Jazz Birthdays, April 18 – 24

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Apr. 18:

Tony Mottola (1918),

Leo Parker (1925-1962),

Ken Colyer (1928-1988),

Hal Galper (1938),

Danny Gottlieb (1953),

Andy Narell (1954)
Apr. 19:

Tommy Benford (1905-1994)
Apr. 20:

Lionel Hampton (1909-2002) (pictured),

Burt Bales (1916-1989),

Tito Puente (1923-2000),

Ran Blake (1935),

Beaver Harris (1936-1991),

Hans Kennel (1939),

Joe Bonner (1948)
Apr. 21:

Mundell Lowe (1922),

Slide Hampton (1932),

Pee Wee Ellis (1941),
April 22:

Candido (1921),

Charles Mingus (1922-1979),

Lou Stein (1922),

Oliver Jackson (1933-1994),

Paul Chambers (1935-1969),

Don Menza (1936),

Don Grusin (1941),

Barry Guy (1947)
April 23:

Jimmie Noone (1895-1944),

Benny Harris (1919-1975),

Bunky Green (1935),

Alan Broadbent (1947),

Kendra Shank (1958)
April 24:

Jimmy Griffin (1928),

Frank Strazzeri (1930),

Joe Henderson (1937-2001),

Collin Walcott (1945-1984),

Stafford James (1946)

Originally Published April 18, 2004