Jazz Birthdays May 4 – 10

Jazz birthdays this week include:

May 4:

Maynard Ferguson (1928),

Lars Gullin (1928-1976),

Don Friedman (1935),

Ron Carter (1937)
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) (pictured)
May 9:

George T. Simon (1912-2001),

Tania Maria (1948),

Dennis Chambers (1959)

May 10:

Mel Lewis (1929-1990),

Ahmed Abdullah (1947),

Lorne Lofsky (1954),

Philip Harper (1965)

Originally Published May 4, 2003