Jazz Birthdays Dec. 5-11

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Dec. 5:

Marshall Royal (1912-1995),

Art Davis (1934),

Egberto Gismonti (1947),

Enrico Pieranunzi (1949)
Dec. 6:

Armand Hug (1910-1977),

Dave Brubeck (1920),

Bob Cooper (1925-1993),

Eddie Gladden (1937),

Jay Leonhart (1940),

Miroslav Vitous (1947),

Harvie S. (1948)
Dec. 7:

Teddy Hill (1909-1978),

Louis Prima (1911-1978),

Matthew Shipp (1960)
Dec. 8:

Jimmy Smith (1925)
Dec. 9:

Bob Scobey (1916-1963),

Donald Byrd (1932),

Jimmy Owens (1943),

Kip Hanrahan (1954)
Dec. 10:

Ray Nance (1913-1976),

Bob Cranshaw (1932),

Don Sebesky (1937),

Franco Ambrosetti (1941),

Michael Lang (1941),

Paul Hardcastle (1957)
Dec. 11:

Lou Rawls (1935),

McCoy Tyner (1938)

Originally Published December 5, 2004