Happy Birthday!

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March 4

Bobby Shew - 1941

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March 6

Charles Tolliver - 1942

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March 6 

Flora Purim - 1942

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March 6

Palle Mikkelborg - 1941

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March 8

George Coleman - 1935

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March 8

Franco D'Andrea - 1941

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March 8

Biggi Vinkeloe - 1956

[GA Russell]

Mark Lindsay - 1942

 

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March 13

Terence Blanchard - 1962

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March 14

Vanessa Rubin - 1957

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March 15

Joachim Kühn - 1944

Saw him in Göttingen, November 8, 1991, and November 7, 2009, and in Kassel, July 13, 2018

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March 15

Charles Lloyd - 1938

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March 16

John Lindberg - 1959 

 

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March 18

Bill Frisell - 1951

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March 18

Courtney Pine - 1964

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March 21

Mike Westbrook - 1936 - ninety today!

[clifford_thornton]

Yes!

I have these musicians listed for March 21:

†Santo "Mr. Tailgate" Pecora, 1902-84

†Hank D’Amico, 1915-65

†Sir Charles Thompson, 1918-2016

†Masaru Imada, 1932-2025

Mike Westbrook, b. 1936

†Herbert Joos, 1940-2019

Amina Claudine Myers, b. 1942

J.T. Bates, b. 1975

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Happy 77th birthday to Ron McMaster.

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March 21

Amina Claudine Myers - 1942

Met her at the Göttingen Jazz Festival November 7, 2008