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James Newton
May 1, 1953




Shirley Horn
May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005

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Happy Birthday ... http://www.purojazz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/billy-higgins1.jpg Connie Kay April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994 http://www.bohemragtime.com/upload/fest/14mf/robinson.jpg Scott Robinson April 27, 1959 https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/149/360116434_79811ca3b1_b.jpg Freddie Waits A...

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Teddy Edwards
April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003




Jimmy Giuffre
April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008

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Earl Bostic
April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965




Ella Fitzgerald
April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996

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Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/bennie-green.jpg Bennie Green April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977 https://i2.wp.com/onemetwogemini.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/henry-mancini.jpg?fit=720%2C405 Henry Mancini April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pini...

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Happy Birthday ... https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/960x540/p01br4yn.jpg Shorty Rogers April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994 http://www.theday.com/storyimage/NL/20160525/ENT10/160529491/AR/0/AR-160529491.jpg&Maxw=960&q=75 Steve Davis April 14, 1967 http://www.geneammons.net/wp-content/uploads...

Happy Birthday ... https://sugarfootstomp.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/17351985_1102127439916682_4977213723158644077_n.jpg?w=625 John LaPorta April 13, 1920 – May 12, 2004 http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bud-freeman1.jpg Bud Freeman April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991

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Joey DeFrancesco
April 10, 1971




Claude Bolling
April 10, 1930

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