Jazz Birthdays

[Ron Thorne]

Robin Eubanks
October 25, 1955




Jimmy Heath
October 25, 1926

[Ron Thorne]

Milton Nascimento
October 26, 1942




Eddie Henderson
October 26, 1940

[bluenoter]

Vijay Iyer
October 26, 1971

[Ron Thorne]

Barre Phillips
October 27, 1934

[bluenoter]

Ken Filiano
October 27, 1952




Arild Andersen
October 27, 1945

[bluenoter]

Cleo Laine
October 28, 1927

[Ron Thorne]

Andy Bey
October 28, 1939

[Ron Thorne]

Zoot Sims
October 29, 1925 - March 23, 1985

[bluenoter]

Poncho Sanchez
October 30, 1951




Clifford Brown
October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956

[Ron Thorne]

Booker Ervin
October 31, 1930 - July 31, 1970



Illinois Jacquet
October 31, 1922 - July 22, 2004




Sherman Ferguson
October 31, 1944 - January 22, 2006

[Ron Thorne]

Lou Donaldson
November 1, 1926




Conrad Herwig
November 1, 1959




Carmen Lundy
November 1, 1954

[bluenoter]

Raphe Malik
November 1, 1948 – March 8, 2006

[bluenoter]

Rudy Van Gelder
November 2, 1924




Phil Woods
November 2, 1931

[Ron Thorne]

Herb Geller
November 2, 1928 - December 19, 2013




Kurt Elling
November 2, 1967

[bluenoter]

Joe McPhee
November 3, 1939




Henry Grimes
November 3, 1935




Azar Lawrence
November 3, 1952

[Ron Thorne]

Andy McGhee
November 3, 1927




Jane Monheit
November 3, 1977

[bluenoter]

Carlos "Patato" Valdés
November 4, 1926 – December 4, 2007

[Ron Thorne]

Larry Bunker
November 4, 1928 - March 8, 2005




Jeff Lorber
November 4, 1952

[bluenoter]

Arturo Sandoval
November 6, 1949

[ValerieB]

[Ron Thorne]

Adolphe Sax
November 6, 1814 - February 7, 1894

It's rare to be able to celebrate a person who invented a popular musical instrument. Mostly, from the guitar to the violin to the flute, musical instruments have evolved over time: There is no Mr. Flute or Ms. Trumpet. But there is a Mr. Sax — or, rather, a Monsieur Sax.

Adolphe Sax was born in Belgium 200 years ago Thursday. As a young man, Sax worked for his father, also an instrument maker. The younger Sax made improvements to the bass clarinet and invented a family of instruments called saxhorns before creating his eponymous "phone" in the early 1840s.

Music commentator Miles Hoffman recently spoke with NPR's Renee Montagne about the history of the saxophone and how the instrument, originally designed for military bands, became so closely associated with jazz. Hear the conversation, and the sound of some of Adolphe Sax's many saxophones, at the audio link.



Correction

Nov. 6, 2014 -

In some broadcasts of this report, the instrument heard when a piece of Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition" was played was an English Horn. We have corrected that mistake. The instrument heard in the final broadcast and in the audio player put on this on this page just after noon ET is an alto saxophone.

http://www.npr.org/2014/11/06/361776541 ... day-mr-sax

[Ron Thorne]

Joe Bushkin
November 7, 1916 - November 3, 2004




David S. Ware
November 7, 1949 - October 18, 2012




Alvin Batiste
November 7, 1932 - May 6, 2007

[bluenoter]

René Marie
November 7, 1955




Howard Rumsey
November 7, 1917

[bluenoter]

Chris Connor
November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009




Don Byron
November 8, 1958

[Ron Thorne]

Russell Malone
November 8, 1963




Patricia Barber
November 8, 1955