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Birthdays, Mar. 28 – Apr. 3

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Mar. 28:

Paul Whiteman (1890-1967),

Thad Jones (1923-1986) ,

Tete Montoliu (1933-1997),

Meredith D’Ambrosio (1941)
Mar. 29:

Pearl Bailey (1918-1990),

Michael Brecker (1949),
Mar. 30:

Ted Heath (1900-1969),

Lanny Morgan (1934),

Karl Berger (1935),

Marilyn Crispell (1947),

John d’Earth (1950)
Mar. 31:

Lizzie Miles (1895-1963),

Red Norvo (1908-1999),

Freddie Green (1911-1987),

Herb Alpert (1935)
Apr. 1:

Alberta Hunter (1895-1984),

Harry Carney (1910-1974),

John LaPorta (1920),

Duke Jordan (1922)
Apr. 2:

Booker Little (1938-1961),

Larry Coryell (1943) (pictured),

Sal Nistico (1948-1991),

Dick Oatts (1953)
Apr. 3:

Bubber Miley (1903-1932),

Scott LaFaro (1936-1961),

Jimmy McGriff (1936),

Harold Vick (1936-1987),

Eric Kloss (1949)

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