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 (1920-2002), Dexter Gordon (pictured) (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)
March 1: Glenn Miller (1904-1944), Barrett Deems (1914-1998), Benny Powell (1930), Gene Perla (1940), Ralph Towner (1940)
March 2: Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis (1922-1986), Doug Watkins (1934-1962), Buell Neidlinger (1936), Larry Carlton (1948)
March 3: Barney Bigard (1906-1980), Pierre Michelot (1928), Jimmy Garrison (1934-1976), Sergio Salvatore (1981)
Originally Published