Jazz Birthdays Oct. 31 – Nov. 6

Oct. 31:

Ethel Waters (1896-1977),

Julia Lee (1902-1958),

Illinois Jacquet (1922-2004),

Booker Ervin (1930-1970),

Bob Belden (1956)
Nov. 1:

Sippie Wallace (1898-1986),

Gabe Baltazar (1929),

Franz Jackson (1912),

Lou Donaldson (1926) (pictured),

Roger Kellaway (1939),

Lee Ritenour (1952),

Carmen Lundy (1954),

Pucho (1958)
Nov. 2:

Bunny Berigan (1908-1942),

Johnny Richards (1911-1968),

Herb Geller (1928),

Phil Woods (1931),

Phil Minton (1940),

Kurt Elling (1967)
Nov. 3:

Joe Turner (1907-1990),

Billy Mitchell (1926-2001),

Henry Grimes (1935),

Joe McPhee (1939),

Azar Lawrence (1953)
Nov. 4:

Joe Sullivan (1906-1971),

Ralph Sutton (1922-2001),

Larry Bunker (1928),

Willem Breuker (1944)
Nov. 6:

Dick Cathcart (1924-1993),

Francy Boland (1929),

Bernard Purdie (1939),

Arturo Sandoval (1949),

Foley McCreary (1963)

Originally Published October 31, 2004