Happy Birthday ... http://www.eddiemichel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Cecil-McBee-0001-650x406.jpg Cecil McBee May 19, 1935 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Sonny_Fortune_photo.jpg Sonny Fortune May 19, 1939 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/5/b/7/225d4fb08ecbe35cc6181e...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.kazimcapaci.com/saksofon_dosyalar/image106.jpg Paul Quinichette May 17, 1916 – May 25, 1983 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Dewey_redman.jpg Dewey Redman May 17, 1931 – September 2, 2006 https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/05/17/mclean_wide-ab3ff4...

Happy Birthday ... https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5cNhBXj7IYU/hqdefault.jpg Woody Herman May 16, 1913 – October 29, 1987 http://www.italiaglobale.it/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Il-batterista-Billy-Cobham-a-Spilimbergo.jpg Billy Cobham May 16, 1944 http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kuvo/files/styles/med...

This is very sad, somewhat surprising news. Sad for obvious reasons, surprising because most of us expected Gary to play longer. I have a long, special relationship with Gary, beginning in 1961 when I heard his debut album, "Jazz Winds From a New Direction". That album had a profound impa...

Happy Birthday ... http://blogs.kcrw.com/music/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Gil-Evans-Montreaux.jpg Gil Evans May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Red_Garland_9A.jpg Red Garland May 13, 1923 – April 23, 1984

Happy Birthday ... http://www.kitziblog.de/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Klaus-Doldinger.jpg Klaus Doldinger May 12, 1936 http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0001/338/MI0001338094.jpg?partner=allrovi.com Gerald Wiggins May 12, 1922 – July 13, 2008 http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2015/09/04/img_...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/freddie-roach.jpg Freddie Roach May 11, 1931 - October 3, 1980 http://test-nodep.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/styles/xlarge/s3/images/main_image/photo/_dsc2120.jpg?itok=Sa-ItJ6c Carla Bley May 11, 1936

Happy Birthday ... http://68.media.tumblr.com/e69012420eb2be8f9f00c73f926e8be0/tumblr_inline_mmccwddmCx1rh96g1.jpg Philip Harper May 10, 1965 https://s3.amazonaws.com/fretboard/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/27130025/Screen-Shot-2016-04-25-at-11.23.55-PM-500x464.png Jimmy Ponder May 10, 1946 - Septembe...

This is sad news. For anyone who has put off acquiring a certain Mosaic box set/sets, now may be the time to act if it's within your budget. Here are some notes which I hope will shed some light on this sad state of affairs. First, from the source himself, Michael Cuscuna. http://www.mosaicreco...

Happy Birthday ... https://s3.amazonaws.com/s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/7306672/red_niii.jpg?1477902796 Red Nichols May 8, 1905 – June 28, 1965 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/90/53/b4/9053b41bde579ffc102b25ea5e15556c.jpg Mary Lou Williams May 8, 1910 – May 28, 1981 http:/...

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Michael Formanek
May 7, 1958

New release by Avishai Cohen (CD + 180g Vinyl) Dear friends of ECM, Avishai Cohen’s ECM debut Into The Silence collected accolades around the world and won for the Israeli trumpeter the Grand Prix 2016 of France’s Academy de Jazz. The new album Cross My Palm With Silver , a major work from a brillia...

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Maynard Ferguson
May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006




Ron Carter
May 4, 1937

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Jymie Merritt
May 3, 1926




John Lewis
May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001