Jazz birthdays this week include:
May 25:
Jimmy Hamilton (1917-1994),
Marshall Allen (1924) (pictured),
Gary Foster (1936),
Christof Lauer (1953),
Wallace Roney (1960)
May 26:
Mamie Smith (1883-1946),
Shorty Baker (1914-1966),
Ziggy Elman (1914-1968),
Peggy Lee (1920-2002),
Miles Davis (1926-1991),
Lew Tabackin (1940)
May 27:
Albert Nicholas (1900-1973),
Bud Shank (1926),
Ramsey Lewis (1935),
Niels-Henning Orsted-Pederson (1946),
Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950),
Nat Reeves (1955),
Gonzalo Rubalcaba (1963)
May 28:
Andy Kirk (1898-1992),
Tommy Ladnier (1900-1939),
Russ Freeman (1926),
Claudio Roditi (1946),
Arto Lindsay (1953)
May 29:
Eugene Wright (1923),
Dick Hafer (1927),
Freddie Redd (1928),
Ron Levy (1951),
Hilton Ruiz (1952),
Jim Snidero (1958),
Kenny Washington (1958)
May 30:
Frankie Trumbauer (1901-1956),
Sidney DeParis (1905-1967),
Benny Goodman (1909-1986),
Dave McKenna (1930)
May 31:
Otto Hardwicke (1904-1970),
Red Holloway (1927),
Albert “Tootie” Heath (1935),
Louis Hayes (1937),
Greg Abate (1947),
Paulinho DaCosta (1948),
Marty Ehrlich (1955),
Christian McBride (1972)