Jazz Birthdays, Feb. 29 – Mar. 6

Jazz birthdays this week include:

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)
Mar. 3:

Barney Bigard (1906-1980),

Pierre Michelot (1928),

Jimmy Garrison (1934-1976),

Sergio Salvatore (1981)
Mar. 4:

Art Hodes (1904),

Bobby Jaspar (1926-1963),

Cy Touff (1927),

Barney Wilen (1937-1996),

David Darling (1941),

Bobby Shew (1941),

Jan Garbarek (1947),

Ricky Ford (1954),

Kermit Driscoll (1956)
Mar. 5:

Lou Levy (1928-2001),

Wilbur Little (1928-1987),

Jack Nimitz (1928)
Mar. 6:

Red Callender (1916-1992),

Howard McGhee (1918-1987),

Wes Montgomery (1925-1968),

Peter Brotzmann (1941),

Palle Mikkelborg (1941),

Robin Kenyatta (1942),

Flora Purim (1942),

Charles Tolliver (1942)

Originally Published February 29, 2004