Jazz Birthdays August 24 – 30

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Aug. 24:

Claude Hopkins (1903-1984),

Buster Smith (1904-1991)
Aug. 25:

Bob Crosby (1913-1993),

Wayne Shorter (1933),

Carrie Smith (1941),

Pat Martino (1944) (pictured),

Keith Tippett (1947),

Charles Fambrough (1950)
Aug. 26:

Jimmy Rushing (1903-1972),

Peter Appleyard (1928),

Branford Marsalis (1960)
Aug. 27:

Lester Young (1909-1959),

Alice Coltrane (1937),

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)

Originally Published August 24, 2003