Musicians Born in March 1930

Ornette Coleman (1930-2015)

Mar 9 American jazz saxophonist and composer (Downbeat Musician of Year, 1966), born in Fort Worth, Texas

Mar 9 Thomas Schippers, American conductor (Amahl & Night Visitors), born in Kalamazoo, Michigan (d. 1977)
Mar 10 Raymond Rasberry, American gospel pianist, songwriter, and singer, born in Akron, Ohio (d. 1995)
Mar 12 Stanko Horvat, Croatian composer, born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 2006)
Mar 12 Wardell Quezergue, American jazz, blues, and funk composer, arranger, record producer, and bandleader, known as the "Creole Beethoven", born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 2011)
Mar 13 (Richard Allen) "Blue" Mitchell, American jazz trumpeter (Horace Silver Quintet; Riverside; Blue Note), born in Miami, Florida (d. 1979)
Mar 14 Dieter Schnebel, German experimental composer (Harley-Davidson, for nine motorbikes and trumpet), born in Lahr, Germany (d. 2018)
Mar 16 Minoru Miky, Japanese composer for traditional Japanese instruments, born in Tokushima, Japan (d. 2011)
Mar 18 Maurice Peress, American conductor (Kansas City Philharmonic, 1974-80), born in New York City (d. 2017)
Mar 18 Pat Halcox, British jazz trumpeter (Chris Barber Jazz Band, 1954-2008), born in Chelsea, London (d. 2013)
Mar 19 Bill Henderson, American jazz singer ("Señor Blues"), and actor (Dreams - "Torpedo"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2016)
Mar 20 Michel Magne, French experimental music and film score composer (Gigot; Barbarella), and recording studio owner (Château d'Hérouville), born in Lisieux, France (d. 1984)
Mar 21 James Coco, American character actor (Only When I Laugh; Murder by Death), and singer (Man of La Mancha), born in The Bronx, New York (d. 1987)

Mar 22 American Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning composer and lyricist (West Side Story; Sunday in the Park With George; A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Gypsy), born in New York City [1]

Mar 25 David Burge, American pianist, composer and conductor, born in Evanston, Illinois (d. 2013)
Mar 26 Cristóbal Halffter, Spanish conductor, and composer (Yes, speak out, yes; Lazarus), born in Madrid, Spain (d. 2021)
Mar 28 Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer, born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire
Mar 28 Robert Ashley, American composer, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan (d. 2014)
Mar 29 Donny Conn, American musician (The Playmates), born in Waterbury, Connecticut (d. 2015)
Mar 30 Rolf Harris, Australian-British comedian, actor, painter, singer-songwriter ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"), and convicted sex offender, born in Bassendean, Western Australia (d. 2023) [1]