Jazz Birthdays, Feb. 15 – 22

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Feb. 15:

Taft Jordan (1915-1981),

Kirk Lightsey (1937),

Nathan Davis (1937),

Marty Morell (1944),

Henry Threadgill (1944)
Feb. 16:

Machito (1912-1984),

Bill Doggett (1916-1996),

Pete Christlieb (1945),

Michel Herr (1949),

Jeff Clayton (1955)
Feb. 17:

Buddy DeFranco (1923),

John Coates, Jr. (1938),

Fred Frith (1949)
Feb. 18:

Emile Barnes (1892-1970),

Harold Land (1928-2001)
Feb. 19:

Johnny Dunn (1897-1937),

Stan Kenton (1912-1979),

David Murray (1955) (pictured)
Feb. 20:

Bobby Jaspar (1926-1963),

Nancy Wilson (1937),

Lew Soloff (1944),

Anthony Davis (1951),

Riccardo Del Fra (1956),

Iain Ballamy (1964)
Feb. 21:

Al Sears (1910-1990),

Tadd Dameron (1917-1965),

Eddie Higgins (1932),

Nina Simone (1933-2003),

Herb Robertson (1951),

Warren Vache, Jr. (1951),

Chris Hunter (1957)

Originally Published February 15, 2004