01/03/10

Jazz Birthdays Jan. 3-9

Jan. 3: Wilbur DeParis (1900-1973), Preston Jackson (1902-1983), Herbie Nichols (1919-1963), John Jenkins (1931-1993), James Carter (1969), Christopher Hollyday (1970)

Jan. 4: Joe Marsala (1907-1978), Slim Gaillard (1916-1991), Frank Wess (1922), John McLaughlin (1942), Robert Dick (1950)

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By Jean-Francois Laberine

James Carter

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Jan. 5: Wild Bill Davison (1906-1989), Oscar Klein (1930-2006), Dizzy Reece (1931), Cees See (1934), Louis Stewart (1944), Myra Melford (1957)

Jan. 6: Bobby Stark (1906-1945), Barry Altschul (1943), Rocky Knauer (1951)

Jan. 7: Henry Red Allen (1908-1967), Chano Pozo (1915-1948), Dave Schildkraut (1925-1998), Sam Woodyard (1925-1988), Kenny Davern (1935-2006)

Jan. 8: Wendell Culley (1906-1983)

Jan. 9: Kenny Clarke (1914-1985), Betty Roche (1920-1999), Roger Guérin (1926), Bucky Pizzarelli (1926), Carson Smith (1931-1997), Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (1952)