Jazz Birthdays

[Ron Thorne]

Ed Thigpen
December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010





Lonnie Liston Smith
December 28, 1940





Michel Petrucciani
December 28, 1962 – January 6, 1999





Earl "Fatha" Hines
December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983

[Ron Thorne]

Danilo Perez
December 29, 1965




Joe Lovano
December 29, 1952

[Ron Thorne]

Ron Affif
December 30, 1965




Lewis Nash
December 30, 1958




Jack Montrose
December 30, 1928 – February 7, 2006

[Ron Thorne]

Gil Melle
December 31, 1931 – October 28, 2004




Jimmy Haslip
December 31, 1951




Jonah Jones
December 31, 1909 – April 29, 2000

[Ron Thorne]

Susannah McCorkle
January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001




Al McKibbon
January 1, 1919 – July 29, 2005




Gianluigi Trovesi
January 1, 1944




Milt Jackson
January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999




Chris Potter
January 1, 1971

[Ron Thorne]

Arthur Prysock
January 2, 1929 – June 14, 1997




Nick Fatool
January 2, 1915 – September 26, 2000

[Ron Thorne]

Herbie Nichols
January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963

[Ron Thorne]

Slim Gaillard
January 4, 1916 – February 26, 1991




Frank Wess
January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013




John McLaughlin
January 4, 1942

[Ron Thorne]

Wild Bill Davison
January 5, 1906 – November 14, 1989




Myra Melford
January 5, 1957

[Ron Thorne]

Barry Altschul
January 6, 1943

[Ron Thorne]

Henry James "Red" Allen
January 7, 1908 – April 17, 1967




Kenny Davern
January 7, 1935 – December 12, 2006




Sam Woodyard
January 7, 1925 - September 20, 1988




Chano Pozo
January 7, 1915 – December 3, 1948

[Ron Thorne]

Bill Goodwin
January 8, 1942

[Ron Thorne]

Kenny Clarke
January 9, 1914 – January 26, 1985




Bucky Pizzarelli
January 9, 1926

[Ron Thorne]

Mike Stern
January 10, 1953




William Parker
January 10, 1952




Max Roach
January 10, 1924 – August 16, 2007

[Ron Thorne]

Osie Johnson
January 11, 1923 – February 10, 1966




Ed Schuller
January 11, 1955




Lee Ritenour
January 11, 1952

[Ron Thorne]

Jay McShann
January 12, 1916 – December 7, 2006




Jane Ira Bloom
January 12, 1955




George Duke
January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013




Ronald Shannon Jackson
January 12, 1940 – October 19, 2013

[Ron Thorne]

Melba Liston
January 13, 1926 – April 23, 1999




Joe Pass
January 13, 1929 – May 23, 1994

[Ron Thorne]

Grady Tate
January 14, 1932




Kenny Wheeler
January 14, 1930 – September 18, 2014




Billy Butterfield
January 14, 1917 – March 18, 1988




Mark Egan
January 14, 1951

[Ron Thorne]

Gene Krupa
January 15, 1909 – October 16, 1973

[Ron Thorne]

Cedar Walton
January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013




Billy Harper
January 17, 1943




Cyrus Chestnut
January 17, 1963




Sid Catlett
January 17, 1910 – March 25, 1951

[Ron Thorne]

Irene Kral
January 18, 1932 – August 15, 1978




Steve Grossman
January 18, 1951




Al Foster
January 18, 1943

[Ron Thorne]

Horace Parlan
January 19, 1931




Hod O'Brien
January 19, 1936 – November 20, 2016




Israel Crosby
January 19, 1919 – August 11, 1962

[Ron Thorne]

Chuck Domanico
January 20, 1944 – October 17, 2002




Jeff "Tain" Watts
January 20, 1960




Jimmy Cobb
January 20, 1929

[Ron Thorne]

Jason Moran
January 21, 1975

[Ron Thorne]

Eberhard Weber
January 22, 1940




J. J. Johnson
January 22, 1924 – February 4, 2001




Juan Tizol
January 22, 1900 – April 23, 1984