Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/profile/mercerellington.jpg Mercer Ellington March 11, 1919 – February 8, 1996 http://pirecordings.com/cms/img/artists/artist_64_500.jpg Leroy Jenkins March 11, 1932 – February 24, 2007 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/19/Bobby_McFer...

Very sorry about the late notice. Bad marketing on local scene. 2017 Jazz Week Concert Series featuring vocalist Greta Matassa and trumpeter Yngvil Vatn Guttu! March 10th and 11th at 7:30pm https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/music/events/_images/Yngvil%20V...

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Happy Birthday ... https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/styles/article_small/public/thumbnails/image/2015/06/13/02/ornette-coleman-EPA.jpg Ornette Coleman March 9, 1930(?) – June 11, 2015 http://www.drummerworld.com/drummerworld/mickeyrokerjazzindex.jpg Mickey Roker March 9, 1932

Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/profile/GaborSzabo.jpg Gabor Szabo (March 8,1936 – 26 February 26, 1982 http://static1.squarespace.com/static/55ff81e1e4b0fc002cb79f7b/55ff8a26e4b047e5f2e5ff5d/56044599e4b0d8d2fd0569f9/1443932189375/?format=1000w Billy Childs March 8, 1957 http...

Sad, sad news. Dave was a passionate musician, and far too young to leave us. He'll be sorely missed. Condolences to his family and legion of fans. http://traffic.news12.com/_common/cclamp-v1-assets/assets/bronx.news12.com/img/news12/news12-logo-bx_n12.png Latin jazz musician Dave Valentin dead...

Happy Belated Birthday ... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0dLx284HmjM/VRG02GIUVpI/AAAAAAAACI8/YSGHVf6nWk0/s1600/joey_calderazzo_foto_hans_speekenbrink-3248.jpg Joey Calderazzo February 27, 1965 https://img.fstatic.com/mD4IysVHOQSRQdMbzJkJfvkUiPg=/full-fit-in/640x480/https://cdn.fstatic.com/media/artists...

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David "Fathead" Newman
February 24, 1933 – January 20, 2009

Welcome, BlueMonk! I'm looking forward to your contributions.

Sorry for the gap in birthday posts. I was hospitalized for 5 days with Pneumonia and in rehab for the past 5 days and beyond. I'm feeling much better, so things should improve all around.

Thanks, Jazzooo.

Headed home today with Patti.

Happy Birthday ...






Nancy Wilson
February 20, 1937




Lew Soloff
February 20, 1944 – March 8, 2015

Happy Birthday ... http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/kmuw/files/styles/medium/public/201702/clayton.jpg Jeff Clayton February 16, 1954 http://wpmedia.calgaryherald.com/2015/06/jazz-sax-veteran-pete-christlieb-has-had-a-varied-and-storie.jpg?quality=55&strip=all&w=840&h=630&crop...

Welcome, edward123!

We look forward to your participation at Jazztalk.

Happy Birthday ... http://axgig.com/images/04067575500899889593.jpg Nathan Davis February 15, 1937 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/e/f/9/ec0137371bd6ae648e3d60bccbe4b.jpg https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/c/5/d/a1b42a1d24b201b1995478161add8.jpg Henry Threadgill February 15, 1944