Jazz Birthdays this week include:
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)
June 26:
Don Lanphere (1928-2003) (pictured),
Dave Grusin (1934),
Reggie Workman (1937),
Joey Baron (1955)