Jazz Birthdays Oct. 12 – 18

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Oct. 12:

Tubby Hall (1895-1946),

Melvin Rhyne (1936),

Michael Mossman (1959),

Harry Allen (1966)
Oct. 13:

Art Tatum (1909-1956),

Terry Gibbs (1924),

Ray Brown (1926-2002),

Lee Konitz (1927),

Pharoah Sanders (1940) (pictured),

Orphy Robinson (1960)
Oct. 14:

Spencer Williams (1889-1965),

John Graas (1924-1962),

Dusko Goykovich (1931),

Kazumi Watanabe (1953)
Oct. 15:

Victoria Spivey (1906-1976),

Herman Chittison (1908-1967),

Moe Wechsler (1920),

Palle Daniellsson (1946)
Oct. 16:

Ray Anderson (1952),

Tim Berne (1954),

Roy Hargrove (1969)
Oct. 17:

Cozy Cole (1906-1981),

Barney Kessel (1923),

Sathima Bea Benjamin (1936),

Howard Alden (1958)
Oct. 18:

Annette Hanshaw (1910-1985),

Bobby Troup (1918-1999),

Anita O’Day (1919),

Wynton Marsalis (1961)

Originally Published October 12, 2003