celebrating

born: 1921 JIMMY GIUFFRE / 1940 GIORGIO MORODER

dead: 1984 COUNT BASIE / 2025 ANDY BEY

born: 1913 EARL BOSTIC / 1917 ELLA FITZGERALD / 1952 KETIL BJORNSTAD

dead: 1990 DEXTER GORDON / 2023 HARRY BELAFONTE

born: 1937 JOE HENDERSON / 1942 BARBRA STREISAND / 1980 VINCENT PEIRANI

born: 1922 CHARLES MINGUS

born: 1932 SLIDE HAMPTON / 1933 IAN CARR / 1947 IGGY POP

dead: 2003 NINA SIMONE / 2016 PRINCE

born: 1908 LIONEL HAMPTON / 1923 TITO PUENTE

dead: 2007 ANDREW HILL

born: 1941 ROBERTO CARLOS

dead: 2005 NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN

born: 1906 LITTLE BROTHER MONTGOMERY / 1924 CLARENCE GATEMOUTH BROWN / 1938 HAL GALPER / 1952 SUSANNA LINDEBORG / 1953 DANNY GOTTLIEB / 1974 MADELEINE PEYROUX

born: 1930 CHRIS BARBER / 1942 BUSTER WILLIAMS / 1942 HAN BENNINK / 1948 JAN HAMMER / 1965 JAVIER GIROTTO

born: 1923 BENNIE GREEN / 1924 HENRY MANCINI / 1930 HERBIE MANN / 1964 ESBJORN SVENSSON

dead: 2023 AHMAD JAMAL

storie di jazz: BESSIE SMITH

born: 1924 SHORTY ROGERS / 1925 GENE AMMONS

dead: 2005 BENNY BAILEY / 2015 PERCY SLEDGE

born: 1906 BUD FREEMAN / 1920 JOHN LaPORTA / 1946 AL GREEN

dead: 1986 DOROTHY ASHBY / 2020 RYO KAWASAKI

born: 1917 HELEN FORREST / 1940 HERBIE HANCOCK

dead: 1963 HERBIE NICHOLS / 1971 WYNTON KELLY

born: 1889 NICK LaROCCA / 1916 ALBERTO GINASTERA / 1927 DOMENICO GUACCERO / 1966 LISA STANFIELD

dead: 2011 BILLY BANG

born: 1930 CLAUDE BOLLING (Baroque in Rhythm) / 1971 JOEY DeFRANCESCO (Take the Coltrane) / 1979 SHEMEKIA COPELAND (Clotilda's on Fire)

dead: 1938 KING OLIVER (Dippermouth Blues) / 1979 NINO ROTA (Passerella di "Otto e mezzo") / 2007 DAKOTA STATON (Give me the Simple LIfe)

born: 1945 STEVE GADD (Training; Freedom Jazz Dance)

dead: 1998 TOM CORA (King Commie) / 2023 KARL BERGER (Simplicity; Transit)

born: 1920 CARMEN McRAE (Them There Eyes; My One Bad Habit) / 1929 JACQUES BREL (La chanson de Jacky)

dead: 1997 LAURA NYRO (Lucky)

born: 1915 BILLIE HOLIDAY

born: 1924 CHARLIE ROUSE (Ugly Beauty) / 1927 GERRY MULLIGAN (I Mean You) / 1936 MAFRED SCHOOF (Clouds) / 1960 JOHN PIZZARELLI (No More Lonely Nights) / 1978 ROBERT GLASPER (Afro Blue)

born: 1934 STANLEY TURRENTINE (Sugar)

dead: 1934 SALVATORE DI GIACOMO (Era de maggio) / 1994 KURT COBAIN (Smells LIke Teen Spirits) / 2018 CECIL TAYLOR (Bemsha Swing)

born: 1915 MUDDY WATERS (Mannish Boy) / 1922 ELMER BERNSTEIN (A Wishing Doll) / 1939 HUGH MASEKELA (Abangoma) / 1954 MICHEL CAMILO (Spain)

born: 1903 BUBBER MILEY (Puttin' on the Ritz) / 1922 DORIS DAY (Que serà, serà) / 1936 SCOTT LaFARO (In Your Own Sweet Way)

dead: 1950 KURT WEILL (Your Technique) / 1978 RAY NOBLE (The Very THought of You) / 1990 SARAH VAUGHAN (Teach Me Tonight)

born: 1939 MARVIN GAYE (What's Going On) / 1943 LARRY CORYELL (Nardis)

dead: 1935 BENNIE MOTEN (Moten Swing) / 1987 BUDDY RICH (Bloomdido) / 1995 JULIUS HEMPHILL (Long Rhythm) / 2009 BUD SHANK (I Will Wait for You) / 2016 GATO BARBIERI (Yo le canto a la luna)

born: 1895 ALBERTA HUNTER (Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams) / 1910 HARRY CARNEY (Take the A-Train) / 1949 GIL SCOTT-HERON (We Almost Lost Detroit)

dead: 1917 SCOTT JOPLIN (The Ragtime Dance) / 1984 MARVIN GAYE (Sexual Healing) / 2020 BUCKY PIZZARELLI (In the Dark)

born: 1684 FRANCESCO DURANTE (Vergin tutto amor) / 1908 RED NORVO (Cheek to Cheek) / 1935 HERB ALPERT (Street Life)

dead: 2006 JACKIE McLEAN (Sweet Love of Mine) / 2020 WALLACE RONEY (Then and Now)

born: 1945 ERIC CLAPTON (Layla) / 1964 TRACY CHAPMAN (You're the One) / 1979 NORAH JONES (The Nearness of You)

dead: 1978 LARRY YOUNG (Paris Eyes) / 2016 GIANMARIA TESTA (Dentro la tasca di un qualunque mattino) / 2020 BILL WITHERS (Just the Two of Us)

born: 1940 ASTRUD GILBERTO (Berimbau) / 1943 VANGELIS (Love Song from Blade Runner) / 1949 MICHAEL BRECKER (The Morning of This Night) / 1950 MORY KANTE' (Djou)

dead: 1999 JOE WILLIAMS (Every Day I Have the Blues)

born: 1890 PAUL WHITEMAN (Washboard Blues) / 1923 THAD JONES (Little Girl Blue) / 1933 TETE MONTOLIU (Blues for Nuria) / 1975 ORRIN EVANS (All the Things You Are)

dead: 1958 W.C. HANDY (St. Louis Blues) / 2023 RYUICHI SAKAMOTO (Amore)

born: 1905 LEROY CARR (How Long, How Long Blues) / 1906 PEE WEE RUSSELL (Ask Me Now) / 1924 SARAH VAUGHAN (Fever) / 1969 MARIAH CAREY (Daydream)

dead: 1993 CLIFFORD JORDAN (The Highest Mountain) / 2017 ARTHUR BLYTHE (Ruby My Dear)

born: 1915 FLIP PHILLIPS (Come Rain or Come Shine) / 1917 RUFUS THOMAS (Do the Funky Chicken) / 1925 JAMES MOODY (Sister Sadie) / 1944 DIANA ROSS (Upside Down) / 1979 HIROMI UEHARA (The Tommy and Jerry Show)

born: 1926 RIZ ORTOLANI (Il sorpasso) / 1929 CECIL TAYLOR (Of What) / 1931 PAUL MOTIAN (Conception Vessel) / 1942 ARETHA FRANKLIN (Think) / 1947 ELTON JOHN (Rocket Man)

born: 1922 KING PLEASURE (This Is Always) / 1947 PAUL McCANDLESS (Queen of Sydney) / 1954 HANK ROBERTS (Bernie Alap)

dead: 1962 JEAN GOLDKETTE (My Pretty Girl) / 2000 AL GREY (Lester Leaps In) / 2020 MANU DIBANGO (Walking to Waza)

born: 1917 JOHNNY GUARNIERI (Sometimes I'm Happy) / 1932 LOUISIANA RED (Driftin') / 1945 DAVID GRISMAN ('lil Samba) / 1945 FRANCO BATTIATO (Gli uccelli) / 1953 CHAKA KHAN (I Feel for You) / 1973 STEFON HARRIS (Dat Dere)

born: 1937 JON HASSELL (Fearless) / 1942 JORGE BEN (Taj Mahal) / 1943 GEORGE BENSON (This Masquerade)

dead: 2013 BEBO VALDES (Cachao, Creador del Mambo)

born: 1902 SON HOUSE (Death Letter Blues) / 1924 OTIS SPANN (The Blues Never Die) / 1940 SOLOMON BURKE (Ain't Got You) / 1959 SARAH JANE MORRIS (Compared to What) / 1960 DOMINIC MILLER (Fields of Gold) / 1968 VINCENT COURTOIS (I Carry Your Heart)

dead: 1982 KING PLEASURE (Moody's Mood for Love)

born: 1915 SISTER ROSETTA THARPE (Jericho; Didn't It Rain; Shout, Sister, Shout!) / 1947 CARL PALMER (The Enemy God Dances With The Black Spirits; The Barbarian)

dead: 1988 GIL EVANS (Will O' the Wisp; Crosstown Traffic)

born: 1919 LENNIE TRISTANO (Line Up; Turkish Mambo) / 1950 CURTIS FOWLKES (Paris) / 1960 ELIANE ELIAS (Swept Away)

dead: 1945 CLYDE HART (I Want Every Bit of It; What's the Matter Now?)

born: 1941 WILSON PICKETT (In the Midnight Hour; Mustang Sally) / 1951 BILL FRISELL (Rambler) / 1959 JOE LOCKE (Litha) / 1964 COURTNEY PINE (Amazing Grace)

dead: 2017 CHUCK BERRY (Johnny B. Goode; Maybellene)

born: 1919 NAT KING COLE (Don't Get Around Much Anymore; I Love You for Sentimental Reasons) / 1945 ELIS REGINA (Quero; Vocé) / 1948 JESSICA WILLIAMS (Lament) / 1952 MANOLO BADRENA (Rumba Mama)

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