02/07/10

Jazz Birthdays Feb. 7-13

By JazzTimes

Feb. 7: Eubie Blake (1883-1983), Ray Crawford (1924-1997), King Curtis (1934-1971)

Feb. 8: Lonnie Johnson (1899-1970), Buddy Morrow (1919), Pony Poindexter (1926-1988), Eddie Locke (1930)

Feb. 9: Bill Evans (saxophonist; 1958), Joe Maneri (1927-2009), Walter Page (1900-1957)

Feb. 10: Chick Webb (1909-1939), Sir Roland Hanna (1932-2002), Walter Perkins (1932-2004), Rufus Reid (1944), Lawrence "Butch" Morris (1947)

Feb. 11: Claude Jones (1901-1962), Sergio Mendes (1941), Martin Drew (1944), Didier Lockwood (1956)

Feb. 12: Paul Bascomb (1912-1986), Mel Powell (1923-1998)

Feb. 13: Wingy Manone (1900-1982), Wardell Gray (1921-1955), Buck Hill (1927)