Jazz Birthdays May 2 – 8

Jazz birthdays this week include:

May 2:

Spiegle Wilcox (1903),

Bing Crosby (1904-1977),

Richard “Groove” Holmes (1931-1991)
May 3:

Yank Lawson (1911-1995),

John Lewis (1920-2001),

Jimmy Cleveland (1926)
May 4:

Maynard Ferguson (1928),

Lars Gullin (1928-1976),

Don Friedman (1935),

Ron Carter (1937) (pictured)
May 5:

Paul Barbarin (1899-1969),

Cal Collins (1933-2001),

Stanley Cowell (1941),

Jack Walrath (1946),

Marty Cook (1947)
May 6:

David Friesen (1942),

Till Bronner (1971)
May 7:

Herbie Steward (1926),

Teresa Brewer (1931),

Michael Formanek (1958)
May 8:

Red Nichols (1905-1965),

Mary Lou Williams (1910-1981),

Keith Jarrett (1945)

Originally Published May 2, 2004