Jazz birthdays this week include:
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),
Rick DellaRatta (1961),
Gary McFarland (1933-1971),
Ernie Watts (1945)
Oct. 24:
Wendell Marshall (1920),
Odean Pope (1938),
Banu Gibson (1947),
Anthony Cox (1954)
October 25:
Reuben Reeves (1905-1975),
Chubby Jackson (1918),
Jimmy Heath (1926),
Terumasa Hino (1942),
Robin Eubanks (1955)
Oct. 26:
Charlie Barnet (1913-1991),
Warne Marsh (1927-1987),
Eddie Henderson (1940)