Jazz birthdays this week include:
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) (pictured left)
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),
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)
