Jazz birthdays this week include:
Oct. 21:
Don Byas (1912-1972),
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993),
Julius Watkins (1921-1977),
Jerry Bergonzi (1947),
Marc Johnson (1953),
Fred Hersch (1955) (pictured left)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)
Oct. 24:
Wendell Marshall (1920),
Odean Pope (1938),
Banu Gibson (1947),
Anthony Cox (1954)
Oct. 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)
Oct. 27:
Boyd Raeburn (1913-1966),
Babs Gonzales (1919-1980),
George Wallington (1924-1993),
Barre Phillips (1934),
Philip Catherine (1942),
Arild Anderson (1945)
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