Jazz Birthdays Nov. 25 – Dec. 1

Jazz birthdays this week include:

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),

Jacky Terrasson (1966)

Nov. 28:

George Wettling (1907-1968),

Gigi Gryce (1927-1983),

Gato Barbieri (1934),

Roy McCurdy (1936),

Butch Thompson (1943),

Dennis Irwin (1951)
Nov. 29:

Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967),

Ed Bickert (1932),

Billy Hart (1940),

Chuck Mangione (1940),

Randy Brecker (1945) (pictured left),

Adam Nussbaum (1955)
Nov. 30:

Jack Sheldon (1931)

Dec. 1:

John Bunch (1921),

Jimmy Lyons (1933-1986),

Carlos Garnett (1938),

Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987)

Originally Published November 25, 2001