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2012 Event - Famous American pianist and jazz composer, Dave Brubeck, dies at the age of 91

2004 Death - Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies

2002 Death - Cliff Gorman, actor, All That Jazz, ., dies at 65

1999 Death - "Grover Washington, Jr", jazz musician, Aria, dies at 56

1999 Death - Al Hirt, jazz master, trumpeter, dies at 76

1999 Death - Joe Williams, jazz singer, sang with Count Basie, dies at 80

1999 Death - Michel Petrucciani, jazz pianist, Both Worlds, dies at 36

1998 Event - NBA Finals, Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4 games to 2

1997 Death - Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89

1997 Death - Francis Paudras, designer/jazz fan, dies at 62

1997 Death - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer, dies at 59

1997 Death - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 54

1997 Death - Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68

1997 Event - 51st NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls beat Utah Jazz 4, games to 2

1997 Death - Doc Cheatham, jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91

1997 Death - Tony Williams, jazz drummer (Miles Davis), dies at 51

1997 Death - Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51

1997 Death - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher, dies at 57

1997 Death - Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76

1996 Death - William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80

1996 Death - Johnny Costa, jazz pianist (Mr Rogers), dies at 74

1996 Death - Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician, dies at 63

1996 Death - Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48

1996 Death - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77

1996 Death - Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79

1996 Death - Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71

1996 Death - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher, dies at 66

1996 Death - Ike Isaacs, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, dies at 76

1995 Death - Nancy LaMott, singer, cabaret genre, album 'Ask Me Again' ranked 12th in Billboard Magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart, performed twice for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, dies at 43

1995 Death - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan, dies at 90

1995 Death - Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58

1995 Death - Martin Louis "Marty" Paich, jazz arranger, dies at 70

1995 Death - Phyllis Hyman, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies, dies from suicide at 45

1995 Death - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61

1995 Death - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist, dies at 68

1995 Death - Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67

1995 Death - Marshall Royal, jazz Sax/Clarinet, dies at 82

1995 Death - Sunnyland Smart, jazz/blues singer/pianist (Delta Blues), dies at 87

1995 Death - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist, dies at 82

1995 Death - Yank Lawson, U.S. jazz trumpeteer (Stormy weather), dies at 84

1995 Death - Jess Stacy, pianist, jazz musician, dies at 90

1994 Death - Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74

1994 Death - Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39

1994 Death - Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies

1994 Death - Connie Conrad Henry Kirnon Kay, jazz Drummer, dies at 67

1994 Death - Al Levitt, American jazz artist, dies at 63

1994 Death - Carmen McRae [Clark], U.S. jazz singer/pianist, dies at about 73

1994 Death - Milton "Shorty" Rogers [Rajonsky], U.S. jazz trumpeter, dies at 70

1994 Death - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician, dies at 80

1994 Death - John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54

1994 Death - Roy Castle, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show', dies at age 62 in Buckinghamshire, England

1994 Death - Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, dies at 59

1994 Death - John M Dengler, jazz Bass Sax/Trumpet/Trombone, dies at 67

1994 Death - Marjorie Dorothy Chandler Collins, jazz singer, dies at 67

1994 Death - Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57

1994 Death - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz Pianist/Arranger, dies at 79

1994 Death - Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52

1994 Death - Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93

1994 Death - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz Guitarist, dies at 53

1994 Death - Joe Pass, U.S. jazz guitarist (The Trio), dies at 65

1994 Death - Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90

1994 Death - James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77

1994 Death - Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77

1994 Death - Sid Weiss, musician, jazz double-bassist, dies at 79

1994 Death - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88

1994 Death - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer, dies at 77

1994 Death - Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player, dies at 75

1994 Death - "Papa" John Creach, U.S. jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76

1994 Death - Zilner T Randolph, jazz Trumpeter/ Arranger, dies at 95

1994 Death - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter, dies at 86

1994 Death - Eddie Calhoun, jazz Bassist, dies at 72

1994 Death - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85

1994 Death - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80

1994 Death - Bobby Pratt, jazz Trombone/Piano Player, dies at 67

1994 Death - Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39

1994 Death - James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas

1993 Death - Myrna Loy, Williams, U.S. actress (Jazz Singer), dies at 88

1993 Death - Adelaide Hall, U.S. jazz singer (Cotton Club), dies at 92

1993 Death - Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46

1993 Death - Kenny Drew, US/Danish jazz pianist (Moonlight Desert), dies at 64

1993 Death - Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82

1993 Death - Herman S Blount, Sun Ra, U.S. jazz pianist (Solar Arkestra), dies at 79

1993 Death - Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke

1993 Death - Art Hodes, Russian/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies

1993 Death - Thomas A Dorsey, jazz pianist (Take My Hand, Precious Lord), dies

1993 Death - William LeMassena, actor (All that Jazz), dies of lung cancer at 76

1992 Death - Keith "Red" Mitchell, US/Swedish jazz bassist, dies

1992 Death - Ed Blackwell, U.S. jazz drummer (Quartet), dies

1992 Death - Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies

1992 Death - Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48

1992 Death - Joe Newman, U.S. jazz trumpetist (Count Basie), dies

1992 Death - Clarence Miller, blues/jazz vocalist, dies at 69 of a heart attack

1992 Death - Red Callender, U.S. jazz bassist (Unfinished dream), dies at 76

1992 Death - Mary Osborne, jazz guitarist, dies at 70 of liver cancer

1992 Death - Charlie Ventura, jazz sax (Bop for the people), dies at 75 of cancer

1992 Death - Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies

1991 Death - Buck Clayton, U.S. jazz trumpeter/orchestra leader, dies

1991 Event - 1st NBA game in Delta City, Utah Jazz beats Seattle 103-95

1991 Death - Miles Davis, jazz trumpeter, dies of pneumonia at 65

1991 Death - Lotte Palfi Andor, actress (Lovesick, All the Jazz), dies

1991 Death - Stan Getz, jazz saxophonist (Girl from Impanima), dies at 64

1991 Death - Bud Freeman, jazz tenor saxophonist, dies of cancer at 84

1991 Death - Jimmy McPartland, jazz cornetist, dies of cancer at 83

1991 Death - John Carter, U.S. jazz clarinetist (Roots and folklore), dies

1991 Death - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84

1991 Death - Jimmy McPartland, U.S., jazz cornetist, dies

1991 Death - Danny Thomas, comedian (Jazz Singer), dies of a heart attack at 79

1990 Death - Art Blakey, jazz drummer (Jazz Messengers), dies of cancer at 71

1990 Death - Joe Turner, jazz pianist, dies of cardiac arrest at 82

1990 Death - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter (wah wah sound), dies at 86

1990 Death - Dexter Gordon, Jazz saxophonist, dies of kidney failure at 67

1990 Death - Sarah Vaughn, jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66

1988 Death - Melvin J "Cy" Oliver, U.S. jazz composer/orchestra leader, dies at 77

1988 Death - Chet Baker, jazz trumpeter, fell to death out of a hotel window at 59

1988 Death - Gil Evans, Canadian/US jazz composer (Out of the Cool), dies at 75

1987 Death - Woody Herman, U.S. jazz clarinetist/composer, dies at 74

1987 Death - Bob Fosse, choreographer (All the Jazz), dies at 62

1987 Death - Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35

1987 Death - John Hammond, Jazz reviewer (Melody Maker), dies at 76

1987 Death - Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71

1987 Death - Patrick "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78

1986 Death - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist, dies at 65

1986 Death - Thad Jones, jazz trumpeter, dies of cancer at 63

1986 Death - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger, dies at 73

1986 Death - Hank Mobley, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 55

1985 Death - Johnny Guarnieri, jazz pianist (Morey Amsterdam Show), dies at 67

1984 Death - Clyde Cook, actor (Dawn Patrol, Jazz Heaven), dies in his sleep at 92

1984 Death - William "Count" Basie, jazz piano great, dies on 80th birthday

1983 Death - Willie Bobo, jazz drummer (Cos), dies at 49

1983 Death - Earl "Fatha" Hines, U.S., jazz pianist/conductor, dies

1982 Death - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62

1982 Death - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45

1982 Death - Theolonious S Monk, U.S., jazz pianist/composer (Blue Monk), dies at 64

1980 Death - Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist, dies of a bleeding ulcer at 51

1979 Birthday - Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide

1979 Death - Charles Mingus, U.S. jazz bassist/composer/orchestra leader, dies at 56

1979 Death - Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack

1977 Birthday - Fiona Apple, born in Manhattan, New York, singer, songwriter, alt-rock, pop, early jazz influences, Grammy-Award winning single, 'Criminal'

1977 Death - Paul Desmond, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 52

1977 Death - Erroll Garner, jazz pianist (Misty), dies at 53

1976 Death - Bobby Hackett, jazz cornetist/orchestral leader (Air time '57), dies at 61

1976 Death - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist (Charlie Brown TV specials), dies at 43

1975 Death - Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86

1975 Death - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, U.S., jazz musician, Black Messiah, dies at 46 from a stroke

1975 Death - Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer, dies at 77

1975 Death - Larry Parks, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 60

1975 Event - "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances

1975 Event - "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances

1975 Birthday - Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

1975 Event - NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28 game road losing streak

1974 Death - Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, dies at 62

1974 Event - NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak

1974 Death - Stanley Smith, actor (Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts), dies at 71

1973 Birthday - Shandon Anderson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1973 Death - Eddie Condon, jazz guitarist (Eddie Condon's Floor Show), dies at 68

1973 Birthday - Greg Ostertag, NBA center, for the Utah Jazz

1972 Birthday - Howard Eisley, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

1972 Death - Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 59

1972 Death - Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68

1972 Birthday - Jamie Watson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1971 Death - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71

1971 Birthday - Erykah Badu, born in Dallas, Texas, singer, songwriter, Grammy-winner, R&B, hip hop, jazz, given name Erica Abi Wright

1970 Birthday - Bryon Russell, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1970 Birthday - Adam Keefe, born in Irvine, California, professional basketball player, power forward, played in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz for nine years

1969 Event - 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island

1969 Death - Coleman Hawkins, U.S. jazz musician/composer, dies

1968 Death - Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden

1968 Birthday - Greg Foster, born in Oakland, California, professional basketball player, center-power forward, played for the Chicago Bulls, Utah Jazz

1968 Death - Wes Montgomery, jazz guitarist, dies of a heart attack at 48

1968 Birthday - David Benoit, NBA forward, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets

1968 Birthday - Felton Spencer, NBA center, Utah Jazz

1967 Death - John Coltrane, U.S. jazz sax/composer, dies at 40

1967 Death - Albert Conti, actor (Eagle, Jazz Heaven, Topaz), dies at 79

1966 Death - Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies

1966 Birthday - Chris Morris, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1965 Death - Otto Lederer, actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 79

1964 Death - Weldon John "Jack" Teagarden, U.S. jazz trombonist/singer, dies at 58

1963 Birthday - Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

1963 Birthday - Dave Koz, born in Encino, California, saxophonist, compared to David Sanborn, musician, radio host, played on CBS' The Pat Sajak Show, host of Dave Koz Morning Show with Pat Prescott, on a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles

1962 Birthday - Mike Nocito, born in Germany, rocker, leader of English pop band, Johnny Hates Jazz

1962 Birthday - John Stockton, born in Spokane, Washington, NBA guard, Utah Jazz, 1996 Olympics gold

1961 Birthday - Wynton Marsalis, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Grammy 1983

1961 Birthday - Michael Torke, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, composer, style includes jazz, minimalism, most popular work, 'Javelin', composed for 1996 Summer Olympics

1961 Birthday - Antoine Carr, NBA forward and center, Utah Jazz

1960 Birthday - Django Bates, born in Beckenham, England, jazz musician, founder, Human Chain, plays tenor horn, keyboards, piano

1960 Birthday - Branford Marsalis, jazz saxophonist, Bring on the Night, Tonight Show

1959 Birthday - Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer, Time and Life

1959 Death - Billie Holiday, jazz singer, dies of drug OD at 44

1959 Death - Sidney Bechet, U.S. jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/bandleader, dies at 62

1959 Birthday - Kelly Tripuka, Glenn Ridge, New Jersey, NBA forward, Det Pistons, Utah Jazz

1958 Birthday - Lea DeLaria, born in Belleville, Illinois, actress, jazz musician, comedienne, prominent lesbian stand-up comic, known for her raunchy persona

1957 Event - Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY

1956 Birthday - Nigel Kennedy, born in Brighton, English, violinist, jazz and classical music, boy prodigy, play Fats Waller tunes by ear at age 10, featured on Sarah Brightman's album Harem

1956 Birthday - Denise Jannah, Zeefuik, Suriname jazz singer, Farmer's Market

1956 Death - Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, dies at 46

1956 Death - Clifford Brown, U.S. jazz trumpeter (Joyspring, Jordu), dies at 25

1955 Birthday - Cassandra Wilson, born in Jackson, Mississippi, jazz singer, guitar player, jazz and blues genres, album 'New Moon Daughter' won Grammy Award

1955 Death - Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist, dies at 34 in New York City

1955 Birthday - Adrian Dantley, born in Washington, D.C., NBA forward, Gold Medal 1976 Olympics, Utah Jazz

1955 Birthday - Jeff Clayton, U.S. jazz saxophonist/composer, Groove Shop

1954 Birthday - Julio Fernandez, jazz guitarist, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance

1954 Birthday - Pat Methany, jazz guitarist, As Wichita Falls

1954 Birthday - Al Dimeola, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, rocker, guitarist, Latin jazz and Italian American jazz fusion

1954 Birthday - Peter Erskine, jazz drummer, Weather Report

1953 Birthday - Earl Klugh, born in Detroit, Michigan, jazz musician, guitarist, composer, won Grammy award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance, 1981

1953 Birthday - Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999

1952 Birthday - Neil Peart, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, born Neil Ellwood Peart, songwriter, drummer, percussionist, progressive rock, hard rock, jazz, swing, genres, member of Toronto band, Rush

1952 Birthday - Janis Siegel, born in New York City, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction

1952 Birthday - Ken Boyd, born in Frederick, Maryland, basketball player, played for New Orleans Jazz 1974 - 1975

1952 Birthday - Lee Ritenour, born in Los Angeles, California, jazz musician

1951 Birthday - Nancy LaMott, born in New York City, New York, singer, cabaret genre, album 'Ask Me Again' ranked 12th in Billboard Magazine's Top Jazz Albums chart, performed twice for President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton

1951 Birthday - Laurel Masse, Holland, Michigan, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Operator

1951 Birthday - Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine

1951 Birthday - Sandahl Bergman, Kansas City Missouri, actress, Conan, All that Jazz

1951 Birthday - Lucie Arnaz, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Kim-Here's Lucy, Jazz Singer

1951 Birthday - Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack

1951 Birthday - Alphonso Johnson, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, bassist, jazz, jazz fusion genres, considered one of the world's best bassists, played on Weather Report album Mysterious Traveller

1950 Death - Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, singer and actor (Jazz Singer), dies at 64

1950 Birthday - Phyllis Hyman, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Phyllis Linda Hyman, soul singer, songwriter, actress, jazz, soul, rhythm and blues, disco genres, first solo Top Ten Hit, 'Can't We Fall In Love Again', received Tony-nomination for Broadway musical, Sophisticated Ladies

1950 Event - Jazz pianist, Erroll Garner's solo concert (Cleveland, Ohio)

1949 Birthday - Billy Gibbons, born in Houston, Texas, jazz guitarist, Moving Sidewalks, ZZ Top

1949 Birthday - Ann Reinking, Seattle, dancer/actress, All the Jazz, Micki and Maude

1949 Death - Paul J Mares, U.S. jazz trumpetist/composer (Tin Roof Blues), dies at 49

1949 Birthday - Franklin Ajaye, BKln, New York, comedian/actor, Jazz Singer, Car Wash

1949 Birthday - Steve Gadd, jazz drummer, Triplet Hop, Complex Jazz

1948 Birthday - Wayne Kramer, jazz artist, Dangerous Madness

1947 Birthday - Miroslav Vitous, born in Prague, Czech Republic, bassist, double bass, electric bass, jazz musician, compared to Dave Holland, Christian McBride

1947 Birthday - Don Grolnick, jazz musician

1947 Birthday - Geraldo Velez, jazz congas, Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance

1947 Birthday - Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist, Live in Montreux

1947 Birthday - Steve Khan, jazz musician, Christmas Waltz

1947 Birthday - Barry Guy, born in London, England, composer, musician, double bass player, Guildhall School of Music teacher, influenced by contemporary jazz, member Michael Nyman Band

1946 Birthday - John Klemmer, born in Chicago, Illinois, musician, songwriter, arranger, saxophonist, plays jazz, pop, cross over jazz, co-written music with David Batteau

1946 Birthday - Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter

1945 Birthday - Tony Williams, jazz musician

1945 Birthday - David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist, David Letterman Show

1945 Birthday - Anthony Braxton, jazz musician

1945 Birthday - Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer, Nachtfahrer

1945 Birthday - Keith Nichols, jazz pianist

1944 Birthday - John Abercrombie, born in Port Chester, New York, jazz guitarist, know for songs with jazz-rock band, Dreams

1944 Death - Glenn Miller, U.S. band leader/jazz composer, dies at 40

1944 Birthday - Michael Franks, born in LaJolla, California, singer, songwriter, jazz music genre, worked with Art Garfunkel, Patti Austin

1944 Birthday - John Surman, jazz musician

1944 Birthday - Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader

1944 Birthday - Chris Spedding, born in Staveley, Derbyshire, England, born Peter Robinson, rocker, jazz guitarist, rock and roll, considered the most versatile session guitarist in the U.K.

1944 Birthday - Billy Cobham, Panama, jazz artist, Same Ole Love

1943 Death - Thomas W. "Fats" Waller, jazz pianist, dies at 39 in Kansas City Missouri

1943 Birthday - Grover Washington, Jr., jazz artist, Mr Magic

1943 Birthday - Garrett List, born in Phoenix, Arizona, composer, vocalist, trombonist, formed Julliard Ensemble, composed classical, jazz, pop, free jazz music

1943 Birthday - Judith Durham, born Melbourne, Australia, Judith Mavis Cock, singer, jazz, lead vocalist for The Seekers, Australian popular folk music group

1943 Birthday - Larry Coryell, born in Galveston, Texas, jazz guitarist, 11th House

1943 Birthday - Geogre Benson, jazz/blues guitarist, Breezin', This Masquerade

1943 Birthday - Duncan Swift, jazz pianist

1943 Death - Thomas "Fats" Waller, U.S. jazz pianist (Hot Chocolate), dies at 38

1942 Birthday - Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues

1942 Birthday - John Taylor, jazz pianist

1942 Birthday - Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist

1942 Birthday - Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz

1941 Birthday - Tim Hauser, jazz singer, Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction

1941 Birthday - Glenn Moore, born in Portland, Oregon, rocker, jazz bassist, played with saxophonist Jim Pepper, recorded 'This is It' with Nick Brignola, 'Bird on Wire' with Tim Hardin

1941 Death - Jelly Roll Morton pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56

1941 Birthday - Chick Corea, born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, jazz pianist, Delhpi I, Toy Dance

1941 Event - Willy Lewis' U.S. jazz band performs in Switzerland

1941 Birthday - Sergio Mendes, jazz/pop musician, Brazil '66/'77/'88

1941 Birthday - Rick Laird, jazz musician, Gerry Niewood and Timepiece

1941 Birthday - Neil Diamond, born in Brooklyn, New York, singer and actor, Jazz Singer

1940 Birthday - Lonnie Liston Smith, U.S. jazz performer, Cosmic Echoes, Magic Lady

1940 Birthday - Chuck Mangione, born in Rochester, New York, jazz hornist, Chasing the Clouds Away

1940 Birthday - Chris Farlowe, born in North London, England, John Henry Deighton, rocker, singer, soul, rhythm and blues, jazz rock, signed with Columbia and Immediate, once used pseudonym 'Little Joe Cook'

1940 Birthday - Roy Ayers, Louisiana, disco jazz artist, Fever, You Send Me

1940 Birthday - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz guitarist

1940 Birthday - John William Stevens, jazz drummer

1940 Birthday - Al Jarreau, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, jazz singer, Moonlighting

1939 Birthday - Bob James, born in Marshall, Missouri, rocker, smooth jazz, fusion, arranger, producer, wrote "Nautilus" and "Take Me To Mardi Gras", two of the most sampled songs in hip hop history

1939 Birthday - Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher

1938 Birthday - Richard Sudhalter, British writer/jazz musician

1938 Birthday - David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley

1938 Event - Dmitri Shostakovich's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres

1938 Death - Warner Oland, actor (Werewolf of London, Jazz Singer), dies at 57

1938 Birthday - Mike Mainieri, born in the Bronx, New York, jazz fusion vibraphonist, worked with Steps Ahead, pioneer in 'synth-vibe' electronic vibraphone music, recorded with Buddy Rich, Jeremy Steig, featured on Dire Straights tracks

1938 Birthday - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer

1938 Birthday - Freddie Hubbard, born in Indianapolis, jazz trumpeter, Art Blakey

1937 Birthday - Michael Gibbs, jazz composer

1937 Birthday - Alice Coltrane, jazz musician

1937 Birthday - Ron Carter, jazz bassist, Ron Carter Meets Bach

1937 Birthday - Nancy Wilson, Chillicothe Ohio, jazz vocalist, Feel Like Making Love

1937 Birthday - Bobby Scott, born in Mt. Pleasant, New York, jazz singer, producer, songwriter, instrumentalist, toured with Louis Prima, No. 13 Billboard hit 'Chain Gang' 1956

1936 Birthday - Don E Cherry, U.S. jazz trumpeter

1936 Birthday - Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef

1936 Birthday - Manfred Schoof, born in Madgeburg, Germany, composer, founder, European free jazz, professor in Cologne, interpreter of works by Bernd Alouis Zimmermann

1936 Birthday - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist, Perfect Circle

1935 Birthday - Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok

1935 Birthday - James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins

1935 Birthday - Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction

1935 Birthday - Ramsey Lewis, Chic, pop jazz artist, Hang on Sloopy

1935 Birthday - Gene Cherico, born in Buffalo, New York, Eugene Valentino Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, accompanied singer Peggy Lee

1934 Birthday - Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician

1934 Birthday - Pim Jacobs, jazz pianist/Dutch TV host/actor, Gilas

1934 Birthday - Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist, Wonderland

1934 Birthday - Willie Bobo, New York City, jazz drummer, Cos

1934 Birthday - Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist

1933 Birthday - Cecil Perceval Taylor, composer and jazz pianist, University of Wisconsin

1933 Death - Willie Walker, U.S. jazz singer/guitarist (Dupree Blues), dies at 36

1932 Birthday - Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill, jazz musician

1932 Birthday - Ethel L Ennis, U.S. orchestra leader/jazz singer, Once Again

1932 Birthday - Al Levitt, born in New York City, New York, drummer, American jazz artist, studied under Irv Kuger, played in Europe with Peter Ind, Slide Hampton, Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, James Moody

1932 Birthday - Bengt Hallberg, born in Sweden, musician, pianist, composer for film, television, choir arrangements, Sweden's most influential jazz musicians

1932 Birthday - Roy Castle, born in Scholes, England, singer, musician, jazz trumpet player, television celebrity, starred in BBC's 'The Roy Castle Show'

1932 Birthday - Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist, Charlie Brown TV specials

1932 Birthday - John Chilton, jazz trumpeter

1932 Birthday - Ocie Lee "OC" Smith, U.S. jazz singer, Little Green Apples

1932 Birthday - Dakota Staton, Rabia Aliyah, U.S. jazz singer, In the Night

1931 Death - Charles Buddy Bolden, U.S. jazz musician, dies

1931 Birthday - Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style

1931 Death - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist 'In a Mist', dies at 29

1931 Birthday - Dewey Redman, jazz musician

1931 Event - Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller)

1930 Birthday - Clifford Brown, Brownie, U.S. jazz trumpeter/composer

1930 Birthday - Sonny Rollins, born in New York City, jazz saxophonist, Blue Room

1930 Birthday - Hank Mobley, U.S. jazz saxophonist

1930 Birthday - Pete Fountain, born in New Orleans, jazz clarinetist, Lawrence Welk 1957-59

1930 Birthday - Morgana King, jazz singer and actress, Godfather

1930 Birthday - Chris Barber, jazz trombonist

1930 Birthday - Herbie Mann, born in Brooklyn, New York, jazz flute/sax, Just Wallin'

1930 Birthday - Bill Henderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, jazz singer, Torpedo-Dreams

1930 Birthday - Ornette Coleman, jazz composer, Downbeat Musician of Year 1966

1929 Birthday - Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist

1929 Birthday - George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher

1929 Birthday - Maurice Simon, jazz musician

1929 Death - Pine-Top Smith, jazz pianist (Boogie Woogie Piano), dies at 24

1929 Birthday - Art Prysock, jazz musician

1928 Birthday - Ernestine Anderson, jazz vocalist

1928 Birthday - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, born in Tampa, Florida, jazz musician, Black Messiah

1928 Birthday - Peter, Indiana, jazz musician

1928 Birthday - Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter, Roulette

1928 Birthday - Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader, Gotta Travel On

1928 Birthday - Will Gaines, jazz dancer

1927 Birthday - Mose Allison, Tippo Mississippi, jazz artist, Black Country Suite

1927 Event - "Jazz Singer," 1st movie with a sound track, premieres (New York City)

1927 Birthday - Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter

1927 Birthday - Elvin Jones, born Pontiac, Michigan, musician, jazz drummer, played hard bop, avant-garde jazz, post-bop, member of John Coltrane quartet, appearing in A Love Supreme

1927 Birthday - John M Dengler, jazz bass sax/trumpet/trombone

1927 Birthday - Connie Kay, jazz drummer

1927 Birthday - Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orchestra leader, Jazz on a Summer Day

1927 Birthday - Stan Getz, Philadelphia, jazz tenor saxophonist, Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey

1927 Birthday - Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner

1926 Birthday - John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist, Round Midnight

1926 Birthday - Buddy Greco, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Away We Go, Broadway Open House

1926 Birthday - Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist

1926 Birthday - Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian, Mister Jazz

1926 Birthday - Miles Davis, born in Alton, Illinois, jazz trumpeter, L'ascenseur pour l'echafaud

1925 Birthday - Gunther Schuller, New York City, jazz composer

1925 Birthday - James E "Jimmy" Smith, U.S. jazz/organist, Walk on the Wild Side

1925 Birthday - June [Shirley L] Christy, U.S., jazz singer, Tampico

1925 Birthday - Zoot Sims, born in Queens, New York, musician, saxophonist, jazz player, played with Woody Herman, Al Cohn, Buddy Rich, Jack Kerouac, Count Basie, Art Pepper

1925 Birthday - Mel Torme, born in Chicago, Illinois, jazz singer "Velvet Fog", Jet Set, Night Court

1925 Birthday - Oscar Peterson, born in Montreal, Canada, jazz pianist, composer, Grammy Award winner

1925 Birthday - Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter

1925 Birthday - Roy Haynes, U.S. jazz drummer, Trio Music with Chick Corea

1925 Birthday - James Moody, U.S., jazz saxophonist/orchestra leader

1924 Birthday - Rita Reys, Dutch jazz singer

1924 Birthday - Paul Desmond, U.S. jazz saxophonist

1924 Birthday - Bud Powell, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

1924 Birthday - Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist

1924 Birthday - Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist

1924 Birthday - Sarah .L Vaughan, born in Newark, New Jersey, jazz scat singer, Broken Hearted Melody

1924 Birthday - J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist

1924 Birthday - Max Roach, born in North Carolina, American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer

1922 Birthday - Paul Acket, Dutch publisher/organizer, Music Express, North Sea Jazz

1922 Birthday - Al Hirt, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz trumpeter, Greatest Horn in the World

1922 Birthday - Kai Winding, born in Aarhus, Denmark, jazz composer, trombonist, worked with J.J. Johnson, Benny Goodman, Paul Chambers, recorded "More" from "Mondo Cane" movie with Verve records

1922 Birthday - Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/U.S. jazz musician/composer

1922 Birthday - Charles Mingus, born in Arizona, jazz bassist, Pithecanthropus Erectus

1921 Birthday - Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist

1921 Birthday - Erroll Garner, U.S., jazz pianist, Misty

1921 Birthday - Humphrey Lyttelton, jazz musician/actor, It's Great to Be Young

1921 Birthday - Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer

1921 Birthday - Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician

1921 Birthday - Andre Hodeir, born in Paris, France, violinist, composer, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, founder and director of Jazz Groupe de Paris, comprised of nine musicians including Bobby Jaspar and Nat Peck

1920 Birthday - Dave Bartholomew, Louisiana, jazz artist/songwriter, Blueberry Hill

1920 Birthday - Dave Brubeck, Concord California, jazz pianist/composer, Gates of Justice

1920 Birthday - Anita O'Day, vocalist/actress, Outfit, Zigzag, Jazz on a Summer Day

1920 Birthday - Charlie "Bird" Parker, U.S. jazz saxophonist

1920 Birthday - Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist

1920 Birthday - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim

1920 Birthday - Beryl Bryden, jazz singer

1920 Birthday - Art Van Damme, born in Norway, Michigan, jazz accordionist, Chicago Jazz

1920 Birthday - Carmen McRae, Clark, U.S. jazz singer/pianist, Dream of Life

1920 Birthday - Marian McPartland, jazz pianist, Bill Mayer, Jimmy McPartland

1919 Birthday - Anita O'Day, Chicago, big band jazz singer, Gene Krupa, Stan Kanton

1919 Birthday - Ike Isaacs, born in Rangoon, Burma, guitarist, played jazz, known for work with Stephane Grappelli, played with Denny Wright in group Velvet in 1970's, taught at the Sydney Guitar School

1919 Birthday - Art Blakey, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, drummer, Billy Eckstine Band, Jazz Messengers

1918 Birthday - Joe Williams, Cordele, Georgia, jazz singer, Everyday I have the Blues

1918 Birthday - James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist

1918 Birthday - Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player

1918 Birthday - Kirby Stone, born in New York City, jazz combo leader, Baubles Bangles and Beads

1918 Birthday - Ella Fitzgerald, Newport News, Virginia, jazz singer, Is it live or Memorex

1917 Birthday - Jo Stafford, born in California, American pop and jazz singer, pioneer of modern musical parody

1917 Birthday - Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz

1917 Birthday - Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist

1917 Event - 1st jazz record released (Dark Town Strutters Ball)

1917 Birthday - Johnny Guarnieri, born in New York City, jazz pianist, Morey Amsterdam Show

1917 Event - 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey

1917 Event - 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released

1917 Event - 1st jazz record recorded (Dark Town Strutters Ball)

1916 Birthday - James L Lyons, jazz promoter

1916 Birthday - Joe Bushkin, New York City, jazz pianist, A Couple of Joes

1916 Event - 1st published reference to "jazz" appears (Variety)

1916 Birthday - Dick Cary, jazz Musician

1916 Birthday - Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer

1916 Birthday - William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician

1916 Birthday - Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald

1915 Birthday - George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist

1914 Birthday - William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger

1914 Birthday - Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician

1914 Birthday - Billy Eckstine, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, jazz singer, Tenderly, A Fool in Love

1914 Birthday - Sid Weiss, born in America, musician, jazz double-bassist, played clarinet, violin, tuba as a child, began playing bass as a teenager, worked with Louis Prima, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman

1914 Birthday - Kenny [Klook] Clarke, Pittsburgh, jazz/drummer, composer, Epistrop

1913 Birthday - Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer

1913 Birthday - Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist

1913 Birthday - Woody Herman, jazz clarinetist/bandleader/composer, Thundering Herds

1912 Birthday - Theodore "Teddy" Wilson, U.S. jazz pianist/arranger

1912 Birthday - Carlos Don Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist

1912 Birthday - Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist

1912 Birthday - Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet

1912 Birthday - Hugues Panassie, French jazz saxophonist/author, Hot Club of France

1912 Birthday - Stan Kenton, Newcomb, Wichita, Kansas, jazz musician, Music 55

1911 Birthday - Guus Jansen, jazz pianist, Net als Toen

1911 Birthday - Roy Eldridge, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, jazz trumpeter, Gene Krupa, Artie Shaw

1910 Birthday - John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads

1910 Birthday - Art Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

1910 Birthday - Mary Lou Williams, U.S. jazz pianist/composer, Zodiac Suite

1910 Birthday - Al Sears, jazz performer

1910 Birthday - Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist

1909 Birthday - Crozy Cole, U.S. jazz drummer

1909 Birthday - Lester W. "Pres" Young, U.S. jazz saxophonist

1909 Birthday - Danny Barker, jazz guitarist

1908 Birthday - Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes, British jazz musician/composer, Elegy

1908 Birthday - Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter

1908 Birthday - Stephane Grappelli, British jazz/violinist

1907 Birthday - Joe Turner, U.S. jazz pianist

1907 Birthday - Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter

1907 Birthday - Laurence Olivier, England, actor, Rebecca, Hamlet, Jazz Singer

1907 Birthday - Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer and actor, Magic Horn

1906 Birthday - Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist, Eel

1905 Birthday - Earl "Fatha" Hines, Duquesne, Pennsylvania, jazz pianist, Deep Forest

1905 Birthday - Myrna Loy, Helena, Montana, actress, Jazz Singer, Thin Man, Vanity Fair

1905 Birthday - Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan

1905 Birthday - Doc Cheatham, jazz musician

1905 Birthday - Tommy Benford, jazz drummer

1904 Birthday - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz

1904 Birthday - Eddie Condon, Goodland, Indiana, jazz guitarist, Eddie Condon's Floor Show

1904 Birthday - [William] Count Basie, Red Bank, New Jersey, jazz musician, Blazing Saddles

1904 Birthday - Jess Stacy, born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, pianist, jazz musician, played with Tommy Dorsey, recorded with Lee Wiley, Nelson Riddle in The Great Gatsby soundtrack

1904 Birthday - Clarence "Pinetop" Smith, jazz pianist/singer, Boogie Woogie Piano

1904 Birthday - Fats Waller, Thomas Wright, jazz singer/composer, Ain't Misbehavin'

1904 Birthday - William "Count" Basie, jazz pianist, Policy Man, Blazing Saddles

1904 Birthday - Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist

1903 Birthday - Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter/bandleader

1903 Birthday - Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer

1903 Birthday - Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, Iowa, jazz cornetist 'In a Mist'

1903 Birthday - Stanley Smith, born in Kansas City, Missouri, actor, Honey, King of Jazz, Soup to Nuts

1901 Birthday - Louie "Satchmo" Armstrong, New Orleans, jazz trumpeter, Hello Dolly

1900 Birthday - Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist

1900 Birthday - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, jazz musician, Hello Dolly

1900 Birthday - Paul J Mares, U.S., jazz trumpetist/composer, Farewell blues

1899 Birthday - Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger

1898 Birthday - Andy Kirk, jazz musician

1898 Birthday - Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer

1897 Birthday - Sidney Bechet, U.S., jazz clarinetist/saxophonist/band leader

1895 Birthday - Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, Jazz Player

1892 Birthday - Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist

1887 Birthday - Albert Conti, born in Trieste, Austria, actor, Jazz Heaven, Doomed Battalion

1886 Birthday - Al Jolson, Asa Yoelson, jazz singer/silent actor, Mamie, Swanee

1886 Birthday - Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor, Jazz Singer

1885 Birthday - Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

1884 Birthday - Louis Gruenberg, near Brest Litovsk Poland, composer, Daniel Jazz

1880 Birthday - Warner Oland, Umea Sweden, actor, Jazz Singer, Charlie Chan

1873 Birthday - W[illiam] C[hristopher] Handy, Alabama, jazz star, St. Louis Blues

1868 Birthday - Eugenie Besserer, Watertown, New York, actress, Jazz Singer













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