Jazz birthdays this week include:
Aug. 10:
Claude Thornhill (1909-1965),
Arnett Cobb (1918-1989),
Chuck Israels (1936),
Michael Mantler (1943)
Aug. 11:
Jess Stacy (1904-1994),
Russell Procope (1908-1981)
August 12:
Pat Metheny (1954) (pictured)
Aug. 13:
George Shearing (1919),
Benny Bailey (1925),
Mulgrew Miller (1955)
Aug. 14:
Stuff Smith (1909-1967),
Lorez Alexandria (1929-2001),
Eddie Costa (1930-1962),
Ben Sidran (1943)
Aug. 15:
Oscar Peterson (1925)
Aug. 16:
Al Hibbler (1915-2001),
Mal Waldron (1926-2002),
Danny Moss (1927),
Bill Evans (1929-1980),
Alvin Queen (1950)