Jazz birthdays this week include:
Sept. 23:
Albert Ammons (1907-1949),
John Coltrane (1926-1967) (pictured left),
Frank Foster (1928),
Jimmy Woode (1928),
Ray Charles (1930),
Les McCann (1935),
Norma Winstone (1941),
Jeremy Steig (1943),
Christian Escoude (1947),
Don Grolnick (1947-1996)
Sept. 24:
Herb Jefferies (1916),
Fats Navarro (1923-1950),
John Carter (1929-1991),
Wayne Henderson (1939),
Rebecca Kilgore (1948),
Bill Connors (1949),
Jay Hoggard (1954)
Sept. 25:
Garvin Bushell (1902-1991),
Sam Rivers (1930),
Michael Gibbs (1937),
John Taylor (1942),
Billy Pierce (1948),
Barbara Dennerlein (1964)
Sept. 26:
George Gershwin (1898-1937),
Gary Bartz (1940)
Sept. 27:
Bud Powell (1924-1966),
Red Rodney (1927-1994),
Mike Nock (1940)
Sept. 28:
John Gilmore (1931-1995),
Sirone (1944),
Evan Lurie (1954),
Kenny Kirkland (1955-1998)
Sept. 29:
Rolf Kuhn (1929),
Jean-Luc Ponty (1942),
Dave Kikoski (1961)
