Jazz birthdays this week include:
Aug. 26: Jimmy Rushing (1902-1972),
Peter Appleyard (1928),
Branford Marsalis (1960),
Aug. 27:
Lester Young (1909-1959),
Alice Coltrane (1937) (pictured left),
Malachi Favors (1937),
Sonny Sharrock (1940-1994),
Aug. 28:
Hal Russell (1926-1992),
Kenny Drew (1928-1993),
John Marshall (1941),
Larry Goldings (1968),
Aug. 29:
Jack Teagarden (1905-1964),
Charlie Parker (1920-1955),
Dinah Washington (1924-1963),
Bennie Maupin (1946),
Doug Raney (1956)
Aug. 30:
Kenny Dorham (1924-1972)
John Surman (1944)
Rodney Jones (1956)
Aug. 31:
Edgar Sampson (1907-1973),
Gunter Hampel (1937),
Wilton Felder (1940),
Paul Winter (1939)
Sept. 1:
Art Pepper (1925-1982),
Gene Harris (1933-2000)
