Jazz birthdays this week include:
May 5:
Paul Barbarin (1899-1969),
Cal Collins (1933-2001),
Stanley Cowell (1941),
Jack Walrath (1946),
Marty Cook (1947)
May 6:
David Friesen (1942) (pictured),
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)
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)
May 11:
King Oliver (1885-1938),
J.C. Higginbotham (1906-1973),
Freddie Roach (1931),
Carla Bley (1938),
Julian Joseph (1966)