Birthdays 201 - 212 of 212
- 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)
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