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Birthdays in Music
Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46
1885-12-19 - Joe "King" Oliver,
American jazz musician (d. 1938)
1890-02-27 - Freddie Keppard,
American jazz musician (d. 1933)
1893-03-18 - Jean Goldkette,
Greek-born jazz musician (d. 1962)
1904-08-21 - [William] Count Basie,
Red Bank NJ, jazz musician (Blazing Saddles)
1908-10-19 - Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes,
British jazz musician/composer (Elegy)
1910-12-15 - John H. Hammond,
NYC, American rock/jazz musician (I Can Tell, So Many Roads)
1912-02-19 - Stan Kenton,
[Newcomb], Wichita Ks, jazz musician (Music 55)
1916-02-16 - William Ballard Doggett,
jazz musician
1921-05-23 - Humphrey Lyttelton,
jazz musician/actor (It's Great to Be Young)
1922-04-29 - Toots [Jean] Thielemans,
Belgian/US jazz musician/composer
1922-05-18 - Kai Winding,
Danish-born Jazz musician (d. 1983)
1926-03-04 - Don Rendell,
English jazz musician and arranger
1926-05-26 - Miles Davis,
Alton, Illinois, American jazz musician, trumpeter and composer (d. 1991)
1927-01-28 - Ronnie Scott,
jazz musician/club-owner
1928-06-20 - Eric Dolphy,
Los Angeles California, jazz musician, (d. 1964)
1928-09-09 - Julian E "Cannonball" Adderley,
US, jazz musician (Black Messiah)
1932-12-09 - Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill,
jazz musician
1938-12-28 - Richard Sudhalter,
British(?) writer/jazz musician
1941-02-05 - Rick Laird,
jazz musician (Gerry Niewood & Timepiece)
1944-07-24 - Barbara Thompson,
jazz musician/composer/bandleader
1945-05-08 - Keith Jarrett,
jazz musician/film composer (Nachtfahrer)
1947-04-28 - Steve Khan,
jazz musician (Christmas Waltz)
1950-08-25 - Charles Fambrough,
American jazz musician
1952-01-11 - Lee Ritenour,
LA California, jazz musician
1963-06-09 - Gilad Atzmon,
Israeli jazz musician and author
1965-07-28 - Delfeayo Marsalis,
American jazz musician
1974-07-17 - Laura Macdonald,
Scottish jazz musician
1978-11-19 - Matt Dusk,
Canadian jazz musician / vocalist
Deaths in Music
Deaths 1 - 29 of 29
1931-11-04 - Charles Buddy Bolden,
US jazz musician, dies
1961-02-22 - Nick LaRocca,
American jazz musician (b. 1889)
1963-08-23 - Glen Gray,
American jazz musician and leader of the Casa Loma Orchestra (b. 1900)
1964-06-29 - Eric Dolphy,
American jazz musician (b. 1928)
1969-05-19 - Coleman Hawkins,
US jazz musician/composer, dies
1971-07-06 - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong,
jazz musician (Hello Dolly), dies at 71
1975-12-17 - Noble Sissle,
jazz musician, dies at 86
1987-02-02 - Patrick "Spike" Hughes,
Brit jazz musician (Cinderella), dies at 78
1989-05-10 - Woody Shaw,
American jazz musician (b. 1944)
1993-07-11 - Mario Bauza,
Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82
1994-02-22 - "Papa" John Creach,
US jazz musician (Papa Blues), dies at 76
1995-10-19 - Don E Cherry,
jazz Musician, dies at 58
1996-06-01 - Don Grolnick,
jazz musician, dies at 48
1996-09-17 - Jessie "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" Hill,
jazz musician, dies at 63
1996-11-13 - William Ballard Doggett,
jazz musician, dies at 80
1997-02-23 - Tony Williams,
jazz musician, dies at 51
1997-06-02 - Doc Cheatham,
jazz musician, dies of stroke at 91
1997-06-21 - Art Prysock,
jazz musician, dies at 68
2004-12-26 - Sigurd Køhn,
Norwegian jazz musician, in 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake (b. 1959)
2005-02-08 - Jimmy Smith,
American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2007-01-12 - Alice Coltrane,
American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2008-04-25 - Humphrey Lyttelton,
Jazz musician and broadcaster, (b. 1921)
2008-12-19 - Kenny Cox,
American jazz musician (b. 1940)
2009-01-20 - David Newman,
American jazz musician, nicknamed "Fathead" (b. 1933)
2009-06-03 - Sam Butera,
American jazz musician (b. 1927)
2010-10-18 - Marion Brown,
American jazz musician (b. 1931)
2010-12-09 - James Moody,
American jazz musician (b. 1925)
2011-03-19 - Kym Bonython,
Australian radio broadcaster, jazz musician, speedway promoter (b. 1920)
