Today's Jazz Birthdays

[Cyril]

May 23:

Richie Beirach, piano, 1947.

Also:

Artie Shaw, clarinet, bandleader, 1910

Daniel Humair, drums, 1938.

Ken Peplowski, clarinet, 1959

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[B. Goren.]

May 24:

Archie Shepp, tenor sax, 1937.

[B. Goren.]

May 25:

Wallace Roney, trumpet, 1960.

[Niko]

the first young lion to turn 50...? happy birthday!

[king ubu]

Well, I guess mentally most of them have moved to Vermont way back

[BeBop]

Jim Alfredson; Organ, Synthesizer, Vocal, Producer, Writer, Piano Repairman; 1977

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Missed Charles Earland yesterday

MG

[B. Goren.]

May 26:

Ruben Gonzalez, piano, 1919.

[Cyril]

May 26:

Ruben Gonzalez, piano, 1919.

Also:

Miles Davis, trumpet, 1926

Lew Tabackin, tenorsax and flute, 1940

[mjzee]

10 May, 1946, Pittsburgh - Jimmy Ponder

MG

May 10:

also:

Mel Lewis, drums, bandleader, 1929

Alex Foster, alto sax, 1953

May 22:Franz Koglmann, composer,trumpet & flugelhorn, 1947.

Sun Ra, composer, pianist, bandleader, 1914.

Also:

John Marshall, trumpet, 1952

May 22:

also Jackie Cain, singer, 1928

May 25:

Wallace Roney, trumpet, 1960.

May 25:

also Jimmy Hamilton, tenor sax, clarinet, 1917

May 27:

Bud Shank, alto sax, flute, 1926

Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer, 1950

[Cyril]

May 27:

Bud Shank, alto sax, flute, 1926

Dee Dee Bridgewater, singer, 1950

Also:

Ramsey Lewis, piano, 1935

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, bass, 1946

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ5OD0yl6GA

[B. Goren.]

May 27:

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, piano, 1963.

Marc Copland, piano, 1948.

Edited May 27, 2010 by B. Goren.

[mjzee]

May 28:

Andy Kirk, bandleader, saxophone, 1898

Tommy Ladnier, trumpet, 1900

[B. Goren.]

May 28:

Andy Kirk, bandleader, saxophone, 1898

Tommy Ladnier, trumpet, 1900

May 28:

T-Bone Walker, guitar, 1910.

Russ Freeman, piano, 1926.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

T-Bone Walker, guitar,

I was waiting for someone to forget T-Bone

MG

[Cyril]

May 28:

Andy Kirk, bandleader, saxophone, 1898

Tommy Ladnier, trumpet, 1900

May 28:

T-Bone Walker, guitar, 1910.

Russ Freeman, piano, 1926.

Also:

Claudio Roditi, trumpet, 1946

[B. Goren.]

May 29:

Freddie Redd, piano,1928.

Hilton Ruiz, piano, 1952.

Wycliffe Gordon, trombone, 1967.

Kenny Washington, drums, 1958.

Edited May 29, 2010 by B. Goren.

[mjzee]

May 29:

Hilton Ruiz, piano, 1952

Kenny Washington, drums, 1958

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

What a lot of jazz musicians born on 29 May!

Ron Levy - organ, 1951, Cambridge, MA

David "Bubba" Brooks - tenor sax, 1922, Fayetteville, NC

Thornel Schwartz - guitar, 1927, Philadelphia, PA

MG

[mjzee]

May 30:

Frankie Trumbauer, melody saxophone, 1901

Benny Goodman, clarinet, bandleader, 1909

[B. Goren.]

May 30:

Frankie Trumbauer, melody saxophone, 1901

Benny Goodman, clarinet, bandleader, 1909

May 30:

Dave McKenna, piano, 1930.

Sidney De Paris, trumpet, 1905.

[mjzee]

May 31:

Louis Hayes, drums, 1937

[B. Goren.]

May 31:

Albert "Tootie" Heath, drums, 1935.

Christian McBride, bass, 1972.

Marty Ehrlich, reeds, 1955.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

And

Red Holloway, Helena, AR, 1927

Happy 83rd Birthday to RED, always a favourite burner!

MG

[mjzee]

June 1:

Hal McKusick, alto sax, 1924

Lennie Niehaus, alto sax, composer, 1929