Jazz birthdays this week include:
June 19: Joe Thomas (1909-1986) Dave Lambert (1917-1966)
June 20: Doc Evans (1907-1977) Thomas Jefferson (1920) Eric Dolphy (1928-1964) Stu Martin (1938)
June 21: Jamil Nasser (1932) Lalo Schifrin (1932) Christy Doran (1949) Rob Schneiderman (1957)
June 22: Ben Pollack (1903-1971) Irving “Mouse” Randolph (1909) Ray Mantilla (1934) Hermeto Pascoal (1936)
June 23: Milt Hinton (1910-2000), Eddie Miller (1911-1991), Helen Humes (1913-1981), George Russell (1923), Sahib Shihab (1925-1989), Anthony Jackson (1952), Donald Harrison (1960)
June 24: Cootie Williams (1910-1985), Manny Albam (1922-2001), George Gruntz (1932), Frank Lowe (1943), Marvin “Smitty” Smith (1961)
June 25: Johnny Smith (1922), Bill Russo (1928), Joe Chambers (1942)
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