Jazz Birthdays

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Johnny Dyani
November 30, 1945 – October 24, 1986




Jack Sheldon
November 30, 1931

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Lou Rawls
December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006




Jaco Pastorius
December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987

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Wynton Kelly
December 2, 1931 – April 12, 1971




Charlie Ventura
December 2, 1916 -- January 17, 1992

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Jim Hall
December 4, 1930 – December 10, 2013




Cassandra Wilson
December 4, 1955

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Dave Brubeck
December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012




Miroslav Vitous
December 6, 1947




Eddie Gladden
December 6, 1937 – September 30, 2003

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Teddy Hill
December 7, 1909 – May 19, 1978

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Jimmy Smith
December 8, 1925[1] or 1928[2] – February 8, 2005

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Donald Byrd
December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013

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Ray Nance
December 10, 1913 – January 28, 1976

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McCoy Tyner
December 11, 1938

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Grover Washington, Jr.
December 12, 1943 – December 17, 1999




Tony Williams
December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997




Alex Acuna
December 12, 1944




Joe Williams
December 12, 1918 – March 29, 1999




Frank Sinatra
December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998





Toshiko Akiyoshi
December 12, 1929

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Sonny Greer
December 13, 1895 – March 23, 1982




Eric Marienthal
December 13, 1957

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Phineas Newborn
December 14, 1931 – May 26, 1989




Cecil Payne
December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007




Clark Terry
December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015

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Gene Quill
December 15, 1927 – December 8, 1988




Dannie Richmond
December 15, 1931 – March 15, 1988




Curtis Fuller
December 15, 1934




Barry Harris
December 15, 1929




Stan Kenton
December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979




Eddie Palmieri
December 15, 1936

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Rene McLean
December 16, 1946




Joe Farrell
December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986




Robben Ford
December 16, 1951




John Abercrombie
December 16, 1944

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Walter Booker
December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006

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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988




Fletcher Henderson
December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952




Harold Land
December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001




Wadada Leo Smith
December 18, 1941

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Bob Brookmeyer
December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011




Bobby Timmons
December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974




Cornell Dupree
December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011




Lenny White
December 19, 1949

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Hank Crawford
(December 21, 1934 – January 29, 2009

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John Patitucci
December 22, 1959

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Frank Morgan
December 23, 1933 – December 14, 2007




Chet Baker
December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988

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Ray Bryant
December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011




Baby Dodds
December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959




Woody Shaw
December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989

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Jerome Richardson
December 25, 1920 – June 23, 2000




Ronnie Cuber
December 25, 1941




Don Alias
December 25, 1939 – March 29, 2006




Don Pullen
December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995




Cab Calloway
December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994




Bob James
December 25, 1939

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Monty Budwig
December 26, 1926 – March 9, 1992




John Scofield
December 26, 1951

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T.S. Monk
December 27, 1949