - Ethel L Ennis, US orchestra leader/jazz singer (Once Again)
1932-12-09 - Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician
1933-03-15 - Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer/jazz pianist (U of Wisconsin)
1933-03-28 - Tete Montoliu, Catalonian jazz pianist (d. 1997)
1934-01-31 - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist
1934-02-28 - Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
1934-04-05 - Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist (Wonderland)
1934-09-11 - Oliver Jones, Canadian jazz pianist
1934-10-29 - Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor (Gilas)
1934-11-14 - Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician
1935-01-07 - Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (d. 2006)
1935-04-22 - Paul Chambers, American jazz bassist (d. 1969)
1935-05-21 - Terry Lightfoot, clarinetist/bandleader (New Orleans Jazzmen)
Famous Deaths
Results 101 - 200 of 237
1992-01-01 - Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies
1992-01-17 - Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer
1992-03-04 - Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer
1992-03-08 - Red Callender, US jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76
1992-06-09 - Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack
1992-07-04 - Joe Newman, US jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies
1992-08-24 - Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48
1992-10-05 - Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies
1992-10-07 - Ed Blackwell, US jazz drummer (Quartet), dies
1992-11-08 - Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies
1993-01-19 - William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76
1993-01-23 - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies
1993-03-04 - Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies
1993-03-08 - Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke
1993-05-30 - Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, US jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79
1993-07-11 - Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
1993-08-04 - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64
1993-08-07 - Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46
1993-08-26 - Rockin Dopsie Sr, Jazz-Fusion singer (Zydeco), dies at 61
1993-09-28 - Fraser MacPherson, Canadian jazz saxophonist (b. 1928)
1993-11-07 - Adelaide Hall, US jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92
1993-12-14 - Myrna Loy, [Williams], US actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88
1994-01-05 - Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39
1994-01-07 - Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67
1994-01-11 - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80
1994-01-15 - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85
1994-01-27 - Eddie Calhoun, jazz Bassist, dies at 72
1994-01-30 - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86
1994-02-02 - Zilner T Randolph, jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95
1994-02-22 - "Papa" John Creach, US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76
1994-03-05 - Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75
1994-03-09 - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77
1994-03-24 - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88
1994-04-06 - Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77
1994-04-10 - James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77
1994-05-03 - Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90
1994-05-23 - Joe Pass, US jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65
1994-05-26 - Sonny Sharrock, US free-jazz guitarist, dies at 53
1994-05-26 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz Guitarist, dies at 53
1994-06-06 - Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93
1994-06-14 - Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52
1994-07-09 - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79
1994-07-21 - Marjorie Dorothy Chandler Collins, jazz singer, dies at 67
1994-07-25 - John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67
1994-09-13 - John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54
1994-09-22 - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80
1994-11-07 - Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky], US jazz trumpeter, dies at 70
1994-11-10 - Carmen McRae [Clark], US jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73
1994-11-28 - Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63
1994-11-30 - Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67
1994-12-03 - Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies
1994-12-19 - Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39
1994-12-23 - Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74
1995-01-01 - Jess Stacy, US jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90
1995-02-18 - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82
1995-02-18 - Yank Lawson, US jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84
1995-03-17 - Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87
1995-05-09 - Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82
1995-05-10 - Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67
1995-05-15 - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist, dies at 68
1995-05-24 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist, dies at 54
1995-05-26 - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61
1995-06-30 - Phyllis Hyman, R&B/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45
1995-08-27 - Martin Louis "Marty" Paich, jazz arranger, dies at 70
1995-10-19 - Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58
1995-11-06 - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan, dies at 90
1996-02-23 - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66
1996-02-24 - Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71
1996-05-27 - Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79
1996-05-29 - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77
1996-06-01 - Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48
1996-09-17 - Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician, dies at 63
1996-10-11 - Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74
1996-11-13 - William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80
1997-01-16 - Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76
1997-02-08 - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57
1997-02-20 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist (b. 1960)
1997-02-23 - Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51
1997-02-25 - Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51
1997-06-02 - Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91
1997-06-21 - Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68
1997-08-08 - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 74
1997-09-20 - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59
1997-11-26 - Francis Paudras, designer/jazz fan, dies at 62
1997-12-01 - Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89
1998-03-20 - George Howard, American jazz saxophone musician
1998-07-25 - Tal Farlow, American jazz guitarist (b. 1921)
1999-01-06 - French Jazz piano virtuoso Michel Petrucciani dies in New York following a brief respiratory illness at age 36
1999-04-06 - Red Norvo, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1908)
1999-07-27 - Sweets Edison, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1915)
1999-10-04 - Art Farmer, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1928)
1999-10-09 - Milt Jackson, American jazz vibraphonist (b. 1923)
1999-11-08 - Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1941)
1999-11-30 - Charlie Byrd, American jazz guitarist (b. 1925)
2000-09-12 - Stanley Turrentine, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1934)
2000-12-19 - Milt Hinton, American jazz double bassist (b. 1910)
2001-02-04 - J. J. Johnson, American jazz trombonist and composer (b. 1924)
2001-02-10 - George Holmes Tate, American jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (b. 1913)
2001-03-29 - John Lewis, American jazz pianist (b. 1920)
2001-06-30 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1937)
