Feb. 18: Emile Barnes (1892-1970), Harold Land (1928-2001)
Feb. 19: Johnny Dunn (1897-1937), Stan Kenton (pictured) (1912-1979), David Murray (1955)
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 Vaché, Jr. (1951), Chris Hunter (1957)
Feb. 22: Jim Europe (1881-1919), Rex Stewart (1907-1967), Buddy Tate (1915-2001), Joe Wilder (1922), Joe LaBarbera (1948)
Feb. 23: Hall Overton (1920-1972), Johnny Carisi (1922-1992)
Feb. 24: Michel Legrand (1932), David “Fathead” Newman (1933), Bob Magnusson (1947)
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