Jazz Birthdays Jan. 9-16

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Jan. 9:

Kenny Clarke (1914-1985),

Betty Roche (1920),

Roger Guerin (1926),

Bucky Pizzarelli (1926),

Carson Smith (1931),

Jean-Louis Rassinfosse (1952)
Jan. 10:

Max Roach (1925) (pictured),

Allen Eager (1927),

Waymon Reed (1940-1983),

Mike Stern (1953)
Jan. 11:

Wilbur deParis (1900-1973),

Tab Smith (1909-1971),

Osie Johnson (1923-1966),

Egil Johansen (1934),

Ed Schuller (1955),

Simon Nabatov (1959)
Jan. 12:

Trummy Young (1912-1984),

Jay McShann (1909),

Guy Lafitte (1927-1998),

Ronald Shannon Jackson (1940),

Olu Dara (1941),

George Duke (1946),

Jane Ira Bloom (1955),

Ivo Perelman (1961)
Jan. 13:

Percy Humphrey (1905-1995),

Danny Barker (1909-1994),

Quentin Jackson (1909-1976),

Vido Musso (1913-1982),

Melba Liston (1926-1999),

Joe Pass (1929-1994)
Jan. 14:

Billy Butterfield (1917-1988),

Kenny Wheeler (1930),

Grady Tate (1932),

Mark Egan (1951)
Jan. 15:

Gene Krupa (1909-1973),

Baikida Carroll (1947)
Jan. 16:

Sandy Block (1917),

Spike Robinson (1930-2001),

Aldo Romano (1941),

David Thomas Roberts (1955)

Originally Published January 9, 2005