Jazz birthdays this week include:
Sept. 16: Joe Venuti (1903-1978),
Jon Hendricks (1921),
Charlie Byrd (1925-1999),
Jack McDuff (1926-2001),
Hamiet Bluiett (1942),
Earl Klugh (1954)
Sept. 17:
Curtis Peagler (1929-1992),
Perry Robinson (1938),
David Williams (1946)
Sept. 18:
Steve Marcus (1939),
Emily Remler (1957-1990)
Sept. 19:
Louie Austin (1887-1972),
Helen Ward (1916-1997),
Muhal Richard Abrams (1930),
Lol Coxhill (1932),
Candy Dulfer (1969)
Sept. 20:
John Dankworth (1927),
Red Mitchell (1927-1992),
Joe Temperley (1929),
Steve McCall (1933-1989),
Eric Gale (1938-1994),
Jim Cullum, Jr. (1941),
Billy Bang (1947),
Steve Coleman (1956)
Sept. 21:
Slam Stewart (1914-1987),
Tommy Potter (1915-1988),
Chico Hamilton (1921) (pictured left),
Sunny Murray (1937),
Jerry Hahn (1940)
Sept. 22:
Ray Wetzel (1924-1951),
Marlena Shaw (1942)
