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: Frank Strazzeri (1930), Joe Henderson (1937-2001), Collin Walcott (1945-1984), Stafford James (1946)
April 25: Earl Bostic (1913-1965), Ella Fitzgerald (1918-1996), Willis “Gator” Jackson (1932-1987), Bobbi Humphrey (1950), Carl Allen (1957)
April 26: Ma Rainey (1886-1939), Jimmy Giuffre (1921), Teddy Edwards (1924-2003)
April 27: Matty Matlock (1907-1978), Connie Kay (1927-1994), Ruth Price (1938), Freddie Waits (1943-1989), Tommy Smith (1967)
April 28: Mario Bauza (1911-1993), Blossom Dearie (1926), John Tchicai (1936), Steve Khan (1947)
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