Jazz Birthdays Nov. 7-13

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Nov. 7:

Joe Bushkin (1916),

Howard Rumsey (1917),

Al Hirt (1922-1999),

Alvin Batiste (1932),

David S. Ware (1949),

Kitty Margolis (1955)
Nov. 8:

Chris Connor (1927),

James Clay (1935-1994),

Bertha Hope (1936),

Don Byron (1958) (pictured),

Russell Malone (1963)
Nov. 9:

Mezz Mezzrow (1899-1972),

Pete Brown (1906-1963),

Muggsy Spanier (1906-1967),

Jesse Davis (1965)
Nov. 10:

Billy May (1916),

Paul Bley (1932),

Houston Person (1934),

Andrew Cyrille (1939),

Hubert Laws (1939)
Nov. 11:

Gunther Schuller (1925),

Mose Allison (1927),

Ernestine Anderson (1928),

Hannibal Marvin Peterson (1948),

Gerry Brown (1951),

Kahil El-Zabar (1953),

James Morrison (1962),
Nov. 12:

Buck Clayton (1911-1991),

Charlie Mariano (1923),

Sam Jones (1924-1981)
Nov. 13:

Bennie Moten (1894-1935),

Blue Lu Barker (1913-1998),

Hampton Hawes (1928-1977),

Idris Muhammad (1939),

Janet Lawson (1940),

Tony Lakatos (1958)

Originally Published November 7, 2004