09/20/09

Jazz Birthdays Sept. 20-26

Sept. 20: John Dankworth (1927), Red Mitchell (1927-1992), Joe Temperley (1929), Steve McCall (1933-1989), Eric Gale (1938-1994), Jim Cullum Jr. (1941), Billy Bang (1947), Steve Coleman (1956)

Sept. 21: Slam Stewart (1914-1987), Tommy Potter (1915-1988), Chico Hamilton (1921), Sunny Murray (1937), Jerry Hahn (1940)

Riku

Sam Rivers

Sept. 22: Ray Wetzel (1924-1951), Marlena Shaw (1942)

Sept. 23: Albert Ammons (1907-1949), John Coltrane (1926-1967), Frank Foster (1928), Jimmy Woode (1928-2005), Ray Charles (1930-2004), Les McCann (1935), Norma Winstone (1941), Jeremy Steig (1943), Don Grolnick (1947-1996)

Sept. 24: Herb Jeffries (1911), Fats Navarro (1923-1950), John Carter (1929-1991), Wayne Henderson (1939), Rebecca Kilgore (1948), Bill Connors (1949), Jay Hoggard (1954)

Sept. 25: Garvin Bushell (1902-1991), Sam Rivers (1930), Michael Gibbs (1937), John Taylor (1942), Billy Pierce (1948), Barbara Dennerlein (1964)

Sept. 26: George Gershwin (1898-1937), Gary Bartz (1940)