Jazz Birthdays August 15 – 21

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Aug. 15:

Oscar Peterson (1925) (pictured)
Aug. 16:

Al Hibbler (1915-2001),

Mal Waldron (1926-2002),

Danny Moss (1927),

Bill Evans (1929-1980),

Alvin Queen (1950)
Aug. 17:

Ike Quebec (1918-1963),

George Duvivier (1920-1985),

Derek Smith (1931),

Duke Pearson (1932-1980),

Perry Robinson (1938),

Everette Harp (1961)
Aug. 18:

Don Lamond (1920),

Adam Makowicz (1940)
Aug. 19:

Eddie Durham (1906-1987),

Jimmy Rowles (1918-1996),

Ginger Baker (1939),

Ron Eschete (1948),

Tim Hagans (1954),

Marc Ducret (1957)
Aug. 20:

Frank Rosolino (1926-1978),

Jimmy Raney (1927-1995),

Frank Capp (1931),

Milford Graves (1941),

Enrico Rava (1943),

Jiggs Whigham (1943),

Terry Clarke (1944),

John Clayton (1952)
Aug. 21:

Count Basie (1904-1984),

Art Farmer (1928-1999),

Tom Coster (1941),

Marlon Jordan (1970)

Originally Published August 15, 2004