- Dec 1 Leon Biriotti, Uruguayan composer and oboist, born in Montevideo, Uruguay (d. 2020)
- Dec 2 Harvey Phillips, American tubist (NYC Ballet Orchestra), born in Aurora, Missouri (d. 2010)
- Dec 3 Clarence Ford, American jazz and R&B clarinet and saxophone player, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1994)
- Dec 3 Paul Harris Turok, American composer, educator and music critic (Ragtime Caprice), born in New York (d. 2012)
- Dec 3 Werner Rackwitz, German opera director and musicologist (Handel-Renaissance), born in Breslau, Weimar Republic (d. 2014)
- Dec 6 Mark Kopytman, Russian-Israeli composer (Voices of Memory), musicologist, and pedagogue (Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. 1974-94), born in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) (d. 2011)
- Dec 6 Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Austrian conductor (Early Music Movement), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 2016)
- Dec 8 Ali Bongo [William Oliver Wallace], British comedy musician and magician (President of The Magic Circle - Shriek of Araby), born in England (d. 2009)
- Dec 9 Michel Fano, French composer (films of Alain Robbe-Grillet), born in Paris, France
- Dec 12 Toshiko Akiyoshi, Japanese jazz pianist and composer, born in Liaoyang, Manchuria, Republic of China
- Dec 14 Ron Nelson, American composer, and pedagogue (Brown University, 1973-93), born in Joliet, Illinois (d. 2023)
- Dec 15 Barry Harris, American bebop jazz pianist (Cannonball Adderly; Lee Morgan; "The Bird of Red and Gold"), and educator, born in Detroit, Michigan (d. 2021) [1]
- Dec 19 Bob Brookmeyer, American jazz and studio pianist, valve trombone player, arranger, and composer (Stan Getz; Jerry Mulligan), born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 2011)
- Dec 21 Jack Philip Cannon, British composer and teacher, born in Paris, France (d. 2017)
- Dec 22 Leonard "Red" Balaban, American jazz tuba and sousaphone player, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2013) [1]
Chet Baker (1929-1988)
Dec 23 American jazz trumpeter and vocalist ("My Funny Valentine"), born in Yale, Oklahoma
- Dec 24 Noel DaCosta, Nigerian-Jamaican composer, born in Lagos, Nigeria (d. 2002)
- Dec 25 Bill Horton, American doo-wop singer (The Silhouettes - "Get A Job"), born in Hickory, North Carolina (d. 1995)
- Dec 25 Chris Kenner, R&B singer (I Like it Like That), born in Kenner, Louisiana (d. 1976)
- Dec 26 Régine [Zylberberg], French singer and nightclub owner, born in Anderlecht, Belgium (d. 2022)
- Dec 29 Matt "Guitar" Murphy, American blues guitarist (Blues Brothers band), born in Sunflower, Mississippi (d. 2018)
About December 1929
How Old? 94 years old
Generation: Silent Generation
Leap Year: No
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Signs: Sagittarius (Nov 22 - Dec 21), Capricorn (Dec 22 - Jan 19)
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