Born on this day:
Josh Berman (*1972) - cornet
John Carter (1929-1991) - clarinet, sax
Bill Connors (*1949) - guitar
Taylor Eigsti (*1984) - piano
Thomas Heberer (*1965) - trumpet
Wayne Henderson (1939-2014) - trombone
Jay Hoggard (*1954) - vibes
Herb Jeffries (1913-2014) - singer
Sibongile Khumalo (1957-2021) - singer
Ingrid Laubrock (*1970) - sax
Nduduzo Makhathini (*1982) - piano
Fats Navarro (1923-1950) - trumpet
Walter Smith III (*1980) - sax
Born on this day:
Albert Ammons (1907-1949) - piano
Ray Charles (1930-2004) - piano, vocals
John Coltrane (1926-1967) - sax
Christian Escoudé (*1947) - guitar
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (*1971) - bass
Frank Foster (1928-2011) - sax
George Garzone (*1950) - sax
Don Grolnick (1947-1996) - keyboards
Les McCann (*1935) - piano, vocals
Kanoa Mendenhall (year?) - bass
Jeremy Steig (1942-2016) - flute
Norma Winstone (*1941) - vocals
Jimmy Woode (1928-2005) - bass
Born on this day:
Paul Bryant (1933-2009) - organ, piano
Tony DaGradi (*1952) - tenor sax
Aaron Diehl (*1985) - piano
David Krakauer (*1956) - clarinet
Adam Lane (*1968) - bass
Oliver Mtukudzi (1952-2019) - guitar
Tony Reedus (1969-2008) - drums
Marlena Shaw (*1942) - vocals
Bill Smith (1926-2020) - clarinet
Peggy Stern (*1948) - piano, synths
Ken Vandermark (*1964) - tenor sax, clarinets
Ray Wetzel (1924-1951) - trumpet
Born on this day:
George Barrow (191-2013) - sax
Henry Butler (1949-2018) - piano, singer
John Clark (*1944) - french horn
Jack Dieval (1920-2012) - piano
Frank Foster (1928-2011) - sax
Shafi Hadi (Curtis Porter) (1929-1976) - sax
Jerry Hahn (*1949) - guitar
Sunny Murray (1936-2017) - drums
Bern Nix (1947-2017) - guitar
Tommy Potter (1918-1988) - bass
Don Preston (*1932) - keyboards
Slam Stewart (1914-1987) - bass
Anthony Wonsey (*1971) - piano
Born on this day:
Billy Bang (1947-2011) - violin
Steve Coleman (*1956) - alto sax
John Collins (1912 or 1913-2001) - guitar
Bill De Arango (1921-2005) - guitar
Eric Gale (1938-1994) - guitar
Joe Guy (1920-c. 1962) - trumpet
Chico Hamilton (1921-2013) - drums
O’Donel Levy (1945-2016) - guitar
Red Mitchell (1927-1992) - bass
Jackie Paris (1926-2004) - singer
Zeena Parkins (*1956) - harp
Vi Redd (*1928) - alto sax, vocals
Monica Zetterlund (1938-2005) - singer
Thomas Bramerie (*1965) - bass
Bobby Cole (1932-1996) - piano, vocals
Teddi King (1929-1977) - singer
Steve Marcus (1939-2005) - tenor & soprano sax
Nils Petter Molvær (*1960) - trumpet, electronics
Emily Remler (1957-1990) - guitar
Steve Slagle (*1952) - alto & soprano sax
Frank Socolow (1923-19981) - alto & tenor sax
Kate Westbrook (*1939) - singer
Born on this day:
Jeff Ballard (*1963) - drums
Martin Küchen (*1956) - sax
Theo Loevendie (*1930) - tenor sax
Earl May (1927-2007) - bass
Jack McDuff (1926-2001) - organ
Roberto Miranda (*1946) - bass
Louis Nelson (1902-1990) - trombone
Curtis Peagler (1929-1992) - alto sax
Tom Rainey (*1957) - drums
Perry Robinson (1938-2018) - clarinet
Hubert Rostaing (1918-1990) - clarinet
Ralph Sharon (1923-2015) - piano
Born on this day:
Lisle Atkinson (1940-2019) - bass
Gordon Beck (1935 or 1936-2011) - piano
Hamiet Bluiett (1940-2018) - baritone sax
Charlie Byrd (1925-1999) - guitar
Chris Cheek (*1968) - sax
Leopoldo Fleming (*1939) - percussion
Graham Haynes (*1960) - cornet
Jon Hendricks (1921-2017) - singer
Jan Johansson (1931-1968) - piano etc.
Rod Levitt (1929-2007) - trombone
Gabriele Mirabassi (*1967) - clarinet
Joe Venuti (1903 or 1892/94-1978) - violin
Hamiet Bluiett was born on this day in 1940 (he died in 2018) - here's his terrific solo album "Birthright" (India Navigation, 1977):
https://youtu.be/BWfb_jUkoH8?list=PLBJenJIJrq0wGHgP0aa0TfIp0R8uF_ZKI
Born on this day:
Julian “Cannonball” Adderley (1928-1975) - alto & soprano sax
Toto Blanke (1936-2013) - guitar
Chick Bullock (1908-1981) - singer
Al Casey (1915-2005) - guitar
Roger "Ram" Ramirez (1913-1994) - piano
Leo Reisman (1897-1961) - violin
Hans Rettenbacher (1939-1989) - bass
George Robert (1960-2016) - sax
Gene Roland (1921-1982) - trumpet
Ned Rothenberg (*1956) - clarinet, sax
Arvell Shaw (1923-2002) - bass
Bobby Short (1924-2005) - piano, singer
Flurin Casura 