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Jazz Birthdays Sept. 7 – 13

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Sept. 7:

Max Kaminsky (1908-1994),

Joe Newman (1922-1992),

Sonny Rollins (1930),

Ken McIntyre (1931-2001)

Sept. 8:

Norris Turney (1921-2001),

Wilbur Ware (1923-1979),

Marion Brown (1935),

Butch Warren (1939)
Sept. 9:

Elvin Jones (1927),

George Mraz (1944),

Randy Klein (1949)
Sept. 10:

Raymond Scott (1910-1994),

Cliff Leeman (1913-1986),

Prince Lasha (1929),

Roy Ayers (1940),

Dave Burrell (1940),

Doug MacDonald (1953),

Craig Harris (1954)
Sept. 11:

Peck Morrison (1919-1988),

Charles Moffett (1929-1997),

Baby Face Willette (1933),

Oliver Jones (1934),

Hiram Bullock (1955),

Stacy Rowles (1955),

Harry Connick, Jr. (1967) (pictured)
Sept. 12:

Cat Anderson (1916-1981),

Steve Turre (1948),

Scott Hamilton (1954),

Brian Lynch (1956),

Sebastian Whittaker (1966)
Sept. 13:

Chu Berry (1910-1941),

Leonard Feather (1914-1994),

Mel Torme (1925-1999),

Bengt Hallberg (1932)

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