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Jazz Birthdays, Nov. 21-27

Jazz Birthdays this week include:

Nov. 21:

Charlie Johnson (1891-1959),

Coleman Hawkins (1904-1969),

Sal Salvador (1925-1999),

Peter Warren (1935),

Alphonse Mouzon (1948),

Rainer Bruninghaus (1949)
Nov. 22:

Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981),

Horace Henderson (1904-1988),

Jimmy Knepper (1927),

Ron McClure (1941)

Dan Faulk (1969)
Nov. 23:

Ruth Etting (1897-1978),

Tyree Glenn (1912-1974),

Ray Drummond (1946)
Nov. 24:

Scott Joplin (1868-1917),

Teddy Wilson (1912-1986),

Wild Bill Davis (1918-1995),

Serge Chaloff (1923-1957),

Al Cohn (1925-1988)
Nov. 25:

Willie “The Lion” Smith (1897-1973),

Willie Smith (1910-1967),

Paul Desmond (1924-1977),

Dick Wellstood (1927-1987),

Etta Jones (1928-2001),

Rusty Bryant (1929-1991),

Nat Adderley (1931-2000)
Nov. 26:

Mark Dresser (1952)
Nov. 27:

Eddie South (1904-1962),

Lyle Mays (1953),

Michael Rabinowitz (1955),

Maria Schneider (1960) (pictured),

Jacky Terrasson (1966)

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