Jazz birthdays this week include:
Oct. 5:
Jimmy Blanton (1918-1942),
Bill Dixon (1925),
Clifton Anderson (1957)
Oct. 6:
Sammy Price (1908-1992),
Norman Simmons (1929)
Oct. 7:
Jo Jones (1911-1985),
Larry Young (1940-1978)
Oct. 8:
J.C. Heard (1917-1988),
Hal Singer (1919),
Pepper Adams (1930-1986)
Oct. 9:
Mezz Mezzrow (1899-1972),
Elmer Snowden (1900-1973),
Lee Wiley (1915-1975),
Yusef Lateef (1920),
Abdullah Ibrahim (1934),
Chucho Valdes (1941),
Dave Samuels (1948),
Kenny Garrett (1960) (pictured)
Oct. 10:
Harry “Sweets” Edison (1915-1999),
Thelonious Monk (1917-1982),
Roy Kral (1921-2002),
Monk Montgomery (1921-1982),
Oscar Brown, Jr. (1926),
Junior Mance (1928),
Ed Blackwell (1929-1992),
Cecil Bridgewater (1942),
Johnny O’Neal (1956)
Oct. 11:
Art Blakey (1919-1990),
Billy Higgins (1936-2001),
Lester Bowie (1941),
Fred Hopkins (1947-1999)