08/02/09

Jazz Birthdays Aug. 2-8

Aug. 2: Natty Dominique (1896-1982), Big Nick Nicholas (1922-1997), Naná Vasconcelos (1944)

Aug. 3: Lawrence Brown (1907-1988), Charlie Shavers (1917-1971), Eddie Jefferson (1918-1979), Dom Um Romao (1925-2005), Tony Bennett (1926), Ray Draper (1940-1982), Roscoe Mitchell (1940), Greg Osby (1960)

Frank Stewart

Marcus Roberts

Aug. 4: Bill Coleman (1904-1981), Herb Ellis (1921), Tom Talbert (1924-2005), Sonny Simmons (1933), Bobo Stenson (1944), Jeff Hamilton (1953), Terri Lyne Carrington (1965)

Aug. 5: Lenny Breau (1941-1984), Airto Moreira (1941)

Aug. 6: Luis Russell (1902-1963), Vic Dickenson (1906-1984), Buddy Collette (1921), Abbey Lincoln (1930), Dorothy Ashby (1932-1986), Joe Diorio (1936), Byard Lancaster (1942), Charlie Haden (1937), Ravi Coltrane (1961)

Aug. 7: Luckey Roberts (1887-1968), George Van Eps (1913-1998), Idrees Sulieman (1923-2002), Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1936-1977), Howard Johnson (1941), Marcus Roberts (1963)

Aug. 8: Lucky Millinder (1900-1966), Benny Carter (1907-2003), Jimmy Witherspoon (1923-1997), Urbie Green (1926)