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

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

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

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

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

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

1997 Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89

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

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

1997 Duncan Swift, jazz pianist, dies at 54

1997 Art Prysock, jazz musician, dies at 68

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

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

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

1997 Tony Williams, jazz musician, dies at 51

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

1997 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist, dies at 76

1996 William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician, dies at 80

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

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

1996 Don Grolnick, jazz musician, dies at 48

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

1996 Pud Brown, jazz musician, dies at 79

1996 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist, dies at 71

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

1995 Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan, dies at 90

1995 Don E Cherry, jazz Musician, dies at 58

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

1995 Phyllis Hyman, R&B/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45

1995 Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist, dies at 61

1995 Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist, dies at 54

1995 Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist, dies at 68

1995 Jimmy Raney, jazz guitarist, dies at 67

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

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

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

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

1995 Jess Stacy, U.S. jazz pianist (Great Gatsby), dies at 90

1994 Charles Shirley, jazz arranger, dies at 74

1994 Noel Pointer, jazz violinist, dies at 39

1994 Lesley Peacock, jazz photogrpaher/author, dies

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

1994 Al Levitt, US/French jazz drummer, dies at 63

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

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

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

1994 John William Stevens, jazz drummer, dies at 54

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

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

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

1994 Lionel Grigson, professor of Jazz, dies at 52

1994 Willie Humphrey, jazz clarinetist, dies at 93

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

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

1994 Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer, dies at 90

1994 James L Lyons, jazz promoter, dies at 77

1994 Dick Cary, jazz musician, dies at 77

1994 Tommy Benford, jazz drummer, dies at 88

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

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

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

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

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

1994 Eddie Calhoun, jazz Bassist, dies at 72

1994 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter, dies at 85

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1993 Art Hodes, Russ/US jazz/blues pianist/editor (Jazz Record), dies

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

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

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

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

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

1992 Larrie Londin, jazz drummer, dies at 48

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

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

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

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

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

1992 Constantin Poustochkine, jazz critic, dies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1987 Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1979 Charles Mingus, jazz bassist, dies of heart attack

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

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

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

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

1975 Noble Sissle, jazz musician, dies at 86

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

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

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

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

1975 Jacque Vaughn, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

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

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

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

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

1973 Shandon Anderson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

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

1973 Greg Ostertag, NBA center, for the Utah Jazz

1972 Howard Eisley, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

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

1972 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist, dies at 68

1972 Jamie Watson, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

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

1970 Bryon Russell, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

1970 Adam Keefe, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

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

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

1968 Greg Foster, NBA center, Utah Jazz

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

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

1968 Felton Spencer, NBA center, Utah Jazz

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

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

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

1966 Chris Morris, NBA forward, Utah Jazz

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

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

1963 Jeff Hornacek, NBA guard, Utah Jazz

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

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

1961 Antoine Carr, NBA forward and center, Utah Jazz

1960 Django Bates, jazz musician

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

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

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

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

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

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

1956 Denise Jannah, [Zeefuik], Suriname jazz singer, Farmer's Market

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

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

1955 Cassandra Wilson, jazz singer

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

1955 Adrian Dantley, Washington D.C., NBA forward, Olympics gold 1976, Utah Jazz

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

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

1954 Pat Methany, jazz guitarist, As Wichita Falls

1954 Peter Erskine, jazz drummer, Weather Report

1953 Earl Klugh, Jazz pianist/guitarist

1953 Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter

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

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

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

1951 Jaco Pastorius, U.S. jazz guitarist, Weather Report-Word of Mouth

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

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

1951 Alphonso Johnson, jazz bassist

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

1950 Phyllis Hyman, jazz Singer

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

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

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

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

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

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

1948 Wayne Kramer, jazz artist, Dangerous Madness

1947 Don Grolnick, jazz musician

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

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

1947 Steve Khan, jazz musician, Christmas Waltz

1946 Digby Fairweather, jazz trumpeter

1945 Tony Williams, jazz musician

1945 David Sanborn, jazz saxophonist, David Letterman Show

1945 Anthony Braxton, jazz musician

1945 Keith Jarrett, jazz musician/film composer, Nachtfahrer

1945 Keith Nichols, jazz pianist

1944 Glenn Miller, U.S. jazz composer/orch leader (Danny boy), dies at 40

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

1944 John Surman, jazz musician

1944 Barbara Thompson, jazz musician/composer/bandleader

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

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

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

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

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

1943 Duncan Swift, jazz pianist

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

1942 John Taylor, jazz pianist

1942 Jim Douglas, jazz guitarist

1942 Lionel Grigson, professor of jazz

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

1941 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, pioneer jazz pianist, dies in LA at 56

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

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

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

1941 Rick Laird, jazz musician, Gerry Niewood and Timepiece

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

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

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

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

1940 Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist

1940 Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz guitarist

1940 John William Stevens, jazz drummer

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

1939 Roy George Elroy Josephs, jazz dance teacher

1938 Richard Sudhalter, British writer/jazz musician

1938 Dmitri Shostakovitch's Suite for jazz orchestra, premieres

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

1938 Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer

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

1937 Michael Gibbs, jazz composer

1937 Alice Coltrane, jazz musician

1937 Ron Carter, jazz bassist, Ron Carter Meets Bach

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

1937 Bobby Scott, jazz singer

1936 Don E Cherry, U.S. jazz trumpeter

1936 Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist, Perfect Circle

1935 Roy Scheider, born in Orange, New Jersey, actor, All That Jazz, Jaws, seaQuest DSV

1935 Misja Mengelberg, Dutch jazz pianist/composer, Reconstruction

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

1934 Ellis Marsalis, jazz musician

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

1934 Stanley Turrentine, jazz saxophonist, Wonderland

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

1934 Ron Weatherburn, jazz pianist

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

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

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

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

1932 Vince Guaraldi, jazz pianist, Charlie Brown TV specials

1932 John Chilton, jazz trumpeter

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

1932 Dakota Staton, [Rabia Aliyah], U.S. jazz singer, In the Night

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

1931 Leon Bismarck "Bix" Beiderbecke, jazz cornetist (In Mist), dies at 29

1931 Dewey Redman, jazz musician

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

1930 Clifford Brown, [Brownie], U.S. jazz trumpeter/composer

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

1930 Hank Mobley, U.S. jazz saxophonist

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

1930 Morgana King, jazz singer and actress, Godfather

1930 Chris Barber, jazz trombonist

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

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

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

1929 Bill Evans, U.S. jazz pianist

1929 George Alan Dawson, jazz drummer/teacher

1929 Maurice Simon, jazz musician

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

1929 Art Prysock, jazz musician

1928 Ernestine Anderson, jazz vocalist

1928 Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley, U.S., jazz musician, Black Messiah

1928 Peter, Indiana, jazz musician

1928 Maynard Ferguson, Verdun Quebec, jazz trumpeter, Roulette

1928 Monty Sunshine, jazz bandleader, Gotta Travel On

1928 Will Gaines, jazz dancer

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

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

1927 Red Robert Chudnick Rodney, jazz trumpeter

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

1927 Connie Kay, jazz drummer

1927 Gerry Mulligan, British saxophonist and orch leader, Jazz on a Summer Day

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

1927 Ronnie Scott, jazz musician/club-owner

1926 John Coltrane, jazz saxophonist, Round Midnight

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

1926 Johnny Van Derrick, jazz violinist

1926 Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch jazz historian, Mister Jazz

1926 Miles Davis, Alton, Illinois, jazz trumpeter, L'ascenseur pour l'echafaud

1925 Gunther Schuller, New York City, jazz composer

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

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

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

1925 Benny Bailey, jazz trumpeter

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

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

1924 Rita Reys, [Maria Reijs], Dutch jazz singer

1924 Paul Desmond, U.S. jazz saxophonist

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

1924 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist

1924 Wally Fawkes, cartoonist/jazz clarinettist

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

1924 J J Johnson, composer/jazz trombonist

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

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

1922 Toots [Jean] Thielemans, Belgian/US jazz musician/composer

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

1921 Eddie Calhoun, jazz bassist

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

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

1921 Freddy Randall, jazz trumpeteer

1921 Jimmy Giuffre, jazz musician

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

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

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

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

1920 Charlie Alfred Galbraith, jazz trombonist

1920 Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, Klimbim

1920 Beryl Bryden, jazz singer

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

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

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

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

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

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

1918 James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist

1918 Joe Daley, jazz tenor/clarinet/flute player

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

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

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

1917 Thelonious Monk, jazz composer/pianist

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

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

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

1917 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released

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

1916 James L Lyons, jazz promoter

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

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

1916 Dick Cary, jazz Musician

1916 Maurice "Moe" Purtill, jazz drummer

1916 William Ballard Doggett, jazz musician

1915 George Chisholm, Scottish jazz trombonist

1914 William "Sabby" Lewis, jazz pianist/arranger

1914 Leonard Geoffrey Feather, jazz critic/musician

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

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

1913 Roger "Ram" Ramirez, jazz pianist/composer

1913 Conrad Hermann Hubertius Maria Apollinaris Josten, jazz guitarist

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

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

1912 Carlos Don Byas, U.S. jazz saxophonist

1912 Eddie Williams, blues/Jazz Bassist

1912 Marshall Royal, jazz sax/clarinet

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

1912 Stan Kenton, [Newcomb], Wichita, Kansas, jazz musician, Music 55

1911 Guus Jansen, jazz pianist, Net als Toen

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

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

1910 Art[hur] Tatum, U.S. jazz pianist/composer

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

1910 Al Sears, jazz performer

1910 Django Reinhardt, Belgium, Gypsy jazz guitarist

1909 Crozy [William] Cole, U.S. jazz drummer

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

1909 Danny Barker, jazz guitarist

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

1908 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter

1908 Stephane Grappelli, British jazz/violinist

1907 Joe Turner, U.S. jazz pianist

1907 Ernestine "Tiny" Davis, jazz vocalist/trumpeter

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

1907 Jimmy McPartland, jazz trumpeteer and actor, Magic Horn

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

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

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

1905 Norman Waterhouse Lees, jazz fan

1905 Doc Cheatham, jazz musician

1905 Tommy Benford, jazz drummer

1904 Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz

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

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

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

1904 Fats Waller, [Thomas Wright], jazz singer/composer, Ain't Misbehavin'

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

1904 Mississippi Fred McDowell, jazz artist

1903 Clyde McCoy, jazz trumpeter/bandleader

1903 Milford Dolliole, pioneer jazz drummer

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

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

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

1900 Willie Humphrey, jazz Clarinetist

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

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

1899 Zilner T Randolph, jazz trumpeter/arranger

1898 Andy Kirk, jazz musician

1898 Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer

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

1895 Maurice Roelants, Belgian author, Jazz Player

1892 Johnny Dodds, early jazz clarinettist

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

1886 Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], jazz singer/silent actor, Mamie, Swanee

1886 Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor, Jazz Singer

1885 Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton, New Orleans, jazz pianist/composer

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

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

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

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



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