Today's Jazz Birthdays

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December 8:

Jimmy Smith, organ, 1925

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December 9:

Donald Byrd, trumpet, 1932

Jimmy Owens, flugelhorn, trumpet, 1943

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December 10:

Ray Nance, trumpet, violin, 1913

Bob Cranshaw, bass, 1932

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December 10:

Ray Nance, trumpet, violin, 1913

Bob Cranshaw, bass, 1932

Also Diane Schuur, vocals, 1953

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December 11:

Alan Levitt, drums, 1932

McCoy Tyner, piano, 1938

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December 12:

Joe Williams, singer, 1918

Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano, composer, arranger, 1929

Tony Williams, drums, 1945

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December 12:

Joe Williams, singer, 1918

Toshiko Akiyoshi, piano, composer, arranger, 1929

Tony Williams, drums, 1945

December 12:

Frank Sinatra, vocals, 1915

John Hicks, piano, 1941

Richard Galliano, accordion, 1950

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December 13:

Sonny Greer, drums, 1891

Bill Hood, tenor & baritone sax, 1924

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December 14:

Clark Terry, trumpet, flugelhorn, 1920

Cecil Payne, baritone sax, 1922

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December 14:

Clark Terry, trumpet, flugelhorn, 1920

Cecil Payne, baritone sax, 1922

Also Phineas Newborn, piano, 1931

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December 14:

Clark Terry, trumpet, flugelhorn, 1920

Cecil Payne, baritone sax, 1922

Also Phineas Newborn, piano, 1931

And Jim Sangrey, 1955

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December 15:

Barry Harris, piano, 1929

Dannie Richmond, drums, 1935

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December 15:

Barry Harris, piano, 1929

Dannie Richmond, drums, 1935

December 15:

Curtis Fuller, trombone, 1934

Eddie Palmieri, piano, 1936

Stan Kenton, pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader, 1911

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December 16:

Rene McLean, flute, tenor & alto sax, 1946

Joe Farrell, alto, soprano, and tenor saxophones, flute, 1937

John Abercrombie, guitar, 1944

Sam Most, flute and tenor sax, 1930

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December 17:

Sy Oliver, trumpet, arranger, 1910

Joe Kennedy, violin, 1923

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December 17:

Sy Oliver, trumpet, arranger, 1910

Joe Kennedy, violin, 1923

December 17:

Walter Booker, bass, 1933

Sonny Red, alto sax, 1932.

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December 18:

Fletcher Henderson, piano, composer, arranger, 1897

Harold Land, tenor sax, 1928

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December 18:

Fletcher Henderson, piano, composer, arranger, 1897

Harold Land, tenor sax, 1928

December 18:

Ira Gitler, jazz historian and journalist, 1928

Wadada Leo Smith, trumpet, 1941

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December 19:

Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone, piano, arranger, 1919

Bobby Timmons, piano, 1935

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December 19:

Bob Brookmeyer, valve trombone, piano, arranger, 1919

Bobby Timmons, piano, 1935

December 19:

Aziza Mustafa Zadeh, piano, 1969

Lenny White, drums, 1949

Edith Piaf, vocals, 1915

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December 20:

Larry Willis, piano, 1942

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Also on December 20:

John Hardee, tenor sax, 1918

December 21:

Panama Francis, drums, 1918

Hank Crawford, alto sax, 1934

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December 21:

Panama Francis, drums, 1918

Hank Crawford, alto sax, 1934

December 21:

Cameron Brown, bass, 1945

Frank Zappa, guitar, 1940

Paco De Lucia, guitar, composer, 1947

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December 22:

Nick Ceroli, drums, 1939

John Patitucci, bass, 1959

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December 23:

Frank Morgan, alto sax, 1933

Chet Baker, trumpet, 1929