Jazz Birthdays

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Sonny Greer
December 13, 1895 - March 23, 1982




Eric Marienthal
December 13, 1957

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Phineas Newborn
December 14, 1931 – May 26, 1989




Cecil Payne
December 14, 1922 – November 27, 2007




Clark Terry
December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015

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Dannie Richmond
December 15, 1931 – March 15, 1988





Curtis Fuller
December 15, 1934




Gene Quill
December 15, 1927 - December 8, 1988




Stan Kenton
December 15, 1911 – August 25, 1979




Eddie Palmieri
December 15, 1936




Barry Harris
December 15, 1929

[Ron Thorne]

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Johnny "Hammond" Smith
December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997




Joe Farrell
December 16, 1937 – January 10, 1986


December 16, 1944




Rene McLean
December 16, 1946




Robben Ford
December 16, 1951





John Abercrombie




Sam Most
December 16, 1930 – June 13, 2013

[Ron Thorne]

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Ray Noble
December 17, 1903 – April 3, 1978




Sonny Red
December 17, 1932 – March 20, 1981




Sy Oliver
December 17, 1910 - May 28, 1988




Walter Booker
December 17, 1933 – November 24, 2006

[Ron Thorne]

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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
December 18, 1917 – July 2, 1988




Fletcher Henderson
December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952




Harold Land
December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001




Wadada Leo Smith
December 18, 1941

[Ron Thorne]

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Bob Brookmeyer
December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011




Bobby Timmons
December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974




Cornell Dupree
December 19, 1942 – May 8, 2011




Lenny White
December 19, 1949

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Larry Willis
December 20, 1942

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Hank Crawford
December 21, 1934 – January 29, 2009




Alex Blake
December 21, 1951




John Hicks
December 21, 1941 – May 10, 2006

[Ron Thorne]

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John Patitucci
December 22, 1959

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Frank Morgan
December 23, 1933 – December 14, 2007




Chet Baker
December 23, 1929 – May 13, 1988

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Cyro Baptista
December 23, 1950
 

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Woody Shaw
December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989




Ray Bryant
December 24, 1931 – June 2, 2011




Ralph Moore
December 24, 1956

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Paal Nilssen-Love
December 24, 1974




Warren "Baby" Dodds
December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959
 

[Ron Thorne]

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Jerome Richardson
December 25, 1920 – June 23, 2000




Ronnie Cuber
December 25, 1941




Don Alias
December 25, 1939 – March 29, 2006




Don Pullen
December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995




Cab Calloway
December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994




Bob James
December 25, 1939

[Ron Thorne]

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Monty Budwig
December 26, 1926 – March 9, 1992




John Scofield
December 26, 1951

[Ron Thorne]

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Bill Crow
December 27, 1927




Walter Norris
December 27, 1931 – October 29, 2011




T.S. Monk
December 27, 1949




Bunk Johnson
December 27, 1879 - July 7, 1949

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Ted Nash
December 28, 1960




Lonnie Liston Smith
December 28, 1940




Earl "Fatha" Hines
December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983




Ed Thigpen
December 28, 1930 – January 13, 2010




Michel Petrucciani
December 28, 1962 - January 6, 1999

[Ron Thorne]

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Joe Lovano
December 29, 1952




Danilo Perez
December 29, 1966

[Ron Thorne]

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Jack Montrose
December 30, 1928 – February 7, 2006




Jerry Granelli
December 30, 1940




Lewis Nash
December 30, 1958




Ron Affif
December 30, 1965

[Ron Thorne]

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Billy Taylor Jr.
December 31, 1925 - February, 1977




Jonah Jones
December 31, 1909 – April 29, 2000




Gil Melle
December 31, 1931 – October 28, 2004

[Ron Thorne]

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Susannah McCorkle
January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001




Milt Jackson
January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999




Al McKibbon
January 1, 1919 - July 29, 2005




Chris Potter
January 1, 1971

[Ron Thorne]

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Arthur Prysock
January 2, 1929 – June 14, 1997




Nick Fatool
January 2, 1915 - September 26, 2000

[Ron Thorne]

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James Carter
January 3, 1969




Herbie Nichols
January 3, 1919 – April 12, 1963

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Slim Gaillard
January 4, 1916 – February 26, 1991




John McLaughlin
January 4, 1942




Frank Wess
January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013