Jazz Birthdays

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Esperanza Spalding
October 18, 1984
 

[Ron Thorne]

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Esperanza Spalding
October 18, 1984

[Ron Thorne]

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Eddie Daniels
October 19, 1941




Masabumi Kikuchi
October 19, 1939 - July 6, 2015

[Ron Thorne]

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Eddie Harris
October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996




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

[hornplayer]

Today is Diz's birthday (my personal all-time favorite trumpet player) and WBGO (www.wbgo.org/listen) is featuring him for 24 hours.

Not much better to my ears than listening to lots of Diz.

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Fred Hersch
October 21, 1955




Marc Johnson
October 21, 1953




Don Byas
October 21, 1912 – August 24, 1972




Jerry Bergonzi
October 21, 1947




John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993

[Ron Thorne]

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Clare Fischer
October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012




Urszula Dudziak
October 22, 1943




Jane Bunnett
October 22, 1956

[Ron Thorne]

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Ernie Watts
October 23, 1945




Gary McFarland
October 23, 1933 - November 3, 1971




Sonny Criss
October 23, 1927 - November 19, 1977

[bluenoter]

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Dianne Reeves
October 23, 1956




Cookie Coogan
October 23, 1965




Tristan Honsinger
October 23, 1949
 

[Ron Thorne]

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Wendell Marshall
October 24, 1920 – February 6, 2002




Odean Pope
October 24, 1938

[Ron Thorne]

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Jimmy Heath
October 25, 1926




Terumasa Hino
October 25, 1942




Robin Eubanks
October 25, 1955

[Ron Thorne]

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Charlie Barnet
October 26, 1913 - September 4, 1991




Warne Marsh
October 26, 1927 – December 18, 1987




Milton Nascimento
October 26, 1942




Eddie Henderson
October 26, 1940

[Ron Thorne]

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Barre Phillips
October 27, 1934




Babs Gonzales
October 27, 1919 – January 23, 1980

[Ron Thorne]

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




Andy Bey
October 28, 1939




Glen Moore
October 28, 1941

[Ron Thorne]

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Neal Hefti
October 29, 1922 – October 11, 2008




John Haley "Zoot" Sims
October 29, 1925 - March 23, 1985

[Ron Thorne]

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Teo Macero
October 30, 1925 – February 19, 2008




Trilok Gurtu
October 30, 1951




Clifford Brown
October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956




Poncho Sanchez
October 30, 1951

[Ron Thorne]

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Bob Belden
October 31, 1956 – May 20, 2015




Sherman Ferguson
October 31, 1944 – January 22, 2006




Booker Ervin
October 31, 1930 – July 31, 1970




Illinois Jacquet
October 31, 1922 – July 22, 2004

[Ron Thorne]

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Gabe Baltazar
November 1, 1929




Lou Donaldson
November 1, 1926




Roger Kellaway
November 1, 1939




Carmen Lundy
November 1, 1954




Conrad Herwig
November 1, 1959

[Ron Thorne]

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Phil Woods
November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015




Bunny Berigan
November 2, 1908 – June 2, 1942




Kurt Elling
November 2, 1967




Herb Geller
November 2, 1928 – December 19, 2013

[Ron Thorne]

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Joe Turner
November 3, 1907 – July 21, 1990




Andy McGhee
November 3, 1927




Azar Lawrence
November 3, 1952




Henry Grimes
November 3, 1935

[Ron Thorne]

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Larry Bunker
November 4, 1928 – March 8, 2005




Ralph Sutton
November 4, 1922 – December 30, 2001

[Ron Thorne]

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Arturo Sandoval
November 6, 1949

[Ron Thorne]

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David S. Ware
November 7, 1949 - October 18, 2012




Alvin Batiste
November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007

[Ron Thorne]

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Chris Connor
November 8, 1927 - August 29, 2009




Russell Malone
November 8, 1963




Patricia Barber
November 8, 1955




Don Byron
November 8, 1958

[Ron Thorne]

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Paul Bley
November 10, 1932




Billy May
November 10, 1916 – January 22, 2004




Hubert Laws
November 10, 1939




Houston Person
November 10, 1934