Jazz Birthdays

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Hugh Masekela
April 4, 1939




Benny Green
April 4, 1963




Gary Smulyan
April 4, 1956




Michel Camilo
April 4, 1954

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Stanley Turrentine
April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000




Robert Glasper
April 5, 1978




Evan Parker
April 5, 1944

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Dorothy Donegan
April 6, 1924 – May 19, 1998




Randy Weston
April 6, 1926




Horace Tapscott
April 6, 1934 – February 29, 1999

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Horace Tapscott
April 6, 1934 – February 27, 1999




Gerry Mulligan
April 6, 1927 - January 20, 1996




Charlie Rouse
April 6, 1924 – November 30, 1988




Randy Weston
April 6, 1926




Art Taylor
April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995




John Pizzarelli
April 6, 1960

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Pete La Roca Sims
April 7, 1938 – November 20, 2012




Mongo Santamaria
April 7, 1922 – February 1, 2003




Alexander von Schlippenbach
April 7, 1938




Freddie Hubbard
April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008


And on what would have been her 100th birthday,
Happy Birthday, . . .





Billie Holiday
April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Pat LaBarbera
April 7, 1944



Victor Feldman
April 7, 1934 - May 12, 1987

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Carmen McRae
April 8, 1920 – November 10, 1994

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Steve Gadd
April 9, 1945

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Walter Bishop, Jr.
April 10, 1927 – January 24, 1998




Joey DeFrancesco
April 10, 1971

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Jakob Bro
April 11, 1978

[uli]

a day late but not to be missed
Happy birthday ...



George Freeman

April 10, 1927

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Ryan Kisor
April 12, 1973




Herbie Hancock
April 12, 1940

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Johnny Dodds
April 12, 1892 – August 8, 1940

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Teddy Charles
April 13, 1928 – April 16, 2012

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Steve Davis
April 14, 1967




Gene Ammons
April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Shorty Rogers
April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994




Eliot Zigmund
April 14, 1945

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Marquis Hill
April 15, 1987




Richard Davis
April 15, 1930

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Bessie Smith
April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937


One of my beloved teachers at Berklee School of Music below.



Herb Pomeroy
April 15, 1930 – August 11, 2007

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Herbie Mann
April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003




Ulf Wakenius
April 16, 1958




Sabir Mateen
April 16, 1951

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Whitney Balliett
April 17, 1926 – 1 February 1, 2007




Han Bennink
April 17, 1942

[uli]

Happy Birthday, . . .


Buster Williams
April 17, 1942

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Jan Hammer
April 17, 1948

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...



All the best, buddy!



Danny Gottlieb
April 18, 1953




Hal Galper
April 18, 1938

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Tito Puente
April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000




Avishai Cohen
April 20, 1970




Ran Blake
April 20, 1935




Lionel Hampton
April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Beaver Harris
April 20, 1936 – December 22, 1991