Today in Jazz History (Part 3)
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Famous Birthdays
Results 201 - 300 of 333
1935-05-27 - Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist (Hang on Sloopy)
1935-06-06 - Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer (Reconstruction)
1935-11-10 - Roy Scheider, Orange NJ, actor (All That Jazz, Jaws, seaQuest DSV)
1935-12-19 - Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist (d. 1974)
1936-03-08 - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle)
1936-04-03 - Jimmy McGriff, American jazz organist
1936-10-11 - Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer (d. 2001)
1936-11-18 - Don E Cherry, US jazz trumpeter
1937-01-29 - Bobby Scott, jazz singer
1937-02-20 - Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love)
1937-03-04 - Ron Carter, jazz bassist (Ron Carter Meets Bach)
1937-04-24 - Joe Henderson, American jazz saxophonist (d. 2001)
1937-08-27 - Alice Coltrane, jazz musician
1937-09-25 - Michael Gibbs, jazz composer
1938-04-07 - Freddie Hubbard, Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter (Art Blakey)
1938-06-29 - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer
1938-12-11 - McCoy Tyner, American jazz pianist
1938-12-28 - Richard Sudhalter, British(?) writer/jazz musician
1939-02-20 - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher
1939-11-13 - Idris Muhammad, American jazz drummer
1940-03-12 - Al Jarreau, Milwaukee WI, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
1940-06-10 - John William Stevens, jazz drummer
1940-08-27 - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz guitarist
1940-09-02 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
1940-09-10 - Roy Ayers, LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me)
1940-11-29 - Chuck Mangione, Rochester NY, jazz hornist (Chasing the Clouds Away)
1940-12-28 - Lonnie Liston Smith, US jazz performer (Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady)
1941-01-24 - Neil Diamond, Brooklyn NY, singer/actor (Jazz Singer)
1941-02-05 - Rick Laird, jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece)
1941-02-11 - Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician (Brazil '66/'77/'88)
1941-06-12 - Chick Corea, Chelsea Mass, jazz pianist (Delhpi I, Toy Dance)
1941-10-11 - Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
1941-12-12 - Tim Hauser, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
1942-02-12 - Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz
1942-05-13 - Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist
1942-09-25 - John Taylor, jazz pianist
1943-01-23 - Gary Burton, American jazz vibraphonist
1943-02-21 - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist
1943-03-02 - Geogre Benson, jazz/blues guitarist (Breezin', This Masquerade)
1943-04-02 - Larry Coryell, Galveston Tx, jazz guitarist (11th House)
1943-12-12 - Grover Washington Jr, jazz artist (Mr Magic)
1944-05-16 - Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist (Same Ole Love)
1944-07-24 - Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader
1944-08-30 - John Surman, jazz musician
1945-02-13 - Keith Nichols, jazz pianist
1945-05-08 - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1945-06-04 - Anthony Braxton, jazz musician
1945-07-30 - David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist (David Letterman Show)
1945-12-12 - Tony Williams, jazz musician
1946-01-04 - Susannah McCorkle, American jazz singer (d. 2001)
1946-04-25 - Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter
1947-02-10 - Butch Morris, American jazz cornetist and composer
1947-04-28 - Steve Khan, jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
1947-06-30 - Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist (Live in Montreux)
1947-08-15 - Geraldo Velez, jazz congas (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1947-09-23 - Don Grolnick, jazz musician
1948-04-30 - Wayne Kramer, jazz artist (Dangerous Madness)
1948-09-29 - Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist
1948-11-21 - Alphonse Mouzon, American jazzist
1949-04-09 - Steve Gadd, jazz drummer (Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz)
1949-05-13 - Franklin Ajaye, BKln NY, comedian/actor (Jazz Singer, Car Wash)
1949-11-10 - Ann Reinking, Seattle, dancer/actress (All the Jazz, Micki & Maude)
1949-12-16 - Billy Gibbons, Houston TX, jazz guitarist (Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top)
1950-07-06 - Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer
1950-08-25 - Charles Fambrough, American jazz musician
1951-02-02 - Alphonso Johnson, jazz bassist
1951-07-17 - Lucie Arnaz, LA Calif, actress (Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer)
1951-11-14 - Sandahl Bergman, KC Missouri, actress (Conan, All that Jazz)
1951-12-01 - Jaco Pastorius, US jazz guitarist (Weather Report-Word of Mouth)
1951-12-01 - Jaco Pastorious, jazz bassist and composer (Weather Report)
1951-12-29 - Laurel Masse, Holland Mich, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Operator)
1952-01-11 - Lee Ritenour, LA Calif, jazz musician
1952-07-23 - Janis Siegel, NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
1953-07-22 - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist
1953-07-24 - Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter
1953-09-16 - Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist
1954-05-05 - Peter Erskine, jazz drummer (Weather Report)
1954-08-12 - Pat Methany, jazz guitarist (As Wichita Falls)
1954-08-29 - Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist (Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance)
1955-02-16 - Jeff Clayton, US jazz saxophonist/composer (Groove Shop)
1955-02-28 - Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, NBA forward (Olympic-gold-1976, Utah Jazz)
1955-10-25 - Robin Eubanks, American jazz trombonist
1955-12-04 - Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer
1956-03-04 - Kermit Driscoll, American jazz bassist
1956-08-15 - Lorraine Desmarais, French-Canadian jazz pianist and composer
1956-11-07 - Denise Jannah, [Zeefuik], Suriname jazz singer (Farmer's Market)
1957-02-07 - Richard Cook, British jazz writer (d. 2007)
1959-02-16 - Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge NJ, NBA forward (Det Pistons, Utah Jazz)
1959-07-31 - Stanley Jordan, American jazz guitarist
1959-09-30 - Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life)
1960-06-26 - Zachary Breaux, American jazz guitarist
1960-08-05 - Mike Nocito, rocker (Johnny Hates Jazz-Turn Back the Clock)
1960-08-26 - Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist (Bring on the Night, Tonight Show)
1960-10-02 - Django Bates, jazz musician
1961-03-27 - Clark Datchler, vocalist (Johnny Hates Jazz-Don't Say it's Love)
1961-07-23 - Antoine Carr, NBA forward/center (Utah Jazz)
1961-10-08 - Ted Kooshian, American jazz pianist
1961-10-18 - Wynton Marsalis, New Orleans La, jazz trumpeter (Grammy 1983)
1962-03-26 - John Stockton, Spokane Wash, NBA guard (Utah Jazz, Olympics-gold-96)
1962-10-12 - Chris Botti, American jazz musician
Famous Deaths
Results 201 - 237 of 237
2001-11-16 - Tommy Flanagan, American jazz pianist (b. 1930)
2001-11-22 - Norman Granz, American jazz impresario and producer (b. 1918)
2002-02-24 - Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b. 1932)
2002-07-02 - Ray Brown, American jazz bassist (b. 1926)
2002-11-21 - Hadda Brooks, American jazz singer, pianist, and composer (b. 1916)
2003-02-04 - Charlie Biddle, Canadian jazz bassist (b. 1926)
2003-07-01 - Herbie Mann, American jazz flutist (b. 1930)
2004-05-06 - Barney Kessel, American jazz guitarist (b. 1923)
2004-05-18 - Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)
2004-07-22 - Illinois Jacquet, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1922)
2004-12-26 - Sigurd Køhn, Norwegian jazz musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1959)
2004-12-30 - Artie Shaw, American jazz clarinetist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1910)
2005-02-08 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2005-02-20 - Pam Bricker, American jazz singer and Thievery Corporation vocalist (b. 1954)
2005-04-19 - Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Danish jazz bassist (b. 1946)
2005-04-28 - Percy Heath, American jazz bassist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1923)
2005-07-23 - Ted Greene, American jazz guitarist and teacher (b. 1946)
2005-07-25 - Albert Mangelsdorff, German jazz trombonist (b. 1928)
2005-08-06 - Keter Betts, American jazz bassist (b. 1928)
2006-03-31 - Jackie McLean, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1931 or 1932)
2006-06-06 - Hilton Ruiz, Puerto Rican-American jazz pianist (b. 1952)
2006-08-23 - Maynard Ferguson, Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1928)
2006-12-12 - Kenny Davern, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1935)
2006-12-25 - James Brown, rhythm & blues, gospel, jazz, soul and funk singer or simply the Godfather of Soul (Genius of Love, Hot Pants) dies at 73 from heart failure
2007-01-01 - Tad Jones, American jazz music historian (b. 1952)
2007-01-12 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2007-01-13 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1949)
2007-02-01 - Whitney Balliett, American jazz critic (b. 1926)
2007-02-12 - Peggy Gilbert, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1905)
2007-02-27 - Bobby Rosengarden, American jazz drummer (b. 1924)
2007-04-20 - Andrew Hill, American jazz composer and pianist (b. 1931)
2007-07-05 - George Melly, British jazz & blues musician (b. 1926)
2007-10-17 - Teresa Brewer, American pop and jazz singer (b. 1931)
2007-12-23 - Oscar Peterson, Canadian jazz pianist and composer (b. 1925)
2008-04-25 - Humphrey Lyttelton, Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
2008-06-14 - Esbjörn Svensson, Swedish jazz pianist (b. 1964)
2008-07-06 - Bobby Durham, American jazz drummer (b. 1937)
