Jazz Birthdays, Feb. 8 – 14

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Feb. 8:

Lonnie Johnson (1899-1970),

Buddy Morrow (1919),

Pony Poindexter (1926-1988),

Eddie Locke (1930),

Joe Maneri (1927) (pictured)
Feb. 9:

Walter Page (1900-1957),

Bill Evans (saxophonist; 1958)
Feb. 10:

Chick Webb (1909-1939),

Sir Roland Hanna (1932-2002),

Walter Perkins (1932),

Rufus Reid (1944),

Lawrence “Butch” Morris (1947)
Feb. 11:

Claude Jones (1901-1962),

Sergio Mendes (1941),

Martin Drew (1944),

Didier Lockwood (1956)
Feb. 12:

Paul Bascomb (1912-1986),

Mel Powell (1923-1998)
Feb. 13:

Wingy Manone (1900-1982),

Wardell Gray (1921-1955),

Buck Hill (1927)
Feb. 14:

Elliot Lawrence (1925),

Rob McConnell (1935),

Maceo Parker (1943),

Bill Laswell (1950)

Originally Published February 8, 2004