Jazz Birthdays

[Ron Thorne]

Stanley Turrentine
April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000




Robert Glasper
April 5, 1978




Stan Levey
April 5, 1926 – April 19, 2005

[Ron Thorne]

Horace Tapscott
April 6, 1934 – February 27, 1999




Art Taylor
April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995




Gerry Mulligan
April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996




Randy Weston
April 6, 1926




Charlie Rouse
April 6, 1924 – November 30, 1988

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Victor Feldman
April 7, 1934 – May 12, 1987




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




Freddie Hubbard
April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008




Mongo Santamaria
April 7, 1917 – February 1, 200

[Ron Thorne]

Carmen McRae
April 8, 1922 – November 10, 1994

[Ron Thorne]

Steve Gadd
April 9, 1945

[Ron Thorne]

Joey DeFrancesco
April 10, 1971




Claude Bolling
April 10, 1930

[Ron Thorne]

Herbie Hancock
April 12, 1940




Helen Forrest
April 12, 1917 – July 11, 1999

[Ron Thorne]

John LaPorta
April 13, 1920 – May 12, 2004




Bud Freeman
April 13, 1906 – March 15, 1991

[Ron Thorne]

Shorty Rogers
April 14, 1924 – November 7, 1994




Steve Davis
April 14, 1967




Gene Ammons
April 14, 1925 – July 23, 1974

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Herb Pomeroy
April 15, 1930 – August 11, 2007




Bessie Smith
April 15, 1894 – September 26, 1937




Richard Davis
April 15, 1930

[Ron Thorne]

Bennie Green
April 16, 1923 – March 23, 1977




Henry Mancini
April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994




Walt Dickerson
April 16, 1928 – May 15, 2008




Herbie Mann
April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003

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Buster Williams
April 17, 1942

[Ron Thorne]

Hal Galper
April 18, 1938

[Ron Thorne]

Lionel Hampton
April 20, 1908 – August 31, 2002




Tito Puente
April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000




Avishai Cohen
April 20, 1970

[Ron Thorne]

Paul Chambers
April 22, 1935 – January 4, 1969




Charles Mingus
April 22, 1922 – January 5, 1979




Tommy Turrentine
April 22, 1928 – May 15, 1997

[Ron Thorne]

Bobby Rosengarden
April 23, 1924 – February 27, 2007

[Ron Thorne]

Frank Strazzeri
April 24, 1930 – May 9, 2014




Johnny Griffin
April 24, 1928 – July 25, 2008




Joe Henderson
April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001

[Ron Thorne]

Earl Bostic
April 25, 1913 – October 28, 1965




Ella Fitzgerald
April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996

[Ron Thorne]

Teddy Edwards
April 26, 1924 – April 20, 2003




Jimmy Giuffre
April 26, 1921 – April 24, 2008

[Ron Thorne]

Connie Kay
April 27, 1927 – November 30, 1994




Scott Robinson
April 27, 1959




Freddie Waits
April 27, 1940 – November 18, 1989

[Ron Thorne]

Steve Khan
April 28, 1947




John Tchicai
April 28, 1936 – October 8, 2012

[Ron Thorne]

George Adams
April 29, 1940 – November 14, 1992




Duke Ellington
April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974




Jean Toots Thielemans
April 29, 1922 – August 22, 2016




Ray Barretto
April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006

[Ron Thorne]

Percy Heath
April 30, 1923 – April 28, 2005

[Ron Thorne]

James Newton
May 1, 1953




Shirley Horn
May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005

[Ron Thorne]

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