12/27/09

Jazz Birthdays Dec. 27-Jan. 2

By JazzTimes

Dec. 27: Bunk Johnson (1889-1949), Johnny Frigo (1916-2007), Bill Crow (1927), Walter Norris (1931), T.S. Monk (1949)

Dec. 28: Earl “Fatha” Hines (1903-1983), Moe Koffman (1928-2001), Ed Thigpen (1930), Dick Sudhalter (1938-2008), Lonnie Liston Smith (1940), Ted Nash (1959), Michel Petrucciani (1962-1999)

Dec. 29: Willie Humphrey (1900-1994), Snub Mosley (1905-1981), Jerry Granelli (1940), Joe Lovano (1952), Lewis Nash (1958), Danilo Perez (1966)

Dec. 30: Jimmy Jones (1918-1982), Stan Tracey (1926), Jack Montrose (1928-2006), Jerry Granelli (1940), Lewis Nash (1958), Ron Affif (1965)

Dec. 31: Peter Herbolzheimer (1935), Jonah Jones (1909-2000), John Kirby (1908-1952), Gil Melle (1931-2004), Bernie Senensky (1944), Billy Taylor Jr. (1925-1977)

Jan. 1: Oscar Celestin (1884-1954), Al McKibbon (1919-2005), Milt Jackson (1923-1999), Sonny Greenwich (1936), Neville Dickie (1937), Gianluigi Trovesi (1944), Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001), Chris Potter (1971)

Jan. 2: Nick Fatool (1915-2000)