05/03/09

Jazz Birthdays May 3-9

By JazzTimes

May 3: Yank Lawson (1911-1995), John Lewis (1920-2001), Jimmy Cleveland (1926-2008)

May 4: Maynard Ferguson (1928-2007), Lars Gullin (1928-1976), Don Friedman (1935), Ron Carter (1937)

May 5: Paul Barbarin (1899-1969), Cal Collins (1933-2001), Stanley Cowell (1941), Jack Walrath (1946), Marty Cook (1947)

May 6: David Friesen (1942), Till Bronner (1971)

May 7: Herbie Steward (1926), Teresa Brewer (1931-2007), Michael Formanek (1958)

May 8: Red Nichols (1905-1965), Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981), Keith Jarrett (1945)

May 9: George T. Simon (1912-2001), Tania Maria (1948), Dennis Chambers (1959)