Jazz Birthdays

[Ron Thorne]

Dave Samuels
October 9, 1948




Kenny Garrett
October 9, 1960




Abdullah Ibrahim
October 9, 1934




Chucho Valdes
October 9, 1941




Yusef Lateef
October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013

[Ron Thorne]

Oscar Brown, Jr.
October 10, 1926 – May 29, 2005




Ed Blackwell
October 10, 1929 – October 7, 1992




Monk Montgomery
October 10, 1921 – May 20, 1982




Harry "Sweets" Edison
October 10, 1915 – July 27, 1999




Cecil Bridgewater
October 10, 1942




Junior Mance
October 10, 1928




Johnny O'Neal
October 10, 1956





Thelonious Monk
October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982




Fred Hopkins
October 10, 1947 – January 7, 1999

[Ron Thorne]

Lester Bowie
October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999




Billy Higgins
October 11, 1936 – May 3, 2001




Art Blakey
October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990

[Ron Thorne]

Terry Gibbs
October 13, 1924




Lee Konitz
October 13, 1927




Art Tatum
October 13, 1909 – November 5, 1956




Pharoah Sanders
October 13, 1940




Ray Brown
October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002

[Ron Thorne]

Palle Danielsson
October 15, 1946




Bill Charlap
October 15, 1966

[Ron Thorne]

Tim Berne
October 16, 1954




Roy Hargrove
October 16, 1969




Ray Anderson
October 16, 1952

[Ron Thorne]

Bobby Troup
October 18, 1918 – February 7, 1999




Wynton Marsalis
October 18, 1961




Anita O'Day
October 18, 1919 – November 23, 2006




Bill Stewart
October 18, 1966




Esperanza Spalding
October 18, 1984

[Ron Thorne]

Eddie Daniels
October 19, 1941




Masabumi Kikuchi
October 19, 1939 – July 6, 2015

[Ron Thorne]

Eddie Harris
October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996




Jelly Roll Morton
October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941

[Ron Thorne]

Dizzy Gillespie
October 21, 1917 – January 6, 1993




Marc Johnson
October 21, 1953




Fred Hersch
October 21, 1955




Jerry Bergonzi
October 21, 1947

[Ron Thorne]

Clare Fischer
October 22, 1928 – January 26, 2012




Jane Bunnett
October 22, 1956




Giorgio Gaslini
October 22, 1929 – July 29, 2014




Urszula Dudziak
October 22, 1943

[Ron Thorne]

Sonny Criss
October 23, 1927 – November 19, 1977




Gary McFarland
October 23, 1933 – November 3, 1971




Dianne Reeves
October 23, 1956




Ernie Watts
October 23, 1945

[Ron Thorne]

Jimmy Heath
October 25, 1926




Robin Eubanks
October 25, 1955

[Ron Thorne]

Eddie Henderson
October 26, 1940

[Ron Thorne]

Barre Phillips
October 27, 1934

[Ron Thorne]

Andy Bey
October 28, 1939

[Ron Thorne]

Zoot Sims
October 29, 1925 – March 23, 1985

[Ron Thorne]

Clifford Brown
October 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956




Poncho Sanchez
October 30, 1951

[Ron Thorne]

Illinois Jacquet
October 31, 1922 – July 22, 2004




Booker Ervin
October 31, 1930 – August 31, 1970

[Ron Thorne]

Lou Donaldson
November 1, 1926

[Ron Thorne]

Phil Woods
November 2, 1931 – September 29, 2015




Kurt Elling
November 2, 1967

[Ron Thorne]

Azar Lawrence
November 3, 1952




Jane Monheit
November 3, 1977




Joe McPhee
November 3, 1939

[Ron Thorne]

Arturo Sandoval
November 6, 1949

[Ron Thorne]

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




Alvin Batiste
November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007

[Ron Thorne]

Chris Connor
November 8, 1927 – August 29, 2009




Russell Malone
November 8, 1963




Patricia Barber
November 8, 1955