Today's Jazz Birthdays

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August 21:

Count Basie, piano, bandleader, 1904

Art Farmer, flugelhorn, trumpet, 1928

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August 21:

Count Basie, piano, bandleader, 1904

Art Farmer, flugelhorn, trumpet, 1928

August 21:

Addison Farmer, bass, 1928.

Malachi Thompson, trumpet, 1949

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August 22:

Bumps Myers, tenor sax, 1912

Lex Humphries, drums, 1936

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August 22:

Bumps Myers, tenor sax, 1912

Lex Humphries, drums, 1936

August 22:

John Lee Hooker, guitar, 1917

Malachi Favors, bass, 1937

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August 23:

Martial Solal, piano, 1927

Bobby Watson, alto sax, 1953

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August 23:

Brad Mehldau, piano, 1970

Terje Rypdal, guitar, 1947

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August 24:

Claude Hopkins, piano, bandleader, 1903

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August 25:

Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano sax, composer, 1933

Pat Martino, guitar, 1944

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August 25:

Wayne Shorter, tenor and soprano sax, composer, 1933

Pat Martino, guitar, 1944

Charles Fambrough, bass, 1950

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August 26:

Jimmy Rushing, singer, 1903

Branford Marsalis, tenor and soprano sax, 1960

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August 26:

Jimmy Rushing, singer, 1903

Branford Marsalis, tenor and soprano sax, 1960

Also Clifford Jarvis, drums, 1941.

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August 27:

Lester Young, tenor sax, 1909

Sonny Sharrock, guitar, 1940

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August 27:

Lester Young, tenor sax, 1909

Sonny Sharrock, guitar, 1940

Alice Coltrane, piano, 1937

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July 28:

Phil Seaman, drums, 1926

Kenny Drew, piano, 1928

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July 28:

Phil Seaman, drums, 1926

Kenny Drew, piano, 1928

Let me guess you mean August and not July.

August 28:

Larry Goldings, keyboards, 1968

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July 29 (what a bourgeois concept that a month needs to be called August just because everyone calls it that!):

Charlie Parker, alto sax, composer, 1920

Dinah Washington, singer, 1924

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July 29 (what a bourgeois concept that a month needs to be called August just because everyone calls it that!):

Charlie Parker, alto sax, composer, 1920

Dinah Washington, singer, 1924

August 29:

Bennie Maupin, saxophones, flute and bass clarinet, 1940

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August 30:

Kenny Dorham, trumpet, 1924

John Surman, sax, flute, 1944

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August 31:

Edgar Sampson, sax, 1907

Wilton Felder, tenor sax, bass, 1940

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August 31:

Edgar Sampson, sax, 1907

Wilton Felder, tenor sax, bass, 1940

August 31:

Paul Winter, alto and soprano saxophone, 1939

Stefano Battaglia, piano, 1965

Van Morrison, vocals, 1945

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September 1:

Art Pepper, alto sax, 1925

Gene Harris, piano, 1933

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September 2:

Horace Silver, piano, composer, bandleader, 1928

Clifford Jordan, tenor sax, 1931

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September 2:

Walter Davis Jr., piano, 1932

John Zorn, saxophone, 1953

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September 3:

Mickey Roker, drums, 1932

Roy Brooks, drums, 1938

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September 3:

Mickey Roker, drums, 1932

Roy Brooks, drums, 1938

September 3:

Peter Bernstein, guitar, 1967

Memphis Slim, Blues Pianist and composer, 1915

Larry Ridley, bass, 1937