Jazz Birthdays

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Jo Jones
October 7, 1911 – September 3, 1985




Larry Young
October 7, 1940 – March 30, 1978

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Pepper Adams
October 8, 1930 – September 10, 1986

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Abdullah Ibrahim
October 9, 1934




Dave Samuels
October 9, 1948




Kenny Garrett
October 9, 1960




Chucho Valdes
October 9, 1941




Yusef Lateef
October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013

[Ron Thorne]

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Junior Mance
October 10, 1928




Fred Hopkins
October 10, 1947 – January 7, 1999




Monk Montgomery
October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982




Ed Blackwell
October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992




Harry "Sweets" Edison
October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999




Johnny O'Neal
October 10, 1956




Thelonious Monk
October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982




Cecil Bridgewater
October 10, 1942




Oscar Brown, Jr.
October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005

[Ron Thorne]

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Art Blakey
October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990




Curtis Amy
October 11, 1929 – June 5, 2002




Billy Higgins
October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001




Lester Bowie
October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999

[Ron Thorne]

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Ray Brown
October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002




Lee Konitz
October 13, 1927




Terry Gibbs
October 13, 1924




Pharoah Sanders
October 13, 1940




Art Tatum
October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956

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Palle Danielsson
October 15, 1946




Bill Charlap
October 15, 1966

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Roy Hargrove
October 16, 1969




Ray Anderson
October 16, 1952

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Cozy Cole
October 17, 1909 – January 9, 1981




Barney Kessel
October 17, 1923 – May 6, 2004

[Ron Thorne]

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Anita O'Day
October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006




Wynton Marsalis
October 18, 1961




Bobby Troup
October 18, 1918 – February 7, 1999




Bill Stewart
October 18, 1966




Esperanza Spalding
October 18, 1984

[Ron Thorne]

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Eddie Daniels
October 19, 1941

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Jelly Roll Morton
October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941




Eddie Harris
October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996

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Don Byas
October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972




Dizzy Gillespie
October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993




Jerry Bergonzi
October 21, 1947




Marc Johnson
October 21, 1953




Fred Hersch
October 21, 1955

[Ron Thorne]

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Clare Fischer
October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012




Urszula Dudziak
October 22, 1943

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Sonny Criss
October 23, 1927 – November 19, 1977




Gary McFarland
October 23, 1933 – November 3, 1971




Ernie Watts
October 23, 1945




Dianne Reeves
October 23, 1956

[Ron Thorne]

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Odean Pope
October 24, 1938

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Robin Eubanks
October 25, 1955




Jimmy Heath
October 25, 1926

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Eddie Henderson
October 26, 1940

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Arild Anderson
October 27, 1945




Philip Catherine
October 27, 1942




Barre Phillips
October 27, 1934

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Chico O'Farrill
October 28, 1921 – June 27, 2001




Glen Moore
October 28, 1941




Andy Bey
October 28, 1939

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Neal Hefti
October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008




Zoot Sims
October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985

[Ron Thorne]

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Clifford Brown
October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956




Poncho Sanchez
October 30, 1951




Trilok Gurtu
October 30, 1951





Teo Macero
October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008

[Ron Thorne]

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Bob Belden
October 31, 1956 – May 20, 2015




Booker Ervin
October 31, 1930 – July 31, 1970




Illinois Jacquet
October 31, 1922 – July 22, 2004

[Ron Thorne]

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Roger Kellaway
November 1, 1939




Lou Donaldson
November 1, 1926




Gabe Baltazar
November 1, 1929




Carmen Lundy
November 1, 1954




Conrad Herwig
November 1, 1959

[Ron Thorne]

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Herb Geller
November 2, 1928 – December 19, 2013




Phil Woods
November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015




Kurt Elling
November 2, 1967