Jazz Birthdays, Feb. 24 – Mar. 2

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Feb. 24:

Michel Legrand (1932),

David “Fathead” Newman (1933) (pictured left),

Bob Magnusson (1947)
Feb. 25:

Ida Cox (1896-1967),

Tiny Parham (1900-1943)
Feb. 26:

Flip Phillips (1915-2001),

James Moody (1925),

Dave Pell (1925),

Lennart Aberg (1942),

Yosuke Yamashita (1942),

Mike Richmond (1947)
Feb. 27:

Freddie Keppard (1890-1933),

Mildred Bailey (1907-1951),

Abe Most (1920),

Dexter Gordon (1923-1990),

Joey Calderazzo (1965)
Feb. 28:

Louis Metcalf (1905-1981),

Svend Asmussen (1916),

Marty Grosz (1930),

Willie Bobo (1934-1983),

Charles Gayle (1939),

Pierre Dorge (1946)
Feb. 29:

Jimmy Dorsey (1904-1957),

Paul Rutherford (1940),

Richie Cole (1948)

Mar. 1:

Glenn Miller (1904-1944),

Barrett Deems (1914-1998),

Benny Powell (1930),

Gene Perla (1940),

Ralph Towner (1940)
Mar. 2:

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (1922-1986),

Doug Watkins (1934-1962),

Buell Neidlinger (1936),

Larry Carlton (1948)

Originally Published February 24, 2002