Jazz birthdays this week include:
Mar. 31:
Lizzie Miles (1895-1963),
Red Norvo (1908-1999),
Freddie Green (1911-1987),
Herb Alpert (1935)
Apr. 1:
Alberta Hunter (1895-1984),
Harry Carney (1910-1974),
John LaPorta (1920),
Duke Jordan (1922)
Apr. 2:
Booker Little (1938-1961),
Larry Coryell (1943) (pictured left),
Sal Nistico (1948-1991),
Dick Oatts (1953)
Apr. 3:
Bubber Miley (1903-1932),
Scott LaFaro (1936-1961),
Jimmy McGriff (1936),
Harold Vick (1936-1987),
Eric Kloss (1949)
Apr. 4:
Gene Ramey (1913-1984),
Sal Mosca (1927),
Buster Cooper (1929),
Jake Hanna (1931),
Hugh Masekela (1939),
Michel Camilo (1954),
Benny Green (1963)
Apr. 5:
Stan Levey (1926),
Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000),
Evan Parker (1944)
Apr. 6:
Dorothy Donegan (1924-1998),
Charlie Rouse (1924-1988),
Randy Weston (1926),
Gerry Mulligan (1927-1996),
Andre Previn (1929),
Art Taylor (1929-1995),
Bill Hardman (1933-1990),
Gene Bertoncini (1937),
John Pizzarelli (1960)
