Jazz Birthdays

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Wadada Leo Smith
December 18, 1941




Fletcher Henderson
December 18, 1897 – December 29, 1952




Harold Land
December 18, 1928 – July 27, 2001

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...








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

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Bob Brookmeyer
December 19, 1929 – December 15, 2011


         

Bobby Timmons
December 19, 1935 – March 1, 1974

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Cornell Dupree
December 19, 1942 - May 8, 2011




Lenny White
December 19, 1949

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Larry Willis
December 20, 1942




Ehud Asherie
December 20, 1979

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Bobby Zankel
December 21, 1949




Cameron Brown
December 21, 1945

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Hank Crawford
December 21, 1934 - January 29, 2009

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





John Patitucci
December 22, 1959

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Frank Morgan
December 23, 1933 - December 14, 2007




Cyro Baptista
December 23, 1950

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Chet Baker
December 23, 1929 - May 13, 1988

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Woody Shaw
December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989




Paal Nilssen-Love
December 24, 1974

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Ray Bryant
December 24, 1931 - June 2, 2011




Ralph Moore
December 24, 1956




Baby Dodds
December 24, 1898 - February 14, 1959

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Kid Ory
December 25, 1886 – January 23, 1973




Don Pullen
December 25, 1941 – April 22, 1995

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Cab Calloway
December 25, 1907 - November 18, 1994




Jerome Richardson
December 25, 1920 - June 23, 2000




Ronnie Cuber
December 25, 1941




Don Alias
December 25, 1939 - March 29, 2006




Bob James
December 25, 1939

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...





Richie Kamuca - Monty Budwig - unidentified vocalist

Monty Budwig
December 26, 1929 - March 9, 1992




John Scofield
December 26, 1951

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Bill Crow
December 27, 1927




T.S. Monk
December 27, 1949





Bunk Johnson
December 27, 1889 - July 7, 1949

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday from me too, . . .



         

T.S. Monk
December 27, 1949

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Lonnie Liston Smith
December 28, 1940




Earl Hines
December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Ed Thigpen
December 28, 1930 - January 13, 2010




Ted Nash
December 28, 1960




Michel Petrucciani
December 28, 1962 - January 6, 1999

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Joe Lovano
December 29, 1952




Danilo Perez
December 29, 1966

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





George Schuller
December 29, 1958




George Colligan
December 29, 1969

[bluenoter]

Happy Birthday, . . .





Lewis Nash
December 30, 1958




Stan Tracey
December 30, 1926 – December 6, 2013

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...





Pianist Jimmy Jones in foreground

Jimmy Jones
December 30, 1918 - April 29, 1982




Ron Affif
December 30, 1965




Jerry Granelli
December 30, 1940

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Gil Melle
December 31, 1931 - October 28, 2004




Jonah Jones
December 31, 1909 - April 28, 2000




Jimmy Haslip
December 31, 1951

[Ron Thorne]

Happy Birthday ...






Susannah McCorkle
January 1, 1946 - May 19, 2001



Al McKibbon
January 1, 1919 - July 29, 2005




Milt Jackson
January 1, 1923 - October 9, 1999




Chris Potter
January 1, 1971




Gianluigi Trovesi
January 1, 1944