Jazz Birthdays, Mar. 14 – 20

Jazz birthdays this week include:
Mar. 14:

Les Brown (1912-2001)

Mark Murphy (1932)

Quincy Jones (1933)

Shirley Scott (1934-2002)

David Darling (1941)
Mar. 15:

Jimmy McPartland (1907-1991)

Harry James (1916-1983)

Bob Wilber (1928)

Charles Lloyd (1938)

Joachim Kuhn (1944)
Mar. 16:

Ruby Braff (1927-2003)

Tommy Flanagan (1930-2001)

Kei Akagi (1953)

John Lindberg (1959)

Gary Meek (1961)
Mar. 17:

Nat King Cole (1917-1965),

Paul Horn (1930),

Grover Mitchell (1930),

Jessica Williams (1948)
Mar. 18:

Jean Goldkette (1899-1962),

Al Hall (1915-1988),

Bill Frisell (1951) (pictured),

Andy Narell (1954),

Courtney Pine (1964)
Mar. 19:

Buster Harding (1917-1965),

Curley Russell (1917),

Lennie Tristano (1919-1978),

Lem Winchester (1928-1961),

Bill Henderson (1930),

Mike Longo (1939),

David Schnitter (1948),

Eliane Elias (1960)
Mar. 20:

Marian McPartland (1920),

Harold Mabern (1936),

Jon Christensen (1943)

Originally Published March 14, 2004