Jazz birthdays this week include:
Mar. 9:
Herschel Evans (1909-1939),
Ornette Coleman (1930),
Zakir Hussain (1951)
Mar. 10:
Bix Beiderbecke (1903-1931)
David Friedman (1944)
Mino Cinelu (1957)
Mar. 11:
Miff Mole (1898-1961)
Mercer Ellington (1919-1996)
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
Leroy Jenkins (1932)
Bobby McFerrin (1950)
Judy Niemack (1954)
Mar. 12:
Freddy Johnson (1904-1961)
Sir Charles Thompson (1918)
Willie Maiden (1928-1976)
Al Jarreau (1940)
Mar. 13:
Bob Haggart (1914-1998)
Dick Katz (1924)
Roy Haynes (1926)
Blue Mitchell (1930-1979)
Terence Blanchard (1962) (pictured)
Mar. 14:
Les Brown (1912-2001)
Mark Murphy (1932)
Quincy Jones (1933)
Shirley Scott (1934)
David Darling (1941)
Mar. 15:
Jimmy McPartland (1907-1991)
Harry James (1916-1983)
Bob Wilber (1928)
Charles Lloyd (1938)
Joachim Kuhn (1944)