Jazz Birthdays Oct. 17 – 23

Jazz birthdays this week include:
Oct. 17:

Cozy Cole (1909-1981),

Barney Kessel (1923-2004),

Sathima Bea Benjamin (1936),

Howard Alden (1958)
Oct. 18:

Annette Hanshaw (1910-1985),

Bobby Troup (1918-1999),

Anita O’Day (1919),

Wynton Marsalis (1961)
Oct. 19:

Spike Hughes (1908-1987),

Eddie Daniels (1941),

Ronnie Burrage (1959)
Oct. 20:

Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941),

Adelaide Hall (1904-1993),

Carl Kress (1907-1965),

Eddie Harris (1926-1996)
Oct. 21:

Don Byas (1912-1972),

Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993),

Julius Watkins (1921-1977),

Jerry Bergonzi (1947),

Marc Johnson (1953),

Fred Hersch (1955) (pictured)
Oct. 22:

Clare Fischer (1928),

Giorgio Gaslini (1929),

Urszula Dudziak (1943),

Jane Bunnett (1956)
Oct. 23:

Sonny Criss (1927-1977),

Gary McFarland (1933-1971),

Ernie Watts (1945)

Originally Published October 17, 2004