Jazz Birthdays April 4 – 10

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Apr. 4:

Gene Ramey (1913-1984),

Sal Mosca (1927),

Buster Cooper (1929),

Jake Hanna (1931),

Hugh Masekela (1939),

Michel Camilo (1954),

Benny Green (1963)
Apr. 5:

Stan Levey (1926),

Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000),

Evan Parker (1944)
Apr. 6:

Dorothy Donegan (1924-1998),

Charlie Rouse (1924-1988),

Randy Weston (1926) (pictured),

Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996),

Andre Previn (1929),

Art Taylor (1929-1995),

Bill Hardman (1933-1990),

Gene Bertoncini (1937),

John Pizzarelli (1960)
Apr. 7:

Billie Holiday (1915-1959),

Peanuts Hucko (1918),

Mongo Santamaria (1922-2003),

Victor Feldman (1934-1987),

Freddie Hubbard (1938),

Pete LaRoca (1938),

Pat LaBarbara (1944),

Bob Berg (1951-2002)
Apr. 8:

Carmen McRae (1920-1994)
Apr. 9:

Sharkey Bonano (1902-1972),

Reuben Wilson (1933),

Steve Gadd (1945)
Apr. 10:

Walter Bishop, Jr. (1927-1998),

Fraser MacPherson (1928-1993),

Claude Bolling (1930),

Denny Zeitlin (1938),

Joey DeFrancesco (1971)

Originally Published April 4, 2004