Jazz Birthdays, Dec. 12-18

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Dec. 12:

Eddie Barefield (1909-1991),

Frank Sinatra (1915-1998),

Joe Williams (1918-1999),

Bob Dorough (1923),

Dodo Marmarosa (1925),

Toshiko Akiyoshi (1929),

John Hicks (1941),

Grover Washington, Jr. (1943-1999),

Tony Williams (1945-1997)
Dec. 13:

Sonny Greer (1895-1982),

Jackie Davis (1920),

Reggie Johnson (1940),

Mark Elf (1949)
Dec. 14:

Budd Johnson (1910-1984),

Clark Terry (1920) (pictured),

Cecil Payne (1922),

Phineas Newborn, Jr. (1931-1989),

Leo Wright (1933-1991),

John Lurie (1952),

Dan Barrett (1955)
Dec. 15:

John Hammond (1910-1987),

Stan Kenton (1911-1979),

Gene Quill (1927-1989),

Barry Harris (1929),

Curtis Fuller (1934),

Dannie Richmond (1935-1988),

Eddie Palmieri (1936)
Dec. 16:

Andy Razaf (1895),

Turk Murphy (1916),

Johnny Hammond Smith (1933-1997),

Joe Farrell (1937-1986),

John Abercrombie (1944),

Rene McLean (1946),

Robben Ford (1951)
Dec. 17:

Sy Oliver (1910-1988),

Walter Booker (1933)
Dec. 18:

Fletcher Henderson (1897-1952),

Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson (1917-1988),

Harold Land (1928-2001),

Wadada Leo Smith (1941)

Originally Published December 12, 2004