Happy Birthday ... http://downbeat.com/images/JohnnyHammondSmith_2075.jpg Johnny "Hammond" Smith December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997 http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/joe_farrell.jpg Joe Farrell December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986 December 16, 1944 http://www.robertocifarelli.c...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/dannie_richmond.jpg Dannie Richmond December 15, 1931 – March 15, 1988 https://fac.umass.edu/ArticleMedia/Images/15eventImages/VJN15CurtisFuller.jpg Curtis Fuller December 15, 1934 http://theconcertdatabase.com/sites/theconcertdataba...

Happy Birthday ... http://phineasnewbornjr.jazzgiants.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Phineas_Newborn_Jr1.jpg Phineas Newborn December 14, 1931 – May 26, 1989 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/e/0/6/19d6184396aeabefbb6c2ea3ee282.jpg Cecil Payne December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007 http://radi...

Happy Birthday ... https://jazzlives.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/sonny-greer1.jpg?w=500&h=365 Sonny Greer December 13, 1895 - March 23, 1982 http://blog.creaders.net/upfile/images/20130619/20130619182021_90144_big.jpg Eric Marienthal December 13, 1957

Happy Birthday ... http://www.violafair.com/i/birth/jazz/toshikoakiyoshi.jpg Toshiko Akiyoshi December 12, 1929 http://artsmeme.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/pildas.joe_.williams-300x453.jpg Joe Williams December 12, 1943 – March 29, 1999 http://www.drummerworld.com/pics/drum38/Alex-Acuna.jpg Alex...

http://www.adn.com/sites/all/themes/alaskadispatch/logo.png Sidney Huntington, Athabascan elder and author, dies at 100 Megan Edge | December 8, 2015 http://www.adn.com/sites/default/files/styles/ad_slideshow_wide/public/iditarod-communities-17.jpg?itok=4NpH-uEu Elder Sidney Huntington, 96, reads t...

Happy Birthday ... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_6UHvzUgAE2rR0.jpg Bob Cranshaw December 10, 1932 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Ray_Nance,_Aquarium,_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._Nov._1946_(William_P._Gottlieb_06531).jpg/757px-Ray_Nance,_Aquarium,_New_York,_N.Y.,_ca._Nov._1946_(Wi...

Happy Birthday ... http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-InlijUgIwJM/VD_ys9QxTRI/AAAAAAAAEAk/vlDbC3eV0Fs/s1600/15.jpg Eddie Gladden December 6, 1937 – September 30, 2003 http://images1.variety.com/graphics/photos/_storypics2/dave_brubeck.jpg Dave Brubeck December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012 http://www.allaboutj...

Happy Birthday ... http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wmky/files/styles/medium/public/201506/jacky_2.jpg Jacky Terrasson November 27, 1965 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/medium/7/0/f/345478027dda2f5f55da87366009d.jpg Randy Brecker November 27, 1945

I'm very thankful for my wonderful family and the ability to travel, despite the occasional challenges. Spending my birthday and Thanksgiving in Hawaii with Patti is an extraordinary gift. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! http://www.commongroundcville.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Thanksgiving-Ba...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.janperssoncollection.dk/musicians/abc/brubeckdave_files/warehouse_347c0fa00e5d9ddd0d6f0e49cdebea86/images/Dave%20Brubeck%20Quartet%201964-11.jpg Paul Desmond November 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977 http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/d/e/9/b67f9f6eefbf037fd297da75337ca.jp...