Jazz birthdays this week include:
Mar. 20: Marian McPartland (1918), Harold Mabern (1936), Jon Christensen (1943)
Mar. 21: Sir Charles Thompson (1918), Amina Claudine Myers (1942), Tiger Okoshi (1950)
Mar. 22: Mike Westbrook (1936), Hugo Rasmussen (1941), George Benson (1943), Bob Mover (1952), Jan Lundgren (1966)
Mar. 23: Johnny Guarnieri (1917-1985), Dave Frishberg (1933), Dave Pike (1938), Gerry Hemingway (1955)
Mar. 24: Steve Kuhn (1938), Paul McCandless (1947), Hank Roberts (1955), Renee Rosnes (1962), Dave Douglas (1963)
Mar. 25: Sweet Emma Barrett (1897-1983), Pete Johnson (1904-1967), Paul Motian (1931), Cecil Taylor (1933) (pictured), Bobby Militello (1950), Makoto Ozone (1961)
Mar. 26: Flip Phillips (1915-2001), Andy Hamilton (1918), Jimmy Blanton (1921-1942), Brew Moore (1924-1973), Lew Tabackin (1940)
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