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Jean-Luc Ponty
September 29, 1942




Dave Kikoski
September 29, 1961

With thanks to Marc "JazzWax" Myers for this rare video: People in Jazz was a TV show that aired briefly in 1967 and '68 in Detroit and was hosted by Jim Rockwell, a local jazz radio disc jockey on WABX-FM. In early 1968, shortly before Wes Montgomery's death in June from a fatal heart att...

http://jazztimes.com/images/ui/logo_jt.gif Q&A: Dianne Reeves The vocal great on music, God and the need for healing 08/21/16 By Gigi Brooks There are rare moments in music that take my breath away. One in particular was Dianne Reeves’ recent July performance at the Westhampton Beach Performing...

http://jazztimes.com/images/ui/logo_jt.gif National Jazz Museum, Apple to Release “The Savory Collection, Vol. 1” 09/28/16 By Carolina Worrell The National Jazz Museum in Harlem, New York and Apple Music have partnered up to release The Savory Collection, Volume 1 – Body and Soul: Coleman Hawkins a...

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Happy Birthday ... http://gertonline.free.fr/Images/Sting-Police/Kenny-Sunset.jpg Kenny Kirkland September 28, 1955 – November 12, 1998 http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/john-gilmore.jpg John Gilmore September 28, 1931 – August 19, 1995

Happy Birthday ... http://redrodney.jazzgiants.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Red_Rodney.jpg Red Rodney September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994 http://thejazzlabels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bud-powell-poses-at-the-piano-during-a-rehearsal-at-birdland-for-his-the-scene-changes-album-1958.jpg Bud Pow...

Happy Birthday ... http://media.sdreader.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2013/Aug/21/dresser_july_t670_t658.jpg?ff95ca2b4c25d2d6ff3bfb257febf11d604414e5 Mark Dresser September 26, 1952 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/2010/nickpayton2013_800x480.jpg Nicholas Payton September 26, 1973 http://www.touristo...

Happy Birthday ... http://jonimitchell.com/library/images/1194.jpg Michael Gibbs September 25, 1937 http://jazzpeople.ru/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/JohnTaylor-696x391.jpg John Taylor September 25, 1942 – July 17, 2015 http://www.suedostschweiz.ch/sites/default/files/media/2015-10-01/test2_0.jpg Bar...

Happy Birthday ... http://jazz24.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/JCrusaders_11.png Wayne Henderson September 24, 1939 – April 5, 2014 http://jazztimes.com/images/content/articles/0000/1087/200504_089_span9.jpg?1230015481 Bill Connors September 24, 1949 http://images.complex.com/complex/image/upload/...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.pastblues.com/images/files/September/Albert%20Ammons1.jpg Albert Ammons September 23, 1907 – December 2, 1949 https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/c/c/b/a9562ba2bc0a92b09a0d79dd91a22.jpg Les McCann September 23, 1935 http://www.ilditonellocchio.it/wp-content/upload...

Happy Birthday ... http://ni-vu-ni-connu.net/typo3temp/_processed_/csm_STN_Murray_Few_e1d396ffb6.jpg Sunny Murray September 21, 1936 http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/57898/792617/5148190457_76241b5164_b.jpg Slam Stewart September 21, 1914 – December 10, 1987 http://farm5.static.flickr.com/408...

Happy Birthday ... http://musikverket.se/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/SMV_Red_Mitchell_artikel_680px.jpg Red Mitchell September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992 http://christianhowes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Billy-Bang-700x466.jpg Billy Bang September 20, 1947 – April 11, 2011 http://jazztimes.com/i...

Thanks for the comments. It's still a bit surreal, believe it or not. I was just 12 years old (nearly 13), and hadn't discovered jazz yet, except for the occasional big band tunes I heard on the radio. Elvis and "Don't Be Cruel" had just launched, so was big on the rad...

Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/2010/JonHendricks620x355.jpg Jon Hendricks September 16, 1921 http://www.pmauriatmusic.com/images/artistsmanager/hamiet-bluiett-p-mauriat-artist-0_l.png Hamiet Bluiett September 16, 1940 http://www.veojam.com/thumb/7784_full.jpg Charlie Byrd Se...

Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/large/a/4/5/6bdf1164f5d5c722ab195f2306561.jpg http://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/images/fotolife/c/chocomale/20160504/20160504172521.jpg Chu Berry September 13, 1908, – October 30, 1941 http://img2-ak.lst.fm/i/u/770x0/d076de8bea3a49028e69b1f8b57ca5ad...

Happy Birthday ... https://www.allaboutjazz.com/photos/2010/scotthamilton_bytomehrlich_2012.jpg Scott Hamilton September 12, 1954 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Cat_Anderson,_Aquarium,_New_York,_N.Y.,_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_00081).jpg/640px-Cat_Anderso...

Happy Birthday ... http://www.bluenote.com/cdn/mceuploads/artists/babyface_willette.jpg Baby Face Willette September 11, 1933 – April 1, 1971 http://www.steinwaypianodc.com/i/5649-ap_harry_connick_jr_jef_110510_wg.jpg Harry Connick, Jr. September 11, 1967 http://st4.geg.cz/photo/275485_detail.jpg H...