Jazz Birthdays, Dec. 28 – Jan. 3

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Dec. 28:

Earl Fatha Hines (1903-1983),

Moe Koffman (1928-2001),

Ed Thigpen (1930),

Dick Sudhalter (1938),

Lonnie Liston Smith (1940),

Ted Nash (1959),

Michel Petrucciani (1962-1999)
Dec. 29:

Willie Humphrey (1900-1994),

Snub Mosley (1905-1981),

Stan Tracey (1926),

Jerry Granelli (1940),

Joe Lovano (1952),

Lewis Nash (1958),

Danilo Perez (1966)
Dec. 30:

Jimmy Jones (1918-1982),

Stan Tracey (1926),

Jack Montrose (1928),

Jerry Granelli (1940),

Lewis Nash (1958),

Ron Affif (1965)
Dec. 31:

John Kirby (1908-1952),

Jonah Jones (1909-2000),

Gil Melle (1931)

Jan. 1:

Oscar Celestin (1884-1954),

Al McKibbon (1919),

Milt Jackson (1923-1999),

Sonny Greenwich (1936),

Neville Dickie (1937),

Gianluigi Trovesi (1944),

Susannah McCorkle (1946-2001),

Chris Potter (1971) (pictured)
Jan. 2:

Nick Fatool (1915-2000)
Jan. 3:

Wilbur DeParis (1900-1973),

Preston Jackson (1902-1983),

Herbie Nichols (1919-1963),

John Jenkins (1931),

James Carter (1969),

Christopher Hollyday (1970)

Originally Published December 28, 2003