Jazz Birthdays

[Ron Thorne]

Slide Hampton
April 21, 1932




Mundell Lowe
April 21, 1922

[bluenoter]

Peter Kowald
April 21, 1944 – September 21, 2002




Alfred Lion
April 21, 1908 – February 2, 1987

[bluenoter]

Barry Guy
April 22, 1947




Paul Chambers
April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969




Charles Mingus
April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979

[Ron Thorne]

Tommy Turrentine
April 22, 1928 – May 15, 1997




Don Grusin
April 22, 1941




Don Menza
April 22, 1936




Candido
April 22, 1921

[bluenoter]

Bryan Carrott
April 23, 1959




Alan Broadbent
April 23, 1947




Chris Lightcap
April 23, 1971

[Ron Thorne]

Bobby Rosengarden
April 23, 1924 – February 27, 2007




Kendra Shank
April 23, 1958




Bunky Green
April 23, 1935

[Ron Thorne]

Collin Walcott
April 24, 1945 – November 8, 1984




Johnny Griffin
April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008




Joe Henderson
April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001

[bluenoter]

Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
April 24, 1963




Joe Henderson
April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001

[bluenoter]

Ella Fitzgerald
April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996

[Ron Thorne]

Bobbi Humphrey
April 25, 1950




Earl Bostic
April 25, 1912 – October 28, 1965




Carl Allen
April 25, 1961

[bluenoter]

Teddy Edwards
April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003




Jimmy Giuffre
April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008

[Ron Thorne]

Dave Tough
April 26, 1907 – December 9, 1948

[bluenoter]

Dominic Duval
April 27, 1945




Lionel Loueke
April 27, 1973




Krzysztof Komeda
April 27, 1931 – April 23, 1969

[Ron Thorne]

Freddie Waits
April 27, 1940 - November 18, 1989




Connie Kay
April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994




Sal Mosca
April 27, 1927 – July 28, 2007




Ruth Price
April 27, 1938




Scott Robinson
April 27, 1959

[bluenoter]

Mario Bauzá
April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993




Leni Stern
April 28, 1952




Willie Colón
April 28, 1950




John Tchicai
April 28, 1936 – October 8, 2012

[Ron Thorne]

Steve Khan
April 28, 1947

[bluenoter]

George Adams
April 29, 1940 – November 14, 1992




Ray Barretto
April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006


               

Duke Ellington
April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974

[Ron Thorne]

Jean "Toots" Thielemans
April 29, 1922




Andy Simpkins
April 29, 1932 - June 2, 1999




Claus Ogermann
April 29, 1930

[Ron Thorne]

Dick Twardzik
April 30, 1931 – October 21, 1955




Percy Heath
April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005

[bluenoter]

Abdul Wadud
April 30, 1947

[bluenoter]

Shirley Horn
May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005




James Newton
May 1, 1953




Carlos Ward
May 1, 1940




Ambrose Akinmusire
May 1, 1982

[bluenoter]

Connie Crothers
May 2, 1941




Richard "Groove" Holmes
May 2, 1931 – June 29, 1991

[bluenoter]

John Lewis
May 3, 1920 – March 29, 2001




Larry Ochs
May 3, 1949

[Ron Thorne]

Jymie Merritt
May 3, 1926




Jimmy Cleveland
May 3, 1926 – August 23, 2008

[bluenoter]

Ron Carter
May 4, 1937




Gerald Cleaver
May 4, 1963




Rudresh Mahanthappa
May 4, 1971




Maynard Ferguson
May 4, 1928 – August 23, 2006